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Old 05-25-2012, 11:27 AM
Beagle Beagle is offline
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I agree – air in the system, he must have run it low.

You must bleed air out of the system thoroughly. Localized boiling in air pockets in the cyl head will blow open a new radiator cap even if coolant in the lower radiator is cold. These engines are particularly quirky in that respect.

1) Get the car facing up a steep incline.

2) Open both heater valves wide.

3) Remove the bleed plug on the thermostat housing and fill the radiator with the engine idling.

4) Keep adding water until no more air comes out of the housing and replace plug.
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