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idlafie · 12-17-2007, 01:41 AM

Check your headgasket by doing a compression test....

http://www.nicoclub.com/articles.php?id=159838

If your head gasket checks out okay, then chances are your radiator is clogged with calcium deposits. You'll have to have it chemically cleaned at a radiator shop or you can go & buy a new one. It's cheaper to have it chemically cleaned but you just need to make sure the radiator shop does a good job putting it back together after they cleaned it.

Anyhow, here's a link to how your cooling system works....
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/cooling-system.htm

Hope this helps..
ID

12-17-2007, 01:41 AM	#2
idlafie Zilvia Addict Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: ..So Cal.... Posts: 940 Trader Rating: (0)	Check your headgasket by doing a compression test.... http://www.nicoclub.com/articles.php?id=159838 If your head gasket checks out okay, then chances are your radiator is clogged with calcium deposits. You'll have to have it chemically cleaned at a radiator shop or you can go & buy a new one. It's cheaper to have it chemically cleaned but you just need to make sure the radiator shop does a good job putting it back together after they cleaned it. Anyhow, here's a link to how your cooling system works.... http://auto.howstuffworks.com/cooling-system.htm Hope this helps.. ID __________________ Weekend Mechanic for my Not-So-Mechanically-Inclined buddies....