Jan 17, 2006 - 3:25 AM
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Lately my engine has been running warm, it's not getting too hot, just almost to the top of the little temp. emblem(as opposed to being on the little wavy line). I replaced the radiator in august, and it started doing this a few months later, so I took it to a mechanic. The mechanic found a small leak when he pressure tested the system(it was a hose he tightened it, and filled the radiator back up with coolent). Then about a weak later it started doing it again. I seem to be losing a small amount of coolent, is it possible for coolent to somehow disapeer in a pressure tight system? Because I can't seem to find a leak.
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Jan 22, 2006 - 2:59 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 24, '05 From Fresno, California Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
Well, from previous experience, i once own a 1988 celica and i kept having this same problem of overheating. I change the thermostat and still, same o' problem. so i talk to a couple of my friends about this and they said the way they "solve" this problem was by putting a "manual switch" connecting to the wire from the thermostat. with this, whenever the temp guage is above normal, i would turn the switch on that will then turn on the cooling fan to cool the radiator down. It work. But i'm not really sure if it's the case with your celica. I'm thinking that there may be a bad circuit between the thermostat and the fan that should cool down the radiator or engine when it begins to overheat.
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jayi12-15psi overheating Jan 17, 2006 - 3:25 AM
sugarfree maybe its leakin from the thermostat. Like the sea... Jan 17, 2006 - 12:45 PM
CheesyLobster bring it back to the mec. its probably either the ... Jan 17, 2006 - 4:37 PM
gnetik Yeah, maybe you need to replace the thermostat. Jan 17, 2006 - 6:44 PM
Coomer A stuck thermostat shouldn't cause a loss of c... Jan 17, 2006 - 7:14 PM
jgreening QUOTE(jayi12-15psi @ Jan 17, 2006 ... Jan 17, 2006 - 7:21 PM
jayi12-15psi well, how much loss in coolent would make a differ... Jan 17, 2006 - 7:43 PM
jgreening QUOTE(jayi12-15psi @ Jan 17, 2006 ... Jan 18, 2006 - 10:23 AM
Coomer If a couple cups worth of coolant is disappearing ... Jan 17, 2006 - 8:42 PM
jayi12-15psi Do I need to drain the oil? or whould looking at m... Jan 18, 2006 - 3:52 AM![]() ![]() |
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