I did research threads... but failed to find the answer. I'm hoping someone can help me.
Bought the 98 a few months ago. All good. Maintenance included cleaning the throttle body... and last week I cleaned the radiators. They didn't look much unlike the pictures I've seen on here. Dirty. Anyhow...
It's been driven 40 miles here... there...everywhere. Always returned home. So...
Drove it to Vegas Thursday morning. 240 miles. All good. Did some light city driving... 10 miles here... 10 miles there.
Saturday afternoon I make the return trip (the 15 into SoCal). After having successfully driven it TO Vegas without a hiccup I had more confidence driving it back. It really likes ~3900 RPM and ~90 MPH. Anyhow... after the 240 mile return trip I pull it into the driveway.. park... run a few things into the house... come back out... HUGE coolant spill.
I walked to the bottom of the driveway where, when I reach it and because it has a slight incline, I slow down the car... clear the driveway incline... and gas it into the driveway. So...
There at that incline was an obviously large dump of coolant... and a stream, pencil width, of coolant that followed me he final 25 feet into the driveway... and the big spill/dump. Something tells me that when I gave it gas after that incline... the dump stopped... but when I reached my destination, 25 feet away... the big dump.
I've read about the coolant spewing all over the trunk so, with trepidation... I lifted the trunk lid. Zero coolant. That was a relief. So... it's getting dark and I figure I'll check everything first morning light.
Here's my dilemma:
First, I have not started the car. I was going to see if there were any codes... reader in the frunk.
The fruk and trunk levers won't work. They are locked. hen I've pulled on the before... I could feel the cable... release... trunk open. Same with the frunk. Now, it's like they are locked.
I looked in the little fuse booklet... found nothing about a fuse for the trunk/frunk releases.
So, here I turn to the experts. Once I get into the trunk and start doing some coolant troubleshooting I'm sure I'll be back here, but for now I need access.
FWIW, when I cleaned the radiators I saw that someone already had effected the frunk release hack. I'll pull that as a last resort.
Thank you in advance.