View Poll Results: Is my coolant seal blown?
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How is the coolant lost in the heater core? Would that leave a deposite on the inside of teh car (windshield?) Because I have that sometimes too.
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Relax, I definitely don't think she's blown. Way too few and occasional bubbles, especially when you revved it.
I think air is getting into the system slowly, somewhere, and then being released through the filler cap. Only a good engine bay cleanup and pressure test with UV dye will track it. Seems very small - maybe just a little air going past a clamp or pinhole in the heater core or rad.
You can also do compression test before if you have the tools handy, just for reference and FYI.
(going to vote "no" now)
P.S. Put in a Mazda Thermostat cover rad cap and thermostat while you're messing with the cooling system (make sure to torque the thermostat cover bolts). I just did them this weekend and am posting a couple of pics and some info in a minute.
I think air is getting into the system slowly, somewhere, and then being released through the filler cap. Only a good engine bay cleanup and pressure test with UV dye will track it. Seems very small - maybe just a little air going past a clamp or pinhole in the heater core or rad.
You can also do compression test before if you have the tools handy, just for reference and FYI.
(going to vote "no" now)
P.S. Put in a Mazda Thermostat cover rad cap and thermostat while you're messing with the cooling system (make sure to torque the thermostat cover bolts). I just did them this weekend and am posting a couple of pics and some info in a minute.
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So $216.29 later I find out that it was a loose clamp on the coolant bypass hose and two faulty caps. A pressure test reveled that this fixed the problem. The temperature however keeps climbing (went up to 1/2 way on highway, then dropped).
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I took it to a local mazda dealership and they pressure tested the cooling system and found the problems listed above. They tightened the clamp, and replaced the caps, retested the pressure system and found that everything checked out...so its not a blown coolant seal.
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Ok... so it's not leaking.
Is it FLOWing?
Did you get it FLUSHED?
Does your clutch fan work right, is your shroud in place, is your under-tray in place, are all pieces that direct air into the radiator in place?
Have you tried hooking up a different water temp sensor/gauge? Maybe it's just reading wrong.
Is it FLOWing?
Did you get it FLUSHED?
Does your clutch fan work right, is your shroud in place, is your under-tray in place, are all pieces that direct air into the radiator in place?
Have you tried hooking up a different water temp sensor/gauge? Maybe it's just reading wrong.
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so im having the same problem that you where having but the only hose that gets hot is the top radiator hose the bottom doesnt get hot neathier does the radiator any sugestions
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