R50/53 Antifreeze leak/overflow help
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Antifreeze leak/overflow help
What causes the radiator fluid/antifreeze to overflow out of the reservoir after running the car? Engine was not overheating - OEM temp gauge shows just slightly below halfway mark. Supplemental cooling fan did kick on and was running when I got out and I noticed fluid leaking steadily. Fluid was that spendy Pentosin stuff. Was steaming/flowing out from the cap on the new aluminum coolant reservoir tank. About to be done with this car. Love it and am now hating it. Suggestions?
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Did you put a new cap on when you got the tank or reuse the old one? I'd check the cap and make sure it's not in poor condition.
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Check and make sure the seal on the cap isn't bad. It's also good, as mentioned above, to make sure there isn't too much coolant in the system.
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What causes the radiator fluid/antifreeze to overflow out of the reservoir after running the car? Engine was not overheating - OEM temp gauge shows just slightly below halfway mark. Supplemental cooling fan did kick on and was running when I got out and I noticed fluid leaking steadily. Fluid was that spendy Pentosin stuff. Was steaming/flowing out from the cap on the new aluminum coolant reservoir tank. About to be done with this car. Love it and am now hating it. Suggestions?
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Thanks Trackrat. I will check that coolant level as you suggest. I think it may have just be too full and released the excess. I do hate that I cannot see the level in the container without opening the cap but such is life. Thanks again.
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