It sounds like it's somewhere up top and only when your engine gets hot
(thus the spraying). It's probably a small hole in a hose or something
that is only visible *while* it's spraying. Maybe it's at a connection
site where it's so hot the fluid evaporates so it doesn't look like a
leak. If so that's just Murphy playing with you. He loves his job.
-Jodi
jlewis@sharetech.com
'98 Dakota Sport
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Trottmann [SMTP:rotrottmann@davidson.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 1998 7:56 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Psychotic Radiator
>
> No, but I'm sure I could find one, what would that tell me? Does it
> just add
> pressure to the system and you look for the leak? If there were a
> leak, i.e. hole
> in rad or something, wouldn't it leak pretty consistently, as in,
> after parking for
> a few days, there would be a puddle, or if only leaking under pressure
> or temp,
> wouldn't a hole show up over my drive btw St.Louis and NC, 710 miles
> with one stop,
> and consistently over 80?Thanks for the info, though,
> Robert
>
> > You got a pressure tester???!!!
> >
> > T.
> >
> > ______________________________ Reply Separator
> _________________________________
> > Subject: Re: DML: Psychotic Radiator
> > Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net> at smtpout
> > Date: 10/15/98 4:48 PM
> >
> > > Have you tried tweaking
> > > the throttle at the TB with the hood up *after* a drive (I.E. when
> it's
> > > fully warmed up)? If it sprayed on the hood, I imagine the leak
> would be
> > > quite apparent...
> > >
> >
> > Yes, I have, in fact I beat the crap out of the throttle after a
> drive, nothing
> > visible.
> >
> > > *or*
> > > Maybe you got a defective stat, or (heaven forbid) improper
> installation??
> > > Seems to me that this kind of problem would show up on your temp.
> gauge...
> > > Does it read normal or slightly low since the 180 install?
> > >
> >
> > It reads low ever since the second I drove it off the lot after the
> 180 install.
> > Always at the same place after it warms up. But wouldn't an
> improper
> > installation
> > show some antifreeze near the thermostat itself? That area is
> completely dry.
> > (Where the upper rad. hose enters the engine.)
> >
> > > $.02
> > >
> >
> > I'll see your $.02 and raise you a dry 180 deg. thermostat.--
> > 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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> Davidson, NC
> 95 Sport 318 Auto 2WD
> ICQ 19665525
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