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Old May 22, 2006 | 10:26 AM
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Hey guys,

I ended up breaking one of my metal coolant tubes, so instead of spending $100 on a new one I'm going to see if I can do something else.

Does anybody know how if it would be bad for me to plug the small hole at the top of the radiator?? I'm really not sure why its there asside from bleeding out the air in the radiator.

All it does is goes from the top of the radiator and joins with the tube from the back of the heads and then goes into the resivoir.

If anybody has some insite I'd like to know, if not I guess I'll try it and see what happens. Thanks.
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TTT, anybody have any opinions??
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Id keep it in there man, it keeps the system burped. think about it,the only other way out for the air in the rad is- through the motor!
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any body else???
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