Rather odd cooling system question
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Rather odd cooling system question
Today when I opened the hood up to drain my coolant (changing to Water Wetter) I noticed that both the upper and lower radiator hoses were almost collapsed completely. The car was cold, but I thought the radiator cap was supposed to prevent this. Am I off here?
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Originally Posted by pgmike
when my car is cold, my upper radiactor hose looks liek it is collapsed too but when the motor warms up it "inflates" and is fine. jsut looks like its messed up.
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Thats a trip I have had the same problem I didn't think anything of it though.. I noticed the problem quite some time ago since I put it on the back burner is there any permanate damage I should worry about???
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Thats a trip I have had the same problem I didn't think anything of it though.. I noticed the problem quite some time ago since I put it on the back burner is there any permanate damage I should worry about???
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Christ I went to the dealer months ago and they said Im the first person they have ever seen or heard of with this problem and there was no service bulliten (this was in feburary) so I ordered a new cap and its cool now.
I think there is potential for permanent damage in that the radiator hoses get WAY more exercise than they should if they are getting sucked flat everyday and most people know what happens with weak hoses, they blow 200 miles into a 500 mile trip and you are S.O.L.
I think there is potential for permanent damage in that the radiator hoses get WAY more exercise than they should if they are getting sucked flat everyday and most people know what happens with weak hoses, they blow 200 miles into a 500 mile trip and you are S.O.L.
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Originally Posted by Blacksheepdj
Just upgrade! I know Ralliart and Greddy both make radiator caps that raise the pressure to 1.3 BAR to keep the engine cooler.
and where could i get a ralliart one? is this jsut a knockoff or what? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33602
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Originally Posted by pgmike
how does it do that?
and where could i get a ralliart one? is this jsut a knockoff or what? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33602
and where could i get a ralliart one? is this jsut a knockoff or what? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33602
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If this many of us are having problems with a factory cap I'd hate to see the quality control standards on a knock-off one. I wouldn't bother anyway, why do you want to run hotter anyway?