Coolant hissing

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Re: Coolant hissing

Post by Peg leg Pete » Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:58 pm

I had hissing and a small amount of coolant escape from overflow on header tank just before setting off to Scotland earlier this year. Replaced header tank cap, cured the problem :wink:
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Re: Coolant hissing

Post by spout » Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:16 pm

bigdaddycain wrote:Could spout be reffering to the other "tube" on the upper left hand side of the expansion tank? (the one that has no pipe attached).
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Re: Coolant hissing

Post by phedders » Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:25 pm

Ok, so I need a new 1.1bar cap - are they standard? Where do I get one?
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Re: Coolant hissing

Post by dandywarhol » Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:26 pm

Any Motor Factor should have one - common on a lot of Jap cars
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Re: Coolant hissing

Post by phedders » Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:58 pm

Just what I was hoping :O) - cheers DW

(Hmm maybe even Halfrauds might have one :O)
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