terry,
Okay, i'll run it tomorrow and once it gets to temp i'll take cap off and watch
for bubbles, just out of curiosity whats the best standard running temp to have? and
what do L20's and L18's run at (or should run at i should say?)
Cheers
James
--- "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>James,
>
>Doesn't sound too good does it. One thing you shouldn't do is add water to a
>hot engine when it's not running, or at least if you do then don't start the
>engine for a good 10 to 15 minutes or so. Rapid changes in temperature reeks
>havoc on metal components and head gaskets etc. It's quite normal for the
>water in a cooling system to expand a bit and spill over the radiator during
>warm up, especially if the thermostat is in good order. Once the thermostat
>has opened a couple of times everything settles down. It's at normal
>operating temperature that if bubbles in the radiator are expelled then it's
>a gorna.
>
>regards
>Terry
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Sent: Friday, 12 July 2002 10:01 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: water probs
>
>
>terry, thanks. One thing i did notice was when i turned it off and filled up
>the radiator, it would rise out over the top (this was without the cap on)
>and about 30 seconds later a big bubble would come up and the water level
>would go below the cap (where its supposed to) and it repeated itself 3 or 4
>times. Also when i got home and switched off the car there was a bubbleing
>and draining sound coming from the engine bay, thats when i knew it was in
>trouble :) ahhh i hate being the bearer of bad news!!!
>
>James
>
>
>
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