Radiator overflow
 

The radiator keeps overflowing into the tank at the side of the radiator, is this normal? if i fill the radiator to the top and the fill the tank to the maximum mark i end up with nearly a full tank after i have finished my journey! and the radiator needs topping up!

so i just take the water from the from the tank and just pour it back into the radiator,

Is this normal???

Matt

Re:Radiator overflow
 

Sorry to tell you, but it sounds like a blown head gasket. I ------- hate those. >:( Check the radiator cap first, but it sounds like a head gasket. :-\
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no water is disapearing it is just going from the radiator into the tank, if i take the water from the tank and put it back into the radiator there is exactly the same amount of water as when i started!

Its just a pain in the ass to keep putting it back into the radiator!

What makes you say it is the Headgasket Dr.Boost?

And i had the standard radiator cap and it did it and then i bought a spoon sports radiator cap and i did the same with that one as well.

Matt

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Hmmm...check the oil. That sounds like a head gasket for sure if the cap is good. Any oil in the water that you can see?
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Mine does that whenever the car is off the overflow tank gets lower. When the car is on and has warmed up a bit it fills up to the same level it always is. Isnt that just water heating up and expanding?

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Oh ----, I missed that. That is normal just as Blind said. I thought you were losing fluid. Haha, you have been taking the fluid from your overflow and putting it back into the radiator! ;D I've done dumber things. ::) Just look at this post. I was trying to tell you to replace your head gasket for no reason. :'(
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hehe.. Yeah just fill up coolant whenever the car is warmed and has been driven a bit. Otherwise it goes over the line.

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I thikn i have the same problem. I feel my radiator up all the way up. And fill the reservoir tank up with water. The reservoir tank will overflow and eventually the tank will be gone. Is this a sign of blown headgasket?

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i don't think your head gasket is bad. i think your waiter temp. sensor is bad. possibel the sensor has a short or an open circuit.

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but what does that suppose to do with water overflowing?