Coolant level on filler neck
#4
Racecar - Formula 2000
It always takes several top-ups to get it to where it's near the top of the filler neck after I drain and refill.
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OP, be sure to check the level of your expansion/overflow. As the car cools it should pull coolant back from there, but if it’s too low it’ll run dry.
Regardless, vacuum (on a tight, sealed cooling system) keeps the level near the nipple until the spring cap is removed. It’ll then drop a little, which is normal.
Regardless, vacuum (on a tight, sealed cooling system) keeps the level near the nipple until the spring cap is removed. It’ll then drop a little, which is normal.
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This is the exact problem I'm having now. I flushed the coolant system last fall, so I thought the low coolant buzzers were from air coming out of the system, and I just kept topping it off. But on the last two drives, once the car has gotten up to temperature, it overflowed the overflow tank. Car is not overheating and running fine (well, regularly) otherwise.
EDIT: Also, how does a leak in that line cause those symptoms?
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The hose from the AST to the coolant reservoir tank is a 2-way coolant line. When coolant pressure gets high enough, the pressure relief cap on the AST opens a little and allows expanding coolant to flow to the unpressurized reservoir tank vial that line. When the engine cools, a vacuum is created in the cooling system that draws coolant back from the tank via that line into the AST. If the tank overflows, the problem may be a small leak in the 2-way coolant line that allows some air instead of coolant to be drawn back into the AST. When this happens, coolant accumulates in the tank until it overflows and you keep having to add new coolant to the filler neck. Or, the overflowing reservoir tank could be due to a faulty pressure relief cap on the AST.
#14
Do you mean the hose that connects the AST to the overflow tank? Is that a vacuum line? I thought it was a coolant line.
This is the exact problem I'm having now. I flushed the coolant system last fall, so I thought the low coolant buzzers were from air coming out of the system, and I just kept topping it off. But on the last two drives, once the car has gotten up to temperature, it overflowed the overflow tank. Car is not overheating and running fine (well, regularly) otherwise.
EDIT: Also, how does a leak in that line cause those symptoms?
This is the exact problem I'm having now. I flushed the coolant system last fall, so I thought the low coolant buzzers were from air coming out of the system, and I just kept topping it off. But on the last two drives, once the car has gotten up to temperature, it overflowed the overflow tank. Car is not overheating and running fine (well, regularly) otherwise.
EDIT: Also, how does a leak in that line cause those symptoms?
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I've posted about that in the past. Here's one of my threads with a tool suggestion: https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generati...-tool-1139888/
#16
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when filling the coolant back up you probably didn't remove the upper throttle hose to properly burp the system. its the highest point in the system.... once new coolant starts coming out you re-connect it, fill the reservoir to full and check it after a good run. it usually only drops like 250ml. if you don't you will have air problem over days. this is common issue for guys that don't know. if you watch gears and gasoline on youtube they struggled with this also.
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