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Old Dec 9, 2010 | 12:45 AM
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Originally Posted by MustangSally94
My car is doing something similar but the heater is still hot... and i filled the radiator and added some to the over flow reservoir last night and this morning it was empty not sure if thats normal. the bottom right hose coming out of the radiator feels like it might be leaking... should I try bleeding my cooling system first or see if I need to replace a hose or the radiator its self?
If that hose were leaking you would see signs of fluid around it. Radiator fluid is black light reactive. A quick way to find leaks is to whip out a black light and start hunting around. If it glows, its a leak. Your radiator may also be restricted, so when you added fluid it seemed like it was full and over night it worked its way past the restriction. I'd do a radiator flush and then top off the radiator and bleed it properly. Good luck...
Old Dec 9, 2010 | 07:17 AM
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yea theres fluid around it but I havent climed under there to see if its the hose or the radiator its self. im thinking its the hose. and the black light wouldnt work cause apparently the idiot i bought it from put straight water in it
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