Antifreeze causes this sometimes. Check down inside the radiator as far as
you can and see if it is building up in there. Other things could be
getting stopped up.
----- Original Message -----
From: "$pook" <richardfiser@mchsi.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 12:11 AM
Subject: DML: Uh oh. "Radiator cap."
>
> I left my '98 Dakota, 3.9 v6, sitting in the garage for a week, after I
> had an injury that made me housebound. My wife drove it a couple of
> times last week with no obvious problems. I finally was able to go out
> today and drive it but 'instinct' told me to look under the hood. I
> lifted the hood and immediately noticed that the top radiator hose had
> collapsed. Uh oh. "Radiator cap." I thought. Turned the cap and the hose
> immediately swelled to almost its correct shape. Now, I have flushed the
> radiator a couple of times since I bought it in '98. What I found on the
> cap has me kind of baffled. Was a kind of yellow green substance, almost
> a paste. Before I flush the system and replace the cap, does anyone have
> any idea what this substance could have been? No foam in the oil. Didn't
> look like oil in the water. Last year, I had the thermostat housing
> gasket replaced, under warranty. Any chance this is some kind of residue
> from this? No stop leak was added to the radiator by me. Would the
> dealer add something?
> Maybe the Canadians did something. lol
>
> --
> $pook from Io'funk'wa
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