This might be dumb, but make sure you're getting the right cap for your application. The manual transmission radiators and caps are different from the autos. You need to be careful with aftermarket radiators as well. I have the CS radiator and it requires and auto radiator cap even though my P5 is manual.
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What have you done to your MSP today?
- Thread starter baconbitz
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doesnt the cap release pressure? If it was overpressuring wouldnt it just release it since the cap does the regulating. The cap raises pressure to raise the boiling point then releases pressure once it hits the designated psi. If you dont have the overflow blocked off i would imagine it would bleed the pressure off.
Wagonbacker9
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- 2004 'Hoe
mostly, if it takes forever and a day for your car to reach operating temp...they said it was the right cap but you know how things go haha, but i was planning on getting the cs rad sometime so that info is good to know, how do i know if the t/stat is bad?
doesnt the cap release pressure? If it was overpressuring wouldnt it just release it since the cap does the regulating. The cap raises pressure to raise the boiling point then releases pressure once it hits the designated psi. If you dont have the overflow blocked off i would imagine it would bleed the pressure off.
i have know idea haha that is why im askin on here haha i have know idea what is wrong with it
mostly, if it takes forever and a day for your car to reach operating temp...
it warms up just fine, some times it will over heat sometimes it wont, sometimes there is a puddle under the car sometimes there is not haha
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is there a kink in your overflow tank line?
I had a bad rad cap and it would cause the overflow bottle to keep filling up untill it spilled out after the car was turned off....new cap solved this...
I had a bad rad cap and it would cause the overflow bottle to keep filling up untill it spilled out after the car was turned off....new cap solved this...
Wagonbacker9
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yeah, that simply sounds like a bad rad cap... (obvious) lolit warms up just fine, some times it will over heat sometimes it wont, sometimes there is a puddle under the car sometimes there is not haha
is there a kink in your overflow tank line?
I had a bad rad cap and it would cause the overflow bottle to keep filling up untill it spilled out after the car was turned off....new cap solved this...
its always empty, even if i fill it it will end up being empty
yeah, that simply sounds like a bad rad cap... (obvious) lol
alright i hope that is all it is, is there a way to look at a t/stat to see if its bad?
its always empty, even if i fill it it will end up being empty
Sounds like you have a much larger problem than your rad cap being bad. Your coolant is going somewhere. And my guess is that your getting quite a bit of vacuum on your coolant system causing the cap to do that. You need to get your coolant system presure tested
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it warms up just fine, some times it will over heat sometimes it wont, sometimes there is a puddle under the car sometimes there is not haha
Does it over heat when driving it hard? if so that does sound like a weak t-stat spring.
Does it over heat when driving it hard? if so that does sound like a weak t-stat spring.
yeah when i romp on it and then go fast on the freeway it tends to heat up, or when im in boost alot
Sounds like you have a much larger problem than your rad cap being bad. Your coolant is going somewhere. And my guess is that your getting quite a bit of vacuum on your coolant system causing the cap to do that. You need to get your coolant system presure tested
im not liking the sound of that
TheDirtyGoatee
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The more and more I read about the MSP's, the more I want to take a blow torch to it.
Wagonbacker9
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- 2004 'Hoe
if by win you mean reliably crossing the finish line.... eventually... by all means.hehe LX FTW!!!!!!!!!
the MSP will either do it quickly, or not at all. lol
The more and more I read about the MSP's, the more I want to take a blow torch to it.
belive me your not the only one who feels that way right now haha
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