David Gersic wrote:
> On Saturday 19 July 2008 09:53 am, Jay & Dana wrote:
>
>>When at normal operating temperature my wife's 95 Neon's rad hoses are
>>fine. But in the morning when cold both rad hoses and heater hoses are
>>collapsed.
>
>
> Failed spring in the lower radiator hose, assuming that's the side that the
> water pump sucks from on a Neon. Not sure about the heater hoses, though,
> should those have springs in them too?
>
> Plugged radiator maybe? Can't move coolent through it, but there's enough
> expansion when the engine gets warm to puff the hoses back out, then collapse
> them when it gets cold and shrinks again.
>
> If you open the cap when the engine is cold, then start it and let it warm up,
> can you see the coolent circulating?
>
Bad radiator cap
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