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Old 05-29-2013, 10:26 PM   #36
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Originally Posted by civicdrivr View Post
This is my issue as well.

When stone cold (sitting for 24+ hours), the radiator itself is down ~2" and the overflow tank is halfway between min and max.

When hot, obviously I don't open the rad cap, but the overflow is about 1/4" above max. That's a huge variation between cold and hot coolant levels.

I haven't had the time to have the compression tested by a trusted mechanic yet, but I'm still planning on it.

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All my readings and assumptions are off the overflow tank, I haven't peaked into the raditor yet. Do you just pop the cap open and look in there ( when cool obviously ) ?
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