so last like week ive been noticing coolant on the ground andf in the garage under my car where the resevoir is.... and ive been fillin it back up and my coolant light comes on again after like an hour of driving.... it shouldnt be a bhg the engine was rebuilt with new hg.. stock unfortunatly... but yea idk whats goin on like today leave from school like allll my coolant i put in this morning was runnin diown the parkin lot...
bad coolant leak or bhg....
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yup bone stock. but its the puddle is under the resevoir and i can hear the coolant bubbling frm the rad cap and its always allll over the stock of the resevoir...
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It may be a bad rad cap?
BUT still check for BHG number 6 cylinder (notorious!!!)
I had a OEM head gasket blow a pinhole back in the day.
I just arrived at a party on the other side of the city and I couldn't have a good time knowing that it was a new head gasket with complete engine work.
BUT still check for BHG number 6 cylinder (notorious!!!)
I had a OEM head gasket blow a pinhole back in the day.
I just arrived at a party on the other side of the city and I couldn't have a good time knowing that it was a new head gasket with complete engine work.
my last hg went on 6 peelin outa my gfs drive way before last winter.... and no theres no indication its a bhg just the fluid dropping and steaming... but 6 gets loads of oil around the plug... im guessing its that stupid thing you gotta take out with the allen wrench that i can never find.
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You talking about the head bolts?
no those 4 screw things holding in that metal piece between the valve covers
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o youre 7mge?
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i had a alltrac do this to me
i would drive 40 miles to work with no problems
when i arrived my overflow tank would pour and drain a bunch of coolant
come to find out the guy i got it from did a new headgasket but the head was warped around cylinder #3 and was pressurizing my cooling system
i would drive 40 miles to work with no problems
when i arrived my overflow tank would pour and drain a bunch of coolant
come to find out the guy i got it from did a new headgasket but the head was warped around cylinder #3 and was pressurizing my cooling system
noim 7mgte... if i knew how ro upload pics id show u but have no idea how.... but back to the coolant, i put a new rad cap on and its not leaking as much but theres coolant on the outside botom edge of my rad and still driping outa the over flow? ive plugged the overflow is that a good idea or really really stupid?
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Do you understand why the overflow is there?
Heat + coolant = expanded coolant.
Your cooling system is a closed system, with the radiator cap as the pressure regulator. When the coolant expands, it will take the path of least resistance out of the system (normally through the cap to the overflow bottle).
Unplug the line, bleed your cooling system of air, test for combustion gases in the coolant, and see if the problem returns.
Heat + coolant = expanded coolant.
Your cooling system is a closed system, with the radiator cap as the pressure regulator. When the coolant expands, it will take the path of least resistance out of the system (normally through the cap to the overflow bottle).
Unplug the line, bleed your cooling system of air, test for combustion gases in the coolant, and see if the problem returns.
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