hey !
well its damm cold out(- 9 C)now and still no heat, im still tryin to figure out if its air or not that is causing it. but i donno .. i replaced the line that runs from the expansion tank to the res tank .. and now what happens is.. it dosnt over heat .. the temp noramal drving is little over the middle of the bulb to the end of the bulb .. when climbin up hill it gos little farther away from the bulb but not too bad it cools down when i get to top .. highway driving same .. the needle is at the end of the bulb .. but still blowing cold air.. after i get out of the van i do notice a smell of rad fluid and the res tank is little over the max but. .when i come back to it .. when it is cold .. the res tank is down in the middle of max and min. ... i still get no heat at all i do the oddest times . but it dosnt last long .. i drove it from hamilton to TO on firday .a nd when i got to about the gardner i got heat for about 5 mins.. then cold .a nd on the way back got nothing. what do you make of this ?
thanks for you help
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