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Radiator problem
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Fri Aug 05, 2011 12:53 amby balut_eg
so after a mile or two of driving, my car over heats. when i turn it off there's pressure coming out of the water resevoir and the coolant in there is bubbling. idk what to do, could it be the radiator cap? or do i change the resevoir?
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Fri Aug 05, 2011 12:57 amby RWMIII
are your cooling fans working? is anything leaking from the cap itself?
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Fri Aug 05, 2011 1:02 amby balut_eg
yup the fans are working and yes theres something leaking out of the resevoir cap.
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Fri Aug 05, 2011 1:05 amby RWMIII
not resevoir cap. the actual radiator cap. the silver one.
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Fri Aug 05, 2011 1:09 amby balut_eg
no nothing leaking out of the radiator cap.
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Fri Aug 05, 2011 1:11 amby RWMIII
have you done anything to the cooling system lately? like a flush? added coolant? is the temp guage going higher than normal?
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Fri Aug 05, 2011 1:13 amby balut_eg
i flushed it then replaced a hose. yeah the temp is higher than normal.
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Fri Aug 05, 2011 1:14 amby RWMIII
did you bleed the system after the flush?
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Fri Aug 05, 2011 1:35 amby undeadone069
might want to check that the thermostatr is funcioning properly
and make sure there is no air in the lines. air gave me a big problem when i first started my z6 i just ran it for a few min with no thermostat to help me bleed the air out.
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Fri Aug 05, 2011 1:53 amby balut_eg
No I haven't bleed the system.
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Fri Aug 05, 2011 2:29 amby RWMIII
you def need to bleed the system then.
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Fri Aug 05, 2011 2:30 amby balut_eg
aright ill check back if it doesnt work for me. thanks!
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Sat Aug 06, 2011 3:42 amby balut_eg
im having a problem finding the bleeder valve or whatever.
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Sat Aug 06, 2011 6:46 amby RWMIII
its on the thermostat housing
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Thu Sep 15, 2011 5:06 pmby balut_eg
Sorry havent been on in a while. but the problem was my thermostat so I got to change it and now its workin fine. Thanks for the help man!