problem w/ my 2 radiator caps
10-05-03, 08:21 AM
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problem w/ my 2 radiator caps
how do i connect them both ? so i the reservoir sucks in the coolant and then releases it? i have drained the system like 2ice and maked sure that no air bubbles were on the radiator but it still is running out of coolant and it beeps me. i have anew water pump, new radiator, new caps and new hoses.. so i think it has something to do with the 2 caps on my car are they both suppose to be connected to something? should i block one off?
10-05-03, 08:42 AM
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you might need higher pressure rated caps. on my old car it had 2 radiator caps but the previous owner got one of them welded off. my current car has 2 caps but its a fluidyne racing alum. one.
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ok i was checking out the haynes manual and i saw a hose coming out of the filler neck down somewhere.. where does this hose go? and where does teh hose from the overflow tank go? and the on ethat comes out fo the radiator?
10-07-03, 04:47 AM
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Originally posted by Peruvianrx7
i was checking out the haynes manual and i saw a hose coming out of the filler neck down somewhere.. where does this hose go? and where does teh hose from the overflow tank go?
i was checking out the haynes manual and i saw a hose coming out of the filler neck down somewhere.. where does this hose go? and where does teh hose from the overflow tank go?
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I have been having exactly the same problem for the past 2 months and it's been driving me mad. The cooling circuit has been bled properly. But every time I get the car properly warmed up the coolant doesn't go back into the radiator completely.
For as far as I know I only have one cap on the radiator though. Might a higher pressure one really solve this problem?
For as far as I know I only have one cap on the radiator though. Might a higher pressure one really solve this problem?
10-07-03, 08:33 AM
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Originally posted by NZConvertible
That's each end of the same hose! Once the coolant heat up and expands, excess pressure is bled out of the radiator cap, through the hose and into the overflow reservior. When the engine cools and the coolant contracts, it's sucked out of the reservior and back into the radiator.
That's each end of the same hose! Once the coolant heat up and expands, excess pressure is bled out of the radiator cap, through the hose and into the overflow reservior. When the engine cools and the coolant contracts, it's sucked out of the reservior and back into the radiator.
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