My plan is to replace the rad. cap, and if that doesn't fix it, wait 'til
something really goes wrong, cause so far, temp and engine seem normal.
Later,
Robert
Jodi Lewis wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > 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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