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Old Mar 14, 2014 | 11:10 AM
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When I take off the radiator cap to check the coolant it spits out of the radiator when cool.When its running I get white smoke around the lines and hoses going to the radiator under the filler neck.I
've had coolant disappearing whats causing this?
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Check your return line to the reservoir. Bet it's blocked.
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I put a new radiator cap on it today.It was harder to press on than the old one.I filled the resivour up and let it run.The steam around the radiator disappeared.Will update after more testing

Forgot to mention the resivour was pretty low at first that's why I filled it.When I took the old cap off after filling it it didn't spit out like before.

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