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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 05:12 AM
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Have you checked your hoses and radiator for cracks? Maybe you're just steaming it out?
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 06:23 AM
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the way the weather's been lately it's prolly just condensation, mine dropped
a couple drops out of each tailpipe and smoked a little from the water heating up

if it was a blown head gasket I doubt the coolant would get all the way to
the tailpipes before you hydrolocked the motor

your car could just be boiling over, I'd do a coolant flush to make sure
nothing is clogging your passages and run the car while you watch all the
coolant lines.
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 09:47 AM
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Eh, maybe not the head gasket. The smoke was probably just condensation, and I'm still not sure what it could be. Also having problems starting, and I really doubt its the starter as thats only a few months old - maybe a little liquid in the cylinders or something? As to a crack, it might be, but it never drips, theres NEVER a puddle under the car running or not, and it drops a shitload of water every day. Anyways, I put some stuff in the coolant that'll seal up most kinds of small cracks as a temporary fix until I can give it a good look-over Friday. As to flushing the coolant, yeah, we'll be doing that Friday I'm sure. The pressure in the coolant line seems fine, so not sure about a clog, but we'll see. As to steaming it out...its possible, I mean I smell the coolant, but wouldn't it drip out anyways?

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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 09:55 AM
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your battery could just have a low charge
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 12:49 PM
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Eh, it didn't start happening until right before the radiator started draining. Could be that, but I can turn the car off and listen to the system for a bit and then turn it back on with no problem. I dunno, this problem is just really pissing me off, I'll be happy to finally tear into it Friday.
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