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The latest on my odd cooling situation... (archive)
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Posted by Tim Collins on July 29, 2000 at 18:54:22:

Okay, well, I opened up the bleeder screw, and water and air were coming out, hissing, but blasting coolant in spurts. So I let it stay open. Kept hissing, spitting coolant every now and then... then it just stopped. No more pressure in the system... what the hell? I ran the car, and after a second, coolant started coming out in spurts, then steadily. So, since it was running steadily, I closed the screw. I'm gonna let it cool down a little, and open up the screw again. But this is a really strange problem... The thermostat and water pump are really new... the hoses aren't cracked or anything...

I DID notice that one of the hoses (the big one coming off the engine on the passenger side I think) had some tape on it, I wonder if this was some sort of fix for a vacuum leak? Wierd. I got a oil message driving the car to warm it up... but I noticed my dipstick wasn't all the way in. So basically, I'm still confused. We'll see what happens now...

Tim Collins

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