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s10blazerman4x4
01-05-2005, 08:56 PM
I fixed the anti freeze leak with LT's help but then the bloody thing wanted to leak some more so i dumped stop leak in and that seemed to fix it but its all back in the reserve tank now. The question is is it normal to run at 220 with the heater on i just started to notice this. I have replaced the thermostat back in August.

rlith
01-05-2005, 10:14 PM
You may have some air in the system, or possibly a clogged heater core. But I will tell you, that stop leak crap is going to make things worse. Fix the source of the leak if you want to things right. If you hava a rad leak, either replace it or re-core it. If it's a bad head gasket, fix it, waterpump, fix it... Stop leak is not a solution unless you're just driving 5 miles to fix the actual problem... :banghead:

rothoveg
01-05-2005, 10:34 PM
I wouldn't put stop leak in anything I planned on keeping. Did you use a stop leak compatible with antifreeze? If you used one that requires you to remove all the antifreeze first it is possible that you didn't get all the antifreeze out and that will clog things up real good.

BlazerLT
01-05-2005, 11:12 PM
I fixed the anti freeze leak with LT's help but then the bloody thing wanted to leak some more so i dumped stop leak in and that seemed to fix it but its all back in the reserve tank now. The question is is it normal to run at 220 with the heater on i just started to notice this. I have replaced the thermostat back in August.

Did you install a new non Ac Delco Rad cap?

s10blazerman4x4
01-06-2005, 06:09 AM
no i thought that the cap was good but was thinking about changing it because my oil cap is getting bad to so ill change them and see
the stop leak was compatible i checked that before i bought it
with the leak i moved the hose back and it leaked more so i just kept a fiddlin with it and when put the stop leak in it stopped because it seemed to be screening through the very beginning of the hose but thats stopped

Mikado14
01-06-2005, 09:58 AM
no i thought that the cap was good but was thinking about changing it because my oil cap is getting bad to so ill change them and see
the stop leak was compatible i checked that before i bought it
with the leak i moved the hose back and it leaked more so i just kept a fiddlin with it and when put the stop leak in it stopped because it seemed to be screening through the very beginning of the hose but thats stopped

Am I to understand that you had/have a leaking hose and you used stop leak instead of replacing the hose?

BlazerLT
01-06-2005, 11:49 AM
no i thought that the cap was good but was thinking about changing it because my oil cap is getting bad to so ill change them and see
the stop leak was compatible i checked that before i bought it
with the leak i moved the hose back and it leaked more so i just kept a fiddlin with it and when put the stop leak in it stopped because it seemed to be screening through the very beginning of the hose but thats stopped

How do you know that the cap is good?

You are getting air into the system and I can assure you that is probably where the air is getting in. The stock caps have poor sealing gaskets.

Also, I hope you didn't introduce stop leak for a leaking hose. That would be pretty stupid.

s10blazerman4x4
01-06-2005, 01:50 PM
No i used that for the other block and such because i did not want to go through the hassle of replacing another hose the 4 th one in 3 months because there not the same length at autozone or advance autoparts because i have it plastic tied down to the pulley bracket blazerlt had me move it back and tighten it down thats what i did it ended up leaking worse than before so i was out there in the below 0 weather 3 weeks ago fumblin around till now that its warm i dont see any fluid in there but there was like a film on the underside of the hose/

BlazerLT
01-06-2005, 02:06 PM
Don't have you hoses tied down the the engine, you will be flexing the hose and pulling it back.

s10blazerman4x4
01-06-2005, 02:09 PM
thats the only way not to get it to rub through its not good when it does because she overheats real fast

BlazerLT
01-06-2005, 02:15 PM
When what rubs through? Did you put the net sleeving back on the new hose when you replaced the old one?

Take a pic of where the hose is leaking and where you have the hose clamp now.

s10blazerman4x4
01-06-2005, 04:55 PM
there was no sleeving on the hose when i got the new one. it will rub through right where the altenator fan blade if its not tied down.

BlazerLT
01-06-2005, 05:12 PM
Take a picture of this and show me.

s10blazerman4x4
01-06-2005, 08:50 PM
will do

s10blazerman4x4
01-07-2005, 09:08 PM
here is a pic i found from the last time when i posted about the leak its not leaking right now but temperate rises and falls
http://img11.exs.cx/img11/8600/hpim03821ya.jpg

if this is not the one you want let me know
i have kinda been busy playin with the exhaust and its kickin my ass everyones been there
have to run straight back tailpipe instead of stock because muffler too short and pipe not long enough

BlazerLT
01-08-2005, 01:16 PM
Did you replace the rad cap yet?

BlazerLT
01-08-2005, 01:17 PM
Opps, fogot the mention, remember, Non Acdelco Rad cap.

s10blazerman4x4
01-08-2005, 02:44 PM
yeh i knew about that
no not yet muffler still kickin my ass and its pouring

would you know of any way that when you go to push muffler up to straighten it out and up that you could stop it from kickin out on the bottom like when i push pipe into it its tight on bottom loose on top then when i push up tight on top loose on bottom and muffler falls off

BlazerLT
01-08-2005, 05:42 PM
yea, get the right diamater muffler.

What are you using, a 2.5"?

s10blazerman4x4
01-09-2005, 04:55 PM
no its 2.25 in and 2.25 out

BlazerLT
01-09-2005, 05:51 PM
ok, well, you will have to install the muffler clamps with the help of a air rachet to tighten it down.

s10blazerman4x4
01-29-2005, 06:53 AM
replaced the rad cap oil fill cap with stant ones still does it drained the system refilled it still does it i think i found the temp switch it has one wire i might replace that and see if that helps it any

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