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Magic COOLANT ?

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:15 am
by tuffmavman
hey guys, just topped up the coolant in the radiator and the overflow bottle and i have no leaks anywhere but came back after a short run and about 2 hours and the overflow bottle nearlly empty??
have a little leak out the exhaust but dont know if its coolant. blows a little white smoke but then stops after about 2 mins.
stuffed water pump?
any clues???

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 3:44 pm
by bj on roids
Dip your oil...

Best case scenario, airpockets are being bled out.

Worst case, the water is in your oil or in your motor somewhere...

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:46 pm
by hokey
if your car's on gas it can be hard bleeding all the air pockets out with the position of the convertor. you need one of the containers mechanics use that fit to the top of your radiator to bleed out all the air bubbles

Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:22 pm
by calelux
Head gasket

Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:42 pm
by turps
hokey wrote:if your car's on gas it can be hard bleeding all the air pockets out with the position of the convertor. you need one of the containers mechanics use that fit to the top of your radiator to bleed out all the air bubbles
Trolley jack under the diff puts the radiator fill nice and high. I did this with the car running for 20mins at fast idle. LVL didn't change till I did a head gasket.