The sixth sense rescued me.
Everything was working nice, when I went to bring the kid from one of the exam, the AC was working, inside temperature was nice, and all of a sudden the cool air stopped. Along with the boy, I was also carrying two of his friends, as their parents delegated me the task. Everyone could feel the heat in few minutes, as outside now is like a frying pan. I told them not to panic and have patience, as we were not far away from home. We switched off the AC as it was not working anyways, and managed with the hot air from outside for few minutes.
After we reached and parked the car in our garage, I turned off ignition, and that is when things looked more suspicious. A fan inside the engine was still running, with clear audible sound and that was alarming. I could not figure out why the fan would run, even after the engine is turned off, and key pulled out, so I opened the bonnet and now the sound was even clear. Looking closely, there was some slippage of oil like stuffs on the front grill - touching them did not feel like it was water. Called one of my service supervisor where I give the car on a regular basis and he explained it nicely - when the engine is overheat, the fan runs on its own, to cool it down. There is a sensor that controls that fan - it will stop automatically, after the engine is cooled off, so just leave it like that for half an hour and it should stop by then.
And what next ? It never happened earlier, what could be the reason ? He answered, you should take it a nearby service station and not send to me ( as its very far) and they will have to determine the cause and fix. Driving the car in this state for long distance is very dangerous - it may catch fire even. Hopefully you have minimized the risk of significant damage by sensing it early. God, you saved me......I was whispering.
I did not try to drive the car that day, and on the very next day, took it to a nearby service station. On inspection, the radiator was found to be damaged. They have pretty standard way of operation, so I left the car with them and came back and they kept updating me on regular intervals, by creating a whatsapp group and sharing the progress. . Since it was at a authorized garage, I did not have to worry.
Earlier people used to repair radiators, but now a days, repair shops are almost extinct. They did not have a new one in their stock, and had to procure it from another place so asked to keep the car for more time. As the yearly maintenance service was also due, I told them to complete everything at one go.
On arrival of the new radiator, they sent this video to show me the proof. The new looks nice, isn't it ?
After everything was completed, they still wanted to keep it for another night for observation, to make sure there is no slippage of coolant. I was OK with it as now I am going to run it for another year without any worries.
Have you faced overheat issue any time ? It was a new learning for me, and the kid as well - he now knows what to do.
This post is in response to the Creative Nonfiction Prompt #134 in The Ink Well community.
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