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Old May 7, 2010 | 11:47 PM
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Coolant leak!

Every time I've hit WOT my car lately has been spraying coolant out from the radiator cap. I replaced the cap but it still does it. I was thinking maybe an air pocket. So any help would be much appreciated.
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Old May 8, 2010 | 12:25 AM
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blown headgasket
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Old May 8, 2010 | 12:45 AM
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head gasket my friend.
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Old May 9, 2010 | 08:25 AM
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it doesnt leak coolant into any part of the motor, I checked it and theres no smoke comming from the exhaust.
The coolant only comes from the cap and now I found my radiator is leaking so I have to replace that.
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Old May 9, 2010 | 08:30 AM
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Yup its the head gasket
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Old May 9, 2010 | 11:32 AM
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Something is screwy here. It shouldn't spray coolant from the cap, blown HG or not. The cap seals to the radiator and directs all overflow to the jug. Maybe the hose to the jug is plugged.
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Old May 9, 2010 | 12:09 PM
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probably a crack in the radiator at the cap area. get a pressure tester on it and see if it still leaks. if a head gasket was that bad, you would see other issues well before it pressured up the sustem to blow out of a closed radiator cap.
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Old May 10, 2010 | 06:04 PM
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my radiator is leaking now at the top where its plastic
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Old May 10, 2010 | 06:08 PM
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now it sounds like you just have a bad radiator. Replace it
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Old May 10, 2010 | 07:51 PM
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Thats what i plan on doing
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