Scottydoggs
Killa Bee
your a damn mechanic now. :th_thumb-up::th_thumb-up:
Bad water pump?
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Scottydoggs
Killa Bee
the over flow tank can be over flowing or coolant leaking up from under it. they do wear out, inside is a rubber seal, if its torn up you know the cap is bad.
you'll want to bleed the t stat housing too, theres a bleeder screw a top it, open it up when the cars warmed up leave it open till a steam of coolant comes out.
i like to leave the rad cap off let it idle till the fans come on, this way you know the t stat is open, bleed it, then top off the rad and cap it.
drive it as needed, next morning check the level in the rad. if its low top it off.
fill the over flow tank to the cold mark if its low or empty.
the way the tank works is the engine gets how, the coolant has to go somewhere, so it pushes out the past the cap to the tank, when it cools it draws it back in the rad. so make sure that line to the tank is not busted up or leaking at its ends.
rad tanks also crack can be hard to see sometimes, will only leak once the engine is warmed up most of the time, and you find it low on coolant when it was full the day before.
you'll want to bleed the t stat housing too, theres a bleeder screw a top it, open it up when the cars warmed up leave it open till a steam of coolant comes out.
i like to leave the rad cap off let it idle till the fans come on, this way you know the t stat is open, bleed it, then top off the rad and cap it.
drive it as needed, next morning check the level in the rad. if its low top it off.
fill the over flow tank to the cold mark if its low or empty.
the way the tank works is the engine gets how, the coolant has to go somewhere, so it pushes out the past the cap to the tank, when it cools it draws it back in the rad. so make sure that line to the tank is not busted up or leaking at its ends.
rad tanks also crack can be hard to see sometimes, will only leak once the engine is warmed up most of the time, and you find it low on coolant when it was full the day before.
Yes I did all that. I installed a new t stat and drilled a tiny hole in the flange. ( not sure that that helps anything or not). But yesterday when I had it up to temp and out running then back in the driveway I poped the hood and squeezed the upper radiator hose and could hear it sloshing in the overflow tank. No pressure built up. Which seemed weird to me. That had me thinking the cap could be bad. But it built pressure before with the hissing. So just a little puzzled.
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Scottydoggs
Killa Bee
they are cheap enough to just swap out. mine took a crap i got one with the red locking lever on it. seems to be holding up well the last 3 years now i guess.
fredldavis
New member
How to remove the supercharger pulley that's in the way of taking off the water pump in 1997 GP
GTP?
GTP?
Scottydoggs
Killa Bee
the lower idler? its a t55 torx. normal threads. p/s pump also has to come off to get the other two long bolts out.
fredldavis
New member
How did you remove the supercharger belt pulley in order to remove the lower right hand bolt on water pump?
Thanks
Thanks
Scottydoggs
Killa Bee
i just told ya. read fred. read.
fredldavis
New member
Thanks so much. I'll give it a try. Tried Allen wrench and that didn't work.
Fred
Fred
Scottydoggs
Killa Bee
might be a T50. its one of them.