Just a guess but what about the cap on the radiator? Isn't it rated to a
certain PSI and then it will open to release the excess pressure. Is it wet
around the top of the rad by the cap?
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Trottmann <rotrottmann@davidson.edu>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Thursday, October 15, 1998 3:30 PM
Subject: DML: Psychotic Radiator
>Long, but I need help!!! After getting my rad. flushed and 180
>thermostat installed, I noticed my rad fluid in the res. was empty, so I
>called the dealership, they said it was normal, just filling in the
>nooks and crannies etc, and I could bring it in and they'd top it off.
>I filled it myself. Noticed it was low again, filled it again, asked
>the DML, got responces of "normal" unless it happens more.
>Well, it is happening more. But there's more now. I noticed a smell
>the day before I left for NC. Looked under the hood. There is rad.
>fluid on the bottom of hood, side of battery, top of plastic "skid plate
>thing", but the fan and belt are both DRY. I filled it before leaving
>for NC. Avg. speed over 80, only one, yes, one, stop for gas, one
>traffic jam. I drove for over 360 miles w/o stopping or slowing below
>60. Res. was just as full when I got to NC. I thought, problem is
>over.
>Took a 10 mile trip today on a tire errand, smelled the smell again.
>Yes, res. is half empty, fluid on underside of hood, battery, and top of
>"skid plate thing." There is NO fluid on the ground after I park.
>Final wierd thing: when it decides to leak, (I can find NO cause at all,
>seems completely random), when I park, there is very slight steam/smoke
>whatever coming out of the hole where the hood latch is. In front of
>the rad, behind condensor, I think.
>Truck runs fine, acceleration is normal, leaking is NOT connected to
>hard acceleration or highway driving, it has happened after all highway
>trips, or all city trips, w/ and w/o hard (redline) acceleration. I can
>find NO source for this leak, but the bottom of the radiator, behind the
>fan, is wet.
>PLEASE HELP!!! Again, sorry about the legnth, I just figured all the
>wierd details were necessary.
>Thanks,
>Robert
>No, I didn't drop a carriage bolt into my radiator.
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>95 Sport 318 Auto 2WD
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