Vanishing Coolant Trick! .....help

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08-30-2010, 05:18 PM

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builthatch

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Re: Vanishing Coolant Trick! .....help

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It boiled over today and coolant went everywhere.

wait, i missed this...

it boiled over from where, the overflow? and under what conditions did that happen?

did you ever get the coolant tested for hydrocarbons?

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08-31-2010, 08:32 AM

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Re: Vanishing Coolant Trick! .....help

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wait, i missed this...

it boiled over from where, the overflow? and under what conditions did that happen?

did you ever get the coolant tested for hydrocarbons?

Never got it tested.

And yes it came from the overflow.

I think the car might have had a blown headgasket in the past and been repaired. Because the inside of the tubes and radiator were brown and sludgy.