buckwill
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- trona calif
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1998 sport
u can find leaks and test radiators with this easy to make test kit and its cheap,,u need air, not much 20 psi is plenty, an inexpensive 5 to 15 psi regulator, harbor freight has paint regulator w/guage for 5.99$ some short air hose, mebbe an air hose connector, a short piece of radiator hose the size of your upper rad hose, a piece of pipe the size of your upper radiator nub,pvc works ok,,,,, now drain enough coolant that u can remove upper rad hose without making a mess, hook up your tester hose to radiator,, nub inside the ,, i forgot,, u need a pvc tee with bushed down to quater inch so u can hook your air hose adapter to the upper rad hose device u just made with large size of rad hoses in and out,, hook this into upper rad hose and set air to no more than is stated on rad cap,, it is better to test rad or for leaks at night or in darkened garage, set air to just under set point as noted on rad cap,, get underneath and u will be able to see any leaks and see where its coming from,, even tho it mak take an hour to get a slow leak going,, howerver driving the engine wont blow antifreeze around engine,,, u will be able to see the track or see stream and if not u will see where it piles up and general location
,, some time if your water pump is just at fail point u may have to shake the fan to get leak started, i have made about three of these,, 4,, usually given them away to admirers, just had to have it, or borrowed but never returned,, u know how that is,, a borrower keeps something long enough,, they think it belongs to them,, buck
,, some time if your water pump is just at fail point u may have to shake the fan to get leak started, i have made about three of these,, 4,, usually given them away to admirers, just had to have it, or borrowed but never returned,, u know how that is,, a borrower keeps something long enough,, they think it belongs to them,, buck