Coolant keeps overflowing!
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Coolant keeps overflowing!
Okay, here's the deal. I was driving around yesterday, and it was ROASTING outside, and my temp guage was getting sky high! So I went to Stereo Limited (car audio supplier) because I'm getting custom kick panels done, so I hang out there for about an hour and then leave.
So as I pull out, my coolant light goes on, and so I pull over and check my coolant level, and it's real low. So, lucky for me that I keep coolant with me at all times.
So I fill 'er up, and go on my way.. I go to the mall and meet a bunch of friends to see Autsin Powers. Movie ends, and I go back outside to my car, turn it on. Low coolant again. I fill it back up, and now I'm worried. We go to McDonalds. We eat. I go back outside after eating, turn on the car, no hazard lights. wait 5 seconds, hazzard light and buzzer come on. I get out, look under the car, coolant EVERYWHERE!!! I'm pissed. It's leaking from my over-flow tank.
So I go over to my friend's house, and I pull in his garage and I turn off the car, and start to take off the radiator cap and PSSSHHH... steam and coolant come out as if there was a bunch of built up pressure. So I take off the cap completely and as we look down into the radiator, the fluid will gradually come up, over flow, and then sink back down, and then it would gradually over flow again... So, I give my dad a call, and he says it's classic water pump faliure. So I say crap, and come home.
Today, my dad and I go out buy a new water pump and we worked on that, and he had to go to work, and I finished it. So when I was finished, I started the car up, and it seemed fine so I let it idle, with the cap off, and everything was going good. Turned off the car, filled up some more coolant, and started the car up again. And then, it starts again. The over flowing and then dropping back in, and over flowing again. So I'm pissed. Now I'm wondering what the hell is the matter. Any suggestions? It's an '88 TII. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
-Kanaida
So as I pull out, my coolant light goes on, and so I pull over and check my coolant level, and it's real low. So, lucky for me that I keep coolant with me at all times.
So I fill 'er up, and go on my way.. I go to the mall and meet a bunch of friends to see Autsin Powers. Movie ends, and I go back outside to my car, turn it on. Low coolant again. I fill it back up, and now I'm worried. We go to McDonalds. We eat. I go back outside after eating, turn on the car, no hazard lights. wait 5 seconds, hazzard light and buzzer come on. I get out, look under the car, coolant EVERYWHERE!!! I'm pissed. It's leaking from my over-flow tank.
So I go over to my friend's house, and I pull in his garage and I turn off the car, and start to take off the radiator cap and PSSSHHH... steam and coolant come out as if there was a bunch of built up pressure. So I take off the cap completely and as we look down into the radiator, the fluid will gradually come up, over flow, and then sink back down, and then it would gradually over flow again... So, I give my dad a call, and he says it's classic water pump faliure. So I say crap, and come home.
Today, my dad and I go out buy a new water pump and we worked on that, and he had to go to work, and I finished it. So when I was finished, I started the car up, and it seemed fine so I let it idle, with the cap off, and everything was going good. Turned off the car, filled up some more coolant, and started the car up again. And then, it starts again. The over flowing and then dropping back in, and over flowing again. So I'm pissed. Now I'm wondering what the hell is the matter. Any suggestions? It's an '88 TII. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
-Kanaida
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Try changing your radiator cap. It may not be applying the right pressure to keep the water from boiling. It happened to me just recently that my car kept overheating and I kept having to top off the coolant. I got a new cap and now my car runs at 1/4 mark to 1/2 mark under SUPER heavy strain (racing uphill).
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Try changing your radiator cap. It may not be applying the right pressure to keep the water from boiling. It happened to me just recently that my car kept overheating and I kept having to top off the coolant. I got a new cap and now my car runs at 1/4 mark to 1/2 mark under SUPER heavy strain (racing uphill).
Try changing your radiator cap. It may not be applying the right pressure to keep the water from boiling. It happened to me just recently that my car kept overheating and I kept having to top off the coolant. I got a new cap and now my car runs at 1/4 mark to 1/2 mark under SUPER heavy strain (racing uphill).
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Check temperature of upper radiator hose and lower radiator hoses, there should NOT be that big of a difference in temperatures. If there isnt a big temperature change, I would say
1. thermostat is working properly
2. water pump is circulating the water
3. radiator is not plugged
someone correct me if I am wrong, but I think that is accurate.
1. thermostat is working properly
2. water pump is circulating the water
3. radiator is not plugged
someone correct me if I am wrong, but I think that is accurate.
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Re: Coolant keeps overflowing!
Originally posted by Kanaida
It's leaking from my over-flow tank.
It's leaking from my over-flow tank.
So I go over to my friend's house, and I pull in his garage and I turn off the car, and start to take off the radiator cap and PSSSHHH... steam and coolant come out as if there was a bunch of built up pressure.
So I take off the cap completely and as we look down into the radiator, the fluid will gradually come up, over flow, and then sink back down, and then it would gradually over flow again...
So, I give my dad a call, and he says it's classic water pump faliure. So I say crap, and come home.
Today, my dad and I go out buy a new water pump and we worked on that, and he had to go to work, and I finished it. So when I was finished, I started the car up, and it seemed fine so I let it idle, with the cap off, and everything was going good. Turned off the car, filled up some more coolant, and started the car up again. And then, it starts again. The over flowing and then dropping back in, and over flowing again. So I'm pissed. Now I'm wondering what the hell is the matter. Any suggestions? It's an '88 TII. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
-Kanaida [/B]
Today, my dad and I go out buy a new water pump and we worked on that, and he had to go to work, and I finished it. So when I was finished, I started the car up, and it seemed fine so I let it idle, with the cap off, and everything was going good. Turned off the car, filled up some more coolant, and started the car up again. And then, it starts again. The over flowing and then dropping back in, and over flowing again. So I'm pissed. Now I'm wondering what the hell is the matter. Any suggestions? It's an '88 TII. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
-Kanaida [/B]
however since you were loosing coolant you probably still have a leak. so the light will come back on. you just have to find it. check the hoses and rad and see if you see where it's comming. and fix it.
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