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Respectfully, I have a burn scar on my left arm from this exact thing happening, on this car, about two years ago.Respectfully, check that sir. Your overflow tank is NOT at radiator pressure.
Respectfully, I have a burn scar on my left arm from this exact thing happening, on this car, about two years ago.Respectfully, check that sir. Your overflow tank is NOT at radiator pressure.
I've tried everything over the years but haven't heard of that one. What is ATF?FWIW.... I read somewhere that the BEST penetrating oil is a 50/50 mix of ATF and acetone, just don't want to get it on painted surfaces
Bill
I'm not trying to argue with you. Apologies if it comes across that way.Not from my example you don't. You've missed where it was an old car in my example.
While I should not have typed "your" as that was me creating confusion, my entire paragraph was using an example other than a Solstice. I also doubt green coolant is in your kappa.
What, exactly, is a semi-enclosed cooling system? Open cooling systems as used in boats circulate outside water through the engine and then dump it to remove the heat. Closed sysems as used in everything else recirculate the same water through the engine and then a radiator or other heat exchanger. Semi-enclosed doesn't really make sense.I'm still baffled at how a semi-enclosed system has this issue.
Why talk about an overflow tank in a discussion about a Solstice? We don't have overflow tanks, we have a surge tank.I'm talking about air being trapped in a semi-enclosed cooling system by the act of adding coolant to an overflow tank.
Part of the confusion is coming from you talking about characteristics of a system that doesn't exist in the car under discussion. Another part is coming from you using terms that either don't exist or don't apply here. Again, why talk about things that have no meaning in this discussion? You can't add coolant to an overflow tank because we don't have them. You also don't add it to the radiator, of course, but you do add it to the surge tank that shares characteristics with both. Its level changes like an overflow tank, but it is under pressure like a radiator.LOL I don't know where the confusion is coming from.
GM has been using semi-enclosed cooling systems for over half a century. The overflow tank for example in my 1970 Buick does exactly what it is supposed to do, and this is where you add coolant, not the radiator. Adding coolant to the tank prevents cavitation, and also exciting things like a column of boiling green liquid possibly appearing like magic when you open the radiator cap.
In my old muscle car club, many times I patiently explained to fellow enthusiasts that they would prefer a jiggle valve in the thermostat, yes indeed they should actually run the car with a thermostat, they should use a fan shroud, the overflow tank etc. etc. despite the fairy tales and myths their uncles and older brothers told around the campfire.
I don't misunderstand any of this and I'm not asking for tips and tricks, but I appreciate the extension of advice; I simply haven't indicated I was looking for it. Like I said, what I do not understand is how this air-bubble-in-the-system issue is happening in a 21st century automobile using a very well understood semi-enclosed cooling system. There is either a technique being done wrong or a flaw in the system as designed.
Again, what was the point of the reference to a technology that doesn't exist n this car? You really are only adding needless confusion.Respectfully, check that sir. The overflow tank is NOT at radiator pressure in my example.
You will please bear in mind that the paragraph which you have quoted from is not in reference to a Solstice. Snipping out a sentence in reference to my old car example sort of skews things.
Yes, mis-typing, and using the wrong words can create some serious problems when using a communications medium that relies solely on words.Not from my example you don't. You've missed where it was an old car in my example.
While I should not have typed "your" as that was me creating confusion, my entire paragraph was using an example other than a Solstice. I also doubt green coolant is in your kappa.
I actually haven't found an actual question in your posts, but there is the one implied by your statement of being confused, so here goes with that:I also wish we could regard my question, instead of simply seeing a chance to correct somebody.
Automatic Transmission FluidI've tried everything over the years but haven't heard of that one. What is ATF?
I get good results from the PBBlaster. Stinks like the dickens but really works well.
Bill.
I can confirm that I opened my collant cap when empty (very slowly too) and a crap ton of coolant came out of nowhere. Definitely pressurized.and also exciting things like a column of boiling green liquid possibly appearing like magic when you open the radiator cap.
Incorrect. The system is under pressure - even at the reservoir - and it will happily spray a stream of coolant WAY up in the air.
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