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Old 09-02-2017, 07:51 PM   #11
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Rob - if you have air in the system it can cause your car to spew coolant via the relief valve in the coolant cap. The coolant will flow down a tube and be dumped in front of your right rear tire.

If you can't find someone that can do a vacuum fill (best solution - as JFP suggested), the next best way to get rid of that air in your system is to get the back of the car up in the air and open the bleeder valve on top of the overflow tank. Park it on a steep downhill or get the back end up in the air using ramps. If you can get the back end up it will burp out the air and it will stop spewing coolant.

You should also make sure that your coolant cap is one that ends in a 4. Heck, they are cheap enough - change it anyway.

Just my 2 cents...

Bill
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