Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 11:29:20 GMT From: <milanihnopsamrs.com> Subject: Re: Coolant system question
Did you air out (bleed ) the cooling system? chances are there are air pockects and it preventing the coolent to do its job. There should be a bleeding valve on the engine outlet coolant. Top off the reservior, then open the vavle, then start the engine, you will soon start hearng a hissing sound and soon you will see water sprinkles out, wait until the flow is steady then at the same time add coolent, once no more air coming out, close the valve let the car run and then adjust the level inthe reservior accordingly .. Hope this help "Garcia420" <jeremy_duncannopsamam.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3cae03d9.279347277nopsam.dsl.net... > I have a '92 900 with 80K on it. > > I just replaced the radiator and hoses back in November. > > The car started to have steam coming from the expansion tank cap (my > wife reports!) No antifreeze in tank - I fillied it up to min level > and a couple minutes later it was drained, so I filled it up again and > this tuime it held in expansion tank. > > I let it sit all day and it didn't lose any antifreeze - took for a > short drive and it started to heat-up rapidly - but did not overheat > since I threw the heat on but there was no loss of coolant. > > Fan belts all look fine and radiotors new, is there anmyway to tell if > it's fan, thermostat or gasket. > > When viewing the engine from drivers side, I did notice some dried on > white stuff on red portion of engine block - could be spray from > expansion steam or does this undoubetdley mean cracked head gasket. > > Sorry for the length just trying to figure if this is a $100 job or a > $1,200! > > Thanks > > Jer
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