Letting off a little steam…

[OldSpool87]

I drove back from Limerock in the rain today with my son. It was great. We pulled into the garage and he asks if there's supposed to be steam coming from the passenger front wheel.

https://youtu.be/p6qgGdin1CA

So I get close and give a whiff. Sure enough it's steam. No oder, just pure steam coming from 12 o'clock on the fender gap.

A few details…the car had been run for about and hour and fifteen minutes in the rain. It's infallible owner failed to fully latch the frunk leaving a nice little gap to swallow up rain drops. The frunk was relatively dry despite this.

In the end, I think that water may have somehow dripped into the hot oil lines after I wiped down the car.

And if anyone asked, three kids fit:



Anyone have any other thoughts?

Will




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[s5uewf]

My guess is water got on the oil cooler in the front right wheelwell and was just evaporating. Or, worse case you could have dragging brakes or a bad wheel bearing heating up the hub and evaporating water. I'd go with the cooler theory

[full quack]

Oldspool....

Yeh don't sweat it, I live in Washington state and drove mine as my daily driver for 6 years, rain, snow, sleet and occasional sun.

When the front oil cooler {passenger fender behind and below headlight assembly} gets good and wet, she will steam away like a pot of water boiling away on a cold day!

Mine is an '84 euro so it has the big 32 tube cooler, so I would get some pretty weird looks sitting in traffic while making clouds appear from my fender well.

Mark

[OldSpool87]

Yeah. It looked bizarre especially on an air cooled car. Thanks for the feedback fellas.

[krasuskyp]

Whoa Will - impressive... that takes STONES to run LRP in the rain after stoving a wall years prior and just getting it back... WELL DONE SIR!!! Admirable.

Great to hear!

Bummer you can't join us tomorrow for the Glen outing... let's plan a fall drive for us NE'ers sometime soon.

[OldSpool87]

Originally Posted by krasuskyp

Whoa Will - impressive... that takes STONES to run LRP in the rain after stoving a wall years prior and just getting it back... WELL DONE SIR!!! Admirable.

Great to hear!

Bummer you can't join us tomorrow for the Glen outing... let's plan a fall drive for us NE'ers sometime soon.

Paul,

Not to burst your sack, but my trip to LRP was with the kiddos for the Historical Festival. Technically we did two laps but I can't take credit for having STONES when in reality my gonadic force is much less impressive.

I will be running with CVR next Sat at LRP in my SC though and hope some of you make it.

[VZ935]

"three kids fit"

I used to sit on the hump in back between my brother and sister in my fathers Porsche while my mother sat in the passenger seat and my father ripped around those hilly and lousy roads in San Francisco !