No air bubbles in water bottle test, changed cap from a ten lbs. to 15lbs. problem persist. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
C-15 losing coolant from overflow
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start with compressor. try to disable compressor and idle engine.
lakelovrs Thanks this. -
How much is it blowing out and does it do it all the time?
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It will lose roughly 2 gals. rather quickly. Then stedily drip drip until the resevoir is empty. I can't get it to do any of this while parked, low idle, high idle, no matter won't spit a drop. Ran it at a high idle in driveway for about 90 mins. nothing. drove it 5 miles down the road steady stream out of the overflow. By the time I got back to the house had stopped and only the drip drip drip. the dripping will lose about 1-11/2 gals. in about a thousand miles. To give a little more detail is c-15 w/ 6nz prefix about 370,000 miles on rebuild at caterpillar. Otherwise seems to run great fuel mileage is typical avg. 6
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Must have something to do with cylinder pressure then? Maybe something in the head or head gasket?
Someone with a better idea or explanation will surely be along.
On a side note.... My B model will spit out what it don't want then stop. The reservoir doesn't completely go empty though.lakelovrs Thanks this. -
Thanks Les, I'm hoping so. I've read as much as possible in the forums. I guess the no bubbles is what is throwing me. Are bubbles always present when gasket or head problem?
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Yeah if you do the bottle test. I think.
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Possible bad water pump.Impellar spinning on shaft.
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That won't have anything to do with it pushing water.
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I don't know what type of neck is on your radiator, we had one that the ear's or the the ramps were worn down so that a 10lb cap wasn't holding, replaced the neck and the problem went away.
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