Noticed the car overheating a little popped the bonnet an there coolant bubbling in the overflow bottle an it's full to the brim I have a rad cap with a pressure realease on it could that just be the problem or is it something more serious?
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12-02-11, 15:42 #1
Coolant bubbling in the overflow bottle?
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12-02-11, 16:07 #2di Member
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maybe thermostat is fucked or the rad is blocked or something
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12-02-11, 16:09 #3di Member
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Sounds like a headgasket unfourtunatly,
mind you its worth draining everything and refilling it as if its right to the brim u might have to much water in ur system and is causing the back pressure!
When u say bubling is it just bubbling, or is the water boiling over??
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12-02-11, 16:11 #4
Ye I just put a nismo thermostat in it I tested it in boiling water was opening ok you s reckon it's only something small like that?
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Well if it wasnt overheating before and then u change the thermo and it overheats I wouldnt be looking past the thermo for now!
Dont ignore the most obvious prob, sure bang the old one in and see what happens!
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don't be filling your rads with water lads!! fill it with coolant!!
Originally Posted by Cefiro Panch
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Goes without saying lad..........sure u mix coolant with water Originally Posted by MarkII
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12-02-11, 16:48 #8
Hope that's all it is last thing I need is to be replacing head gasket
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you only mix the cheap stuff Originally Posted by Cefiro Panch
Goes without saying lad..........sure u mix coolant with water
best stuff on the go is supplied by Toyota and its called red stuff, no water needed.
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12-02-11, 17:00 #10Low and Slow
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I didn't know that. You can get it from any Toyota dealer I assume? Originally Posted by MarkII
you only mix the cheap stuff
best stuff on the go is supplied by Toyota and its called red stuff, no water needed.
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