it's a 90 eagle talon turbo charge and after i drive it, coolant bubbles up out of the overflow tank onto the ground. The temperature never rises past normal, and never has since I had the engine replaced with this new one, I also had a pro shop build it and drop it in my car for me. Head gasket maybe? It's new! Maybe it's the cylinder head? It's also new and so is the block. I was told that maybe the head gasket bolts need to be retorqued.
2006-07-04 12:43:38 · 7 answers · asked by talongdn 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
try the obvious ... the overflow tank may be too full. By design the radiator cap is suppose to allow pressure to be releaved into the overflow tank via steam. In the same way when the engine cools the vacume created in teh radiator with suck fluid back into the system. As a rule of thumb the overflow tank should only be 1/3 full when the engine is cool. If it's overflowing it means there is too much fluid in the system. worse case you may want to get a new radiator cap, perhaps the pressure release machanism isn't working.
2006-07-04 12:50:35 · answer #1 · answered by Briggs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might be as simple as having too much coolant in the system. The head gasket bolts should have been retorqued at least once since the rebuild. If the bolts aren't properly torqued, the head gasket will leak or blow out.
2006-07-04 19:50:36 · answer #2 · answered by Nc Jay 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A compression leak will cause this. Could be a bad or blown head gasket, a cracked block, a cracked or warped cylinder head, the deck surfaces may not be flat, there could be small corroded areas between the cylinders and the water jackets, or an improperly-torqued head bolt or bolts. It could also be just plain overheating because there's air in the cooling system that you didn't evacuate completely when you filled the system.
2006-07-04 21:31:09 · answer #3 · answered by Me again 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normally I would suspect a head gasket, and that may very well be the problem yet. With a turbocharger you also have to consider the intake gasket as well since the intake side is also under pressure. If the coolant isn't boiling out, then it has to be from exhaust or intake pressure. Is there any sign of gasoline or oil in the coolant?
2006-07-04 19:55:07 · answer #4 · answered by we_are_not_schitso 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably need a water pump. Its very possible that if the water pump was replaced with the new engine, you could have gotten a bad unit. The same thing happened to me and I figured it was not the water pump because all new components went into the new engine. But even new components can be bad.
2006-07-04 19:52:50 · answer #5 · answered by Joe K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would make sure that all the air is out of the system,some vehicle you got to get the air out of the system or it will do what you say it doing,retourqing the heads might do it,but check with the builder first!!!
2006-07-04 19:54:10 · answer #6 · answered by strange_busaman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
from my experience it's gonna be your radiator cap try a 15 pound cap????
2006-07-04 19:53:10 · answer #7 · answered by whitenight 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋