Cap and cap area are dry.
-Robert
Chris lang wrote:
> 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.
> >--
> >Mailto:rotrottmann@davidson.edu
> >http://www.davidson.edu/personal/rotrottmann/default.htm
> >Davidson, NC
> >95 Sport 318 Auto 2WD
> >ICQ 19665525
> >
> >
> >
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