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Old 05-25-2006, 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by pmally
well it all depends, i will be crusing along and then all of a sudden the temp is going over 100c and then i discover that there is no water in the radiator and hot steam coming from the overflow tank. I have overheated just sitting once, it seems that if i fill up the radiator every day it seems to be just fine but it seems to be loosing alot of water.. some how. I replaced the radiator with a spare used one that i had from my parts car, still same problem. I have also replaced the thermostat and at the moment i cant afford to put $10 of antifreeze into my car every day so ive been just using water

Hate to say it but sounds like a head gasket. May be a cracked head. Talk to Brian Carlton he went through that with his SD. I'd send a sample of oil out to the lab and see what comes back.
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