ok just changed radiator caps and coolant still spills out of the resevoir
11-22-04, 07:23 PM
#16
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Is that Arabic? Doesn't look like English to me, lol...
What you're showing us is the normal flow path of hot, pressurized coolant overflowing due to a full tank. If the tank is not "giving up" some of the coolant back to the rad during cooldown, then you have a bad cap, or a leak in the system allowing external air to defeat the vacuum of the system...
What you're showing us is the normal flow path of hot, pressurized coolant overflowing due to a full tank. If the tank is not "giving up" some of the coolant back to the rad during cooldown, then you have a bad cap, or a leak in the system allowing external air to defeat the vacuum of the system...
11-22-04, 07:28 PM
#17
yeah I'm a camel jockey you didn't know it? lol, j/k if you pass your courser over the picture at the bottom right you will see some arrows, just click on the click on the arrows and the picture will get bigger exposing the picture and text.
11-22-04, 07:33 PM
#18
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Ahhhhh, it IS English 
If it's still leaking that long after shutdown, your cap isn't sealing properly. My guess...
Check the mating surfaces of the cap & radiator neck seat...
If it's still leaking that long after shutdown, your cap isn't sealing properly. My guess...
Check the mating surfaces of the cap & radiator neck seat...
11-22-04, 07:39 PM
#19
did I tell you guys that this was happening on my old coolant setup as well. This was happening with my old radiator, old radiator hoses, old caps etc... So it has to be something I havent changed out yet witch would have to be the resevour.
11-22-04, 07:53 PM
#22
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You can try it, but still the fact remains- if you're pissing coolant after shutdown, especially HOURS after shutdown, then your rad cap is not seating properly...
Or maybe I'm not following the Arabic as well as I should.
Or maybe I'm not following the Arabic as well as I should.
11-22-04, 07:56 PM
#23
lol do you need a refresher course in Arabic??? 
Hey I got a question though. There are two nozles on the reservoir lid, witch one goes to the rad and witch one to spill over? I think I found the problem. After studying this thing for about 2 seconds I found that the longer nozzle when blown into goes out the bottom hose however the small one goes all over the place. I had the radiator connected to the small one. I'll see if this works.
Hey I got a question though. There are two nozles on the reservoir lid, witch one goes to the rad and witch one to spill over? I think I found the problem. After studying this thing for about 2 seconds I found that the longer nozzle when blown into goes out the bottom hose however the small one goes all over the place. I had the radiator connected to the small one. I'll see if this works.
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11-22-04, 08:01 PM
#24
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Man, it's raining its *** off here, and you want me to go look at my car? Lol...
IIRC, the tab on the cap faces aft, and the overflow from the rad comes into the left nipple, and the bottle overflow nipple is on the right. All directions are facing the car from the hood release area.
Hey, if in doubt, swap 'em around. What's it gonna hurt at this point?
IIRC, the tab on the cap faces aft, and the overflow from the rad comes into the left nipple, and the bottle overflow nipple is on the right. All directions are facing the car from the hood release area.
Hey, if in doubt, swap 'em around. What's it gonna hurt at this point?
11-22-04, 08:19 PM
#25
yeah man get your *** out side and get soaking wet for my trivial problem Ya'll must be in the same storm we are in. Your car isn't in the garage man? hehe. Anyways I'm going to try it tomorrow and I'll let you know how it turned out. Thanks again man.Sorry if there are alot of misspellings my daughter is in front of me and I'm guessing at what I'm typing
Ya'll must be in the same storm we are in. Your car isn't in the garage man? hehe. Anyways I'm going to try it tomorrow and I'll let you know how it turned out. Thanks again man.Sorry if there are alot of misspellings my daughter is in front of me and I'm guessing at what I'm typing
11-22-04, 09:12 PM
#26
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Yep, same storm. You guys are fixing to get hammered, lol...
No garage at work...You don't think I actually have time to play around on the forum when I'm at home, do you?
No garage at work...You don't think I actually have time to play around on the forum when I'm at home, do you?
11-22-04, 09:50 PM
#27
lol, no joke kids, fiances/wives and computers don't mix hehe. Anyways yeah we just got the brunt end of that storm and now its quiet as all hell. Well after it stopped raining I took it out and drove it to the store and back and wayne............why are all my problems I have always so simple and stupid to fix???? (don't answer that )That was the hole problem. Now when I look under the hood it is dry and when I depresurize from the cap it all goes into the tank and not out of the spill tube. 3 years and I just get to playing around with that resrvoir top tonight 
)That was the hole problem. Now when I look under the hood it is dry and when I depresurize from the cap it all goes into the tank and not out of the spill tube. 3 years and I just get to playing around with that resrvoir top tonight
