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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 01:47 PM
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My reservoir thing, I fill it up and it keeps dissapearing. No white smoke from the exhaust. And also, chekced the oil and there is no radiator fluid in there either....

AND I dont see any drops of coolant anywhere. Could a small hole in the radiator cause for the coolant to evaporate ??

I think i might have to get a fluidyne radiator.
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 05:47 PM
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Default Re: Leaking radiator? (BG Boost)

My reservoir thing, I fill it up and it keeps dissapearing. No white smoke from the exhaust. And also, chekced the oil and there is no radiator fluid in there either....

AND I dont see any drops of coolant anywhere. Could a small hole in the radiator cause for the coolant to evaporate ??

I think i might have to get a fluidyne radiator.
Most of my experience with this involves failing water pumps. As this problem starts, a very small amount of coolant escapes while driving through the "weep hole" of the water pump. As this problem gets worse, you will begin to find small puddles of coolant on the LEFT side of the motor (no where near ANY coolant hoses or anything else carrying coolant).

Also, this happens to commonly occur to people using non-Honda coolant with silicates. Are you using non-Honda coolant?

Shawn
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 06:58 PM
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Default Re: Leaking radiator? (shawnhayes)

I just put the motor in, its straight from Japan, and using non-honda coolant.

Its from Sierra or something.

Before, with my LS block, I had little bit of dripping from the left side of the block.

But now, I dont see any drips there with the new b20 block.
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Old Mar 18, 2002 | 03:39 AM
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Default Re: Leaking radiator? (BG Boost)

I just put the motor in, its straight from Japan, and using non-honda coolant.

Its from Sierra or something.

Before, with my LS block, I had little bit of dripping from the left side of the block.

But now, I dont see any drips there with the new b20 block.
Probably has a leaking water pump. Do yourself a favor and always use Honda coolant. I don't use Honda coolant either, but I'm using silicate free coolant, but it's still a risk. Non-Honda coolant ruined at least one of my water pumps.

Shawn
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