In article <4607f034$0$27093$4c368faf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, john@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> <bsteagal@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> news:1174331854.519136.314890@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Hello all! Hopefully someone could give me a good pointer on this:
> >
> > I recently had a new water pump installed on my 1996 ford probe gt
> > after the car heated up on the way to work. Now, the car did not have
> > a chance to overheat too much as I am only about 15 miles away from
> > work and it still had quite a bit of coolant left in the system..
> >
> > but oh well, they replaced the pump and now I'm having an issue where
> > the car is dumping coolant through the overflow tank... Usually after
> > driving for about 30 minutes and well after the car has come up to
> > running temperature. I do have an idiot light coming on (which I
> > still have to take to see what it is, but I'll be doing that today)
> >
> > Now the odd things are this:
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> > 1.- The temperature gauge does not fluctuate nor does it show that the
> > car is overheating, even after driving for an hour or so...
> > 2.- It doesn't dump the antifreeze until about 2-3 minutes after
> > shutting down the engine... then I start to hear the coolant
> > circulating through the radiator, then the overflow rises and it dumps
> > the fluid.
> >
> > The garage that I had the service done in has washed their hands
> > saying that could not be caused by anything they did.. Some of the
> > suggestions I have been given are:
> >
> > 1.- bad radiator caps (this sucker has 2? which I found strange)
> > 2.- thermostat is bad and needs replacement
> > 3.- possible head gasket blown or cracked heads...
> >
> > I want to get some 2 and 3rd opinions before I take it back to the
> > shop.. Your help is greatly appreciated..
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Bryan
>
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> you wont get any help here, go to...
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> http://forums.probetalk.com/index.php
or
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> http://www.performanceprobe.com/index2.php
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> you will get all the help you need.
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Or here
alt.autos.ford
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