loss of coolant
08-02-2002, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by pengaru' date='Aug 3 2002, 01:27 AM
post relevant i nor anyone on the board cares 
next one will be deleted without warning :P
Posted on Aug 2 2002, 11:40 PM
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Hi Judy. I'm a girl too. Surprise, surprise.
as what I had posted, however, mine gets edited. You man hater.
:P
08-02-2002, 10:04 PM
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Got a second call from the shop. I'm getting scared again.
He can't find any evidence of a bad hose and the the water pump spins. He had a problem getting the radiator cap off~the bolts were froze up. What confused me after we talked was he said he did the analysis to see if there were combustion gases in the coolant. From what place is this done?
Also i seem to remember him saying he did a compression check on the cooling system, doesn't this happen from the radiator throat? If he couldn't get the cap off......
He is thinking the fluid came out of the overflow resovoir. This really has me paranoid. What else but bad O's would make it shoot out of there? What is the story on "seeing" bubbling in the overfow? What would it look like.
So he is off for the weekend and will resume on Monday.
What could it be?
What a dissettling way to spend the weekend.
What coolant do all of you use? i'm not going to be the first to put EG in. Anybody use Redline's Water Wetter ?
Thanks for the welcome to the group, and watching out for me. Nice to see other girls here, boys don't scare me though. Good to mix a little left and right brain occasionally.
He can't find any evidence of a bad hose and the the water pump spins. He had a problem getting the radiator cap off~the bolts were froze up. What confused me after we talked was he said he did the analysis to see if there were combustion gases in the coolant. From what place is this done?
Also i seem to remember him saying he did a compression check on the cooling system, doesn't this happen from the radiator throat? If he couldn't get the cap off......
He is thinking the fluid came out of the overflow resovoir. This really has me paranoid. What else but bad O's would make it shoot out of there? What is the story on "seeing" bubbling in the overfow? What would it look like.
So he is off for the weekend and will resume on Monday.
What could it be?
What a dissettling way to spend the weekend.
What coolant do all of you use? i'm not going to be the first to put EG in. Anybody use Redline's Water Wetter ?
Thanks for the welcome to the group, and watching out for me. Nice to see other girls here, boys don't scare me though. Good to mix a little left and right brain occasionally.
08-02-2002, 10:15 PM
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i use prestone antifreeze, it doesn't really matter as long as its the right type. if the radiator cap fails it can cause the overflow to spill over. generally they take some coolant and use the special tester to see if there is exhaust in it. was the only place coolant was leaking was from the overflow reservoir ? its possible an oring on the intake manifold could have broken too.
08-08-2002, 02:25 PM
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All that angst! It was indeed the radiator cap!
i have been a bad girl, i promise never, ever, ever again to let it slip by me to add that to my maintainance! The bolts had siezed on the neck and i was not sure what to do so i put it on back burner.
When he installed it the temp dropped to well below the half-way mark on the gauge.
And he performed all the tests to quell my fears that it was anything more serious.
Thanks for putting up with me, and for all the tips.
ps...this is my 49th post vosko
i have been a bad girl, i promise never, ever, ever again to let it slip by me to add that to my maintainance! The bolts had siezed on the neck and i was not sure what to do so i put it on back burner.
When he installed it the temp dropped to well below the half-way mark on the gauge.
And he performed all the tests to quell my fears that it was anything more serious.
Thanks for putting up with me, and for all the tips.
ps...this is my 49th post vosko
08-08-2002, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by judy' date='Aug 8 2002, 08:25 PM
All that angst! It was indeed the radiator cap!
i have been a bad girl, i promise never, ever, ever again to let it slip by me to add that to my maintainance! The bolts had siezed on the neck and i was not sure what to do so i put it on back burner.
When he installed it the temp dropped to well below the half-way mark on the gauge.
And he performed all the tests to quell my fears that it was anything more serious.
Thanks for putting up with me, and for all the tips.
ps...this is my 49th post vosko
i have been a bad girl, i promise never, ever, ever again to let it slip by me to add that to my maintainance! The bolts had siezed on the neck and i was not sure what to do so i put it on back burner.
When he installed it the temp dropped to well below the half-way mark on the gauge.
And he performed all the tests to quell my fears that it was anything more serious.
Thanks for putting up with me, and for all the tips.
ps...this is my 49th post vosko
