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OK,
I know I'm not the smartest person when it comes to cars but after looking at my taurus again, how do you check the Radiator Coolant level?
All I see is the overflow reservoir, the radiator is buried in the front and I don't see anywhere where there is an actual radiator cap.
I have seen the fans and again I'm at work and I will check those out later.
Ok this is what I know at this point.
I checked the oil and besides being dirty it looked OK.
I thought I was told by a mechanic friend years ago that if you loosen the radiator cap that might help some overheating problems, so I loosened the only cap I could find which was on the coolant reservoir. The car started to get hot after driving only a couple of miles and wouldn't go down until I stopped and tightened the cap back up.
I also noticed that when I'm idling and the car starts to get hot, if I put it in Park it goes down.
So, I will check the fans later today. When should they come on?
Also how do you check the coolant level? I know that sounds dumb, but I am really mechanically declined!
Last thing is I am going to take it to a mechanic next week, I will post back then to let you all know what the final diagnosis is, I really hope its not a head gasket!
Thanks for all your help!
Q
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