Engine Cooling & Radiator Problem – Any ideas??

[Lukezen27]

i changed my oil last week. i was parked at the shops the other day. i came back to the car and there was a massive puddle of coolant on the ground.

yea i'm pretty flabbergasted at how fast the coolant has just disappeared.

IC

then as Tinker said check where the metal and plastic meet, that's where they go most times

I would rev ya car till it gets hot and have a mate check while you stay parked

[JDM_VTIR]

yea will do. if not i'm probably gona buy myself a new radiator. darn it.

[Lukezen27]

yea will do. if not i'm probably gona buy myself a new radiator. darn it.

Make sure you find what's leaking before you go buying shit though lol

[Limo]

yeh i just wanted to update you guys that the prob is fixed now, it turned out to be a faulty rad cap. just changed it with my mates civic to see if it would help and bang.. coolant levels were back to normal.

[Lukezen27]

yeh i just wanted to update you guys that the prob is fixed now, it turned out to be a faulty rad cap. just changed it with my mates civic to see if it would help and bang.. coolant levels were back to normal.

Nice one

[Limbo]

cool easily solved

[Lukezen27]

Overflow sprayed out again on the weekend..

Not much but enough to piss me off

OK

Can it be the pressure type radiator cap?

Or just the Overflow is not big enough for the larger size radiator?

What bigger Overflow bottles with fit on my EG ie Log or ITR?

Cheers

Luke

[Limbo]

i dun have a prob and i have same radiator core as you.
I can't see why you would have this issue

[fatboyz39]

Pressure test the system? Did you get it running hot?

[Lukezen27]

Pressure test the system? Did you get it running hot?

Nope temps are still spot on, needle exactly half way just like normal

I'm getting a leak down test at TODA this weekend..

Nothing happend on the tuning day at TODA two weeks ago and Adrian thrashed the shit out of her but the day was no where nere as hot..

i dun have a prob and i have same radiator core as you.
I can't see why you would have this issue

Your overflow bottle is bigger to start with?

[tinkerbell]

FWIW - i am running a smaller D15B overflow bottle with my PWR alloy radiator that i use for circuit racing.

did the overflow bottle over fill? or did it just spray everywhere?

[Limbo]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Limbo
i dun have a prob and i have same radiator core as you.
I can't see why you would have this issue

Your overflow bottle is bigger to start with?

shouldn't be its the stock one