...and if your reservoir is always empty, look around for that slow coolant leak you haven't been noticing. It pays to check that little hose between the expansion tank and the reservoir too... it only carries coolant part time, but they do get old and rot over time.
At 01:27 PM 6/29/2005 -0700, Jon Brown wrote: > >any coolant you put in the expansion tank always either drips on the > ground, runs to the reservoir filling it all the way to the top, or > disappears? I.E. my expansion tank is always empty. > >It sounds like you have a leak in you expansion tank? This however would >be a "catastrophic" problem as there is no way coolant would circulate in >the system if the expansion tanks was always empty... Are you sure your >calling them by the right name, the expansion tank is the one NOT behind >the license plate... > >If backwards, then it sounds like you have a like in your reservoir (the >one behind the license plate). While this wouldn't cause and immediate >problem, it's work sorting out. |
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