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Originally Posted by Lil bastard
It is definitely NOT normal. The valve is intended to stay closed until manually opened. If it were to open, it would lower the boilover point of the coolant - the system is supposed to operate at 13psi.
I suspect that:
1.) you did not get the right part
2.) the part is defective
3.)you installed it incorrectly
4.) you didn't close it correctly
Cheers!
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I thought the same, but I beg to differ. My bleeder valve stays up all the time when its hot and my system has a new coolant tank and waterpump, absolutely no condensation and no loss of coolant. See the following for an explanation of how the bleeder works.
http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/boxster-and-boxster-s-986-forum/635082-coolant-bleeder-question.html
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