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Subject:Re: overfull coolant reservoir
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Sat, 21 Jun 2003 18:38:36 -0400

On Sat, 21 Jun 2003, Mark Watts wrote:

> Any ideas why my overflow coolant reservoir went over full and leaked coolant
> on the muffler? There far left coolant reservoir is about half full with air.
> I am in the Chatanooga area, actually exit 350 in Georgia. Any help would be
> appreciated. ideas/solutions/mechanics??? Please pmail me at mvaone@aol.com I
> am in digest mode.
> Am going to search the archives now....

Could be a bad head gasket pushing combustion gases into the system.  Not
what you want to hear, I know, but there aren't many other places air can
get in unless you're leaking coolant elsewhere.  Check for a bad expansion
bottle cap and make sure the hose between the bottle and the reservior
behind the license plate is good.  It's a bit of a long shot, but
sometimes a bad cap or a leaky hose will let coolant out but won't allow
it to be pulled back in.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si