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Originally Posted by tuforteee
Ok, what i'm inferring from your response is that i should just buy a new radiator and radiator cap. While it's not a lot of $$ i would rather figure out what the problem is instead of throwing parts at it and hope it works. Obviously the make shift gasket would be a temporary solution to see if this is in fact whats causing the car to overheat. I was hoping someone familiar with the s14 cooling system would chime in and confirm my train of thought on this. Is it the leaky radiator cap that could cause this problem?
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You are the worst type of customer professionals have to deal with. See my answer below...
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Originally Posted by racepar1
The radiator seems to be leaking. The previous owner was too cheap to fix it so he put stop leak in. That's what you're seeing. Replace the radiator, cap, and thermostat and flush the system out. With the thermostat removed you can just run a garden hose to there and flush out the block.
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Here you have a master technician who works on cars daily as a profession, tell you that your current setup is garbage and you're still in doubt or denial over what a proper fix is. My advice would be to hire a professional, because working on cars is clearly not for you.
With that said, I'm sure your entire car will have plenty that could and should be fixed. Only a tool would resort to using stop-leak type fixes, so if that was the previous owner then there are probably a lot of other patch-fixes that were done.
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Originally Posted by Rich260z
Dude a higher pressure radiator cap is like $20. And honestly a cheap ass ebay brand radiator is like $100-120.
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Since when does a high pressure radiator (CAP) fix anything? If you are reaching higher pressures beyond the capability of the OE cap, a higher pressure cap will only increase the chances of a hose bursting or other part of the coolant system to fail. I would only recommend using a higher pressure cap if the entire cooling system (and car) are in good working order.
For some reason I've got a hunch that this car is going to need its head serviced