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Old Feb 18, 2003 | 09:08 PM
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Question Turn on the heat and GURGLE GURGLE GURGLE

Subject says it all.

I don't appear to have a coolant leak and my cooling sys is otherwise performing perfectly.

But when I slide the heat all the way up and drive around at about 2800-3000 revs I can hear coolant gurgling away and it is making me NUTS!

Any suggestions on nixing this annoyance?
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Old Feb 18, 2003 | 09:17 PM
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Perhaps the modified Coolant Flush you speak so highly of?
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Old Feb 18, 2003 | 09:25 PM
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what is this modified coolant flush u speak of?
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Old Feb 18, 2003 | 09:26 PM
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Don't ******' start with me!


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Old Feb 18, 2003 | 09:31 PM
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Originally posted by Moxeys93RX7
what is this modified coolant flush u speak of?

This is what he's talking about.


https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hreadid=132011


And I still stand by everything I said in that thread.
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Old Feb 18, 2003 | 09:43 PM
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Be prepared to make a coffee and have a looong wait. X-amount of bullshit that flies In that thread.

But seriously, how Is your Heaters output? Any difference? Perhaps your Heater core Is clogged.
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Old Feb 18, 2003 | 09:51 PM
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Lots of heat - it's normal.

I'm hoping that it's not the core - I don't want to wind up having to yank the dash (I hear it's a nightmare.)
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Old Feb 18, 2003 | 09:54 PM
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Okay, good to know. I suggested that b'c that would be the nearest "cooling" component you would hear, as for when you are In the cabin.
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Old Feb 19, 2003 | 08:09 AM
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Old Feb 19, 2003 | 07:58 PM
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Old Feb 19, 2003 | 10:06 PM
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My new theory.

Maybe the heater core has a hole in it. So when the coolant is flowing through at a good pace the core sucks air and causes turbulence, which I hear as the gurgle.

I'm strongly suspecting this as I've been noticing that hated coolant smell inside the car recently.

I'd rather not use stop-leak. I don't want to fill up the sys with goop.

Any comments on using stop-leak to at least buy some time?
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