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Old 09-05-03, 10:21 PM
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rebuild is sucking up coolant

I still havent fixed my vacuum leak, but thats not the point.

My motor just seems to keep eating up coolant, after a short drive I'm contantly having to fill up the overflow tank.

Theres no white exhaust, where the heck is the coolant going?
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Onto the ground?
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If it is not going onto the ground, and there is no white smoke on startup, then the only way to be absolutely sure is to do a coolant system pressure check.
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I havent ever nseen any coolant o the ground, so I'll get a pressure check. Could the fact that I have a aftermarket radiator cap have anything to do with this? I've heard of them casuing problems before.
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Use OEM caps. Did you properly bleed the system with heater in the car cranked all the way up? That will make it suck a lot of coolant out of the resivour if it wasnt done.
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