Ok, so since I bought this car its been sort of a nightmare of fixing screw ups from the previous owner...it needed a radiator when I bought it, so, I bought it, put it in, went to add coolant, and it wouldnt take more than about a gallon, and it was full...which leads me to believe something is wrong with the radiator, since, even the radiator along should hold more than that, maybe its just filling one tank and not going through the core of the radiator to fill it? Well...anyway, went ahead and started it, let it sit at idle about 15 mins, was about to get about another gallon or so in, and no more will fit even after running it for awhile again...pulling off the upper hose, there is no coolant, and, no matter when you pull the cap (after just running, or, was a time it sat for months and I pulled the radiator cap to check and see if the level had gone down any), coolant will SHOOT out, making me thing maybe its only filling the one tank on the radiator, and for some reason also not making it past the water pump and the pump is just pressurizing what is in between??
Anyone else have this problem? Not sure exactly where to start...in one way it leans me toward a problem with the radiator, considering it wouldnt take much coolant, and it should itself take more than that, but, then it also seems like no coolant is getting past the water pump? Defiantly an odd situation. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
