Padmaraj's Car broke down

Yesterday, me and Padmaraj was going to Plano, to my Ammavan and Ammai's place to have dinner. Padmaraj came to my apartment to pick me up by like 6:45, and we started going to Plano. We were almost at Spring Creek exit, when Padmaraj noticed that the engine is stalling a bit. He was looking for the reason, when his eyes fell on the temperature gauge. It was well on the red mark. We immediately took the car to road shoulder, and tried to see what happened to the car. The obvious place to see was the radiator. We both were extremely careful opening the radiator, becuase in there, the water will be super heated (The temperature will be well above 100 degree celcius, but it is still in liquid state because of the preassure). So, if we open the cap in that state, the super heated water can spash all over the place, and a drop of water that hot, can leave a visible mark for life.

Well, it turned out, there was not even a drop of water in the radiator. We assumed that after the recent service Padmaraj had done, the mechanic forgot to put water in the radiator. We waited for some time, and drove the car .... very slowly... to the nearest gas station. We got some anti freeze, and poured into the radiator. Just as we finished pouring it in, we noticed that the radiator was leaking... in the same speed as we poured in the anti freeze.

I called my Uncle. He knows quiet a bit about cars, and he said that chances are ... the hose from the radiator has some problem He came and one look at the car revealed that the hose was detached from radiator. And... this joint is at the bottom of the radiator. With the hose detached, every thing we poured in was going out. No wonder :). Well, we then fixed the hose in place, and the car was up and running again!!. Tanks ammava, and 3 cheers for me, Padmaraj and Ammavan :).