radiator

[j fizz]

driving on an already busted radiator top outlet was how i popped the
ehadgasket on my 5000 [hose slipped off]. 2 strikes is apparently all you
get.

DONT DRIVE IT, FIX IT.

jim


--- Brian Pleet <bpleet at telusplanet.net> wrote:
>I was idling my 90 90Q when there was a sudden cloud
>of white smoke from
>the engine compartment. Engine was turned off.
>
>The large top radiator hose had broken away from the
>radiator. Inside the
>hose was a part of the plastic connector which
>extends from the radiator. I
>re-attached the hose to the connector that was still
>there, made it to a
>service station and filled up with water.
>
>Do I need to replace the radiator? I have been
>running for a while without
>a leak, but I'm nervous that the pressure will, at
>the worst time, break
>off the rest of the connector.
>
>How do you change the coolant? I tried loosening
>both hose clamps on the
>heater hose connection, but I could not get the
>short rubber hose off on
>either side. Then I tried to use the bleed screw on
>the hose to the heater,






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