don't know what year you have.......i have an 88se ...and a 99rt My 88 has
the same problem.....i do a lot of short trips in this truck.Must be a
preasure build up in the rad.I tried differant thermostats with no luck .I
replaced three rads in the first 5 years of the truck,seems in my case the
top of the rad is clamped or crimped to the core,the seal at this piont
leaks when under preasure.The last 6 years i just tap these crimps down with
a hamer and a piece of hard ruber(don't over do it)
solves the problem for a while .The more these crimps flex back and forth
the weaker they get eventualy i'll have to get a new core.The joy of living
5 min from work .
The other thing is to have the rad preasure tested....they hook up a pump to
your fill hole and pumpit up.If you got a pin hole it should bee seem
JohnVan Gemert
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard A Pyburn <rap777@juno.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Monday, February 22, 1999 8:22 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Antifreeze issues
>Robert,
>
>Do you possibly have a pinhole leak somewhere above the 1/2 inch mark
>that only allows A/F to leak under pressure? My wife's Intrepid had that
>happen. Just replaced the resivoir and it was fine.
>
>Something else you said concerns me. Were there bubbles in the tank or
>was it foam? Foam will not keep the engine cool. Both indicate an air
>leak somewhere in the system.
>
>Richard in SA
>
>
>On Mon, 22 Feb 1999 13:22:30 -0500 Robert Trottmann
><rotrottmann@davidson.edu> writes:
>>Ok, this would be the 4th time I've posted this, and it just won't go
>>through.
>>Basically, whenever I fill my antifreeze res. it sprays out over the
>>engine from
>>god knows where. Since summer, I have had about 1/2 inch of
>>antifreeze
>>in the res. and the engine runs fine. Yes, I drive on a regular basis
>>w/ just 1/2 inch of antifreeze in the res, any more than that it will
>>spray out at random intervals. Today, after racing an IROC Z for about
>>20 miles, reaching speeds of WELL above the 110 max on the speedo, I
>>checked the engine out, and saw a froth of bubbles on the top of the
>>antifreeze in the res.
>>What does this mean? The truck ran GREAT, always runs w/o problems,
>>so
>>I figure, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Like I said, if I fill the
>>antifreeze, it drops until it hits about 1/2 inch, then stays there
>>for
>>ever.
>>-Robert
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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