Thread: BRZ overheating
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Old 06-03-2016, 07:22 PM   #37
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Originally Posted by Poodles View Post
BS. Cooling system works because it's pressurized. Lose the pressure and it causes localized boiling, massive over pressure, and very rapid overheating. Pinhole leak is all it takes to lose pressure.

So a car's cooling system will not work when first started up because it is not under pressure.... got it.


He is overheating in just 10 miles. That is NOT due to ONLY a pinhole leak,
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Just having a slow leak (by itself) will not cause the car to overheat

it could only be caused by a pinhole leak which caused another problem, like a bubble in the system.
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