Reservoir tank overflow! Help!

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Old Aug 9, 2003 | 02:46 PM
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Default Reservoir tank overflow! Help!

So I installed my turbo two weeks ago and just yesterday I noticed my coolant reservoir tank overflowing after a hard run. I replaced the radiator cap today and it still does the same thing. Anyone know the solution to this??? Could it be the thermostat??
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Old Aug 9, 2003 | 04:21 PM
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could be blown head gasket or air in the system.
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Old Aug 9, 2003 | 05:14 PM
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that just happend to me and it was the headgasket....do a compression test and that will tell you....sorry to hear that..
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Old Aug 9, 2003 | 06:38 PM
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Damn a blown headgasket. I will do a compression test tomorrow to see what happens.
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Old Aug 9, 2003 | 06:40 PM
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happened to me before and it was a blown headgasket
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Old Aug 9, 2003 | 07:31 PM
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blown headgasket......if the leak is small a compression test can come out ok.
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