BlackMark8
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Im not sure about it but its not looking good...
Car keeps overheating, the water is pouring out of the cap. It had a new radiator, new water pump and thermostat removed. Ran fine for long time then started to overheat. Water coming out the sides of the cap... again. So , i figured what the hell maybe the cap is no good... got a new one.. and wala, worked fine again for several more days.... then it started again, i got real sick of pulling over every 10 miles to cool off and add water. it only had water...
i said screw it... modified the cap so it would never leak again and bang ! radiator blew apart the plastic on passenger side.
The last two times it overheated (when i say overheated i mean its passed the "M" on the "NORMAL" section of the gauge.)
THE HIGHEST IT EVER GOT WAS THE TOP OF THE "R".
The car never actually red-lined... but
I noticed a terrible sound and the oil light came on.... sounded like the engine was running backwards (like old cars do sometimes when you shut them off)
Now im in the process of installing new radiator (brand new) and t-stat. Do you think that not having a t-stat could make it put more pressure on that res. box and make it keep popping the caps ?
Your info is greatly apreciated.
Car keeps overheating, the water is pouring out of the cap. It had a new radiator, new water pump and thermostat removed. Ran fine for long time then started to overheat. Water coming out the sides of the cap... again. So , i figured what the hell maybe the cap is no good... got a new one.. and wala, worked fine again for several more days.... then it started again, i got real sick of pulling over every 10 miles to cool off and add water. it only had water...
i said screw it... modified the cap so it would never leak again and bang ! radiator blew apart the plastic on passenger side.
The last two times it overheated (when i say overheated i mean its passed the "M" on the "NORMAL" section of the gauge.)
THE HIGHEST IT EVER GOT WAS THE TOP OF THE "R".
The car never actually red-lined... but
I noticed a terrible sound and the oil light came on.... sounded like the engine was running backwards (like old cars do sometimes when you shut them off)
Now im in the process of installing new radiator (brand new) and t-stat. Do you think that not having a t-stat could make it put more pressure on that res. box and make it keep popping the caps ?
Your info is greatly apreciated.