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Screen wash in radiator !
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Inside the cap there is a pressure relief spring. Normally the expansion tank is half full of air, so the cooling system can pressurise up to about 15psi and the water then doesn't boil until 125C, so the engine runs efficiently at about 90C to 100C. If the expansion tank is too full, as the water heats up, it can't expand into the air space, so it will blow out of the cap. When it cools, the air space will re-appear. Let the cap off when it's cool to check, and relieve any possible vacuum.
If you start it with the cap off and rev it gently, half the water usually floods out anyway, even when cold if the tank's full.0 -
Ah, okay great stuff.. I will still try and get a little water out, but if not I'll not stress about it
Thank you 9/70lbs to lose0 -
It may be worth having the coolent changed at the next service as this needs to be done every few years anyway but other than its only coolent its not as if you put antifreeze into the oil plug!0
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That's my next sabotage mission.. lol !!9/70lbs to lose0
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Do nothing apart from learn from the error and feel slighly relieved that you didn't top up the oil or brake reservoir with it
:D:D
No harm will have been done.
I like the thanks button, but ,please, an I agree button.
Will the grammar and spelling police respect I do make grammatical errors, and have carp spelling, no need to remind me.;)
Always expect the unexpected:eek:and then you won't be dissapointed0 -
lol - Oh dear, I'll save that one for the future.. as soon as I realised it wasn't the screen wash I was horrified! hahaha
Thanks so much for all the replies, I certainly has saved me money by not going to a garage.9/70lbs to lose0 -
If you dip an absorbant cloth in there it will soak up the excess.A few dips and squeezes should lower the level.0
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Aha! Norman Castle, brilliant idea!9/70lbs to lose0
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Aha! Norman Castle, brilliant idea!
It's alchohol, just suck it up through a straw,:D:D
:o:o I like the thanks button, but ,please, an I agree button.
Will the grammar and spelling police respect I do make grammatical errors, and have carp spelling, no need to remind me.;)
Always expect the unexpected:eek:and then you won't be dissapointed0 -
I'm not quite that desperate
Maybe tomorrow...9/70lbs to lose0
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