need help asap spilling coolent
06-05-2004, 06:07 PM
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need help asap spilling coolent i just installed my cam. it was running great for a month... but now i am spilling coolent through my resivor cap...after the engine is hot...what could it be...no hoses look bad or pinched...jus started happening...thanks
06-05-2004, 09:15 PM
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Could be a blown head gasket. Had the same problem and that was the cause. Is the pump circulating ok. Can you see coolant flow with the radiator cap off, and the car idleing warm.
06-06-2004, 12:11 PM
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hmmm yea coolent is flowing through the radiator..i keep adding fluid and it takes it...and it will be ok for like a few days...then all of a sudden it starts overflowing to the side resivor...don't know about the stuck thermostat...it doesn't over heat at all...it stays at 210 all the time...should i try a lower therm...or would a stuck therm do that...i hope it ain't a blown head gasket...wouldn't that cause the engine to over heat
06-06-2004, 12:18 PM
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its the overflow tank
Originally Posted by badazzhawk
yea coolent is flowing through the radiator..i keep adding fluid and it takes it...and it will be ok for like a few days...then all of a sudden it starts overflowing to the side resivor...don't know about the stuck thermostat...it doesn't over heat at all...it stays at 210 all the time...should i try a lower therm...or would a stuck therm do that...i hope it ain't a blown head gasket...wouldn't that cause the engine to over heat
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A really small leak in the gasket will cause this to happen. Usually will blow off the resivour at high rpms. You could try swapping the thermostat first, but the gasket is my guess. The felpros are only 50 dollars. Just takes a lot of time to swap them out. Is you resivour full to the top. It should be only about half full.
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06-07-2004, 10:37 AM
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could it be jus to ful i think i am jus overfilling the radiator...its coming out of the overflow cap...i usually run the car while adding coolent till it can't take anymore till it tops off without going down...i think that is too much right?
