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Old 03-17-2008, 07:40 PM   #5
Reddots89

Name: Reddots89
Title: United Newb
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Your Ride: 96' 328ic, 01' Honda s2000, 97' vw jetta
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Crack a few eggs and pour them into the radiator.


I'm kidding. But really, I heard of someone who did that.

Seriously tho, assuming you bled the system correctly, there's a good chance you're getting air or gas introduced into the cooling system. This results in over pressurizing the system and overheating, which may have cause your expansion tank to rupture. You should do a pressure test on the cooling system. If no leaks are found, try a combustion leak test to see if there is any exhaust gases coming in through a weak head gasket.
bleeding the system could be a factor, i never found any good instructions on how to do it...i used alldata (bro went to nti and had access to it) but never found anything useful. as far as the pressure goes, how would i check the pressure in the cooling system? and i will run a combustion compression check tomorrow. I go and start the car about once a week and the motor runs phenominal w/ 168, xxx on the clock.

Last edited by Reddots89; 03-17-2008 at 07:49 PM..
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