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Old 05-12-2010, 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by dtrally View Post
I inspected the car some time ago (before she had the gearbox 'fixed' by a wrecker's yard) and it had the wrong radiator and the wrong caps. It has 2 radiator caps, and the one on the radiator was lower in height and lower in pressure than the one on the header tank, so it's destined to blow water out and get air locks in. I've advised her to get the original radiator cleaned and repaired and refit it to the car.
Subaru were supplying replacement radiators with a cap on the top tank for a while, even though the cars in question did not originally have them. The cap on the rad should be 121kpa i think, header tank is definitely 108kpa
Gotta agree with apg39 though. This is the same as the last thread by the OP. Take it to a workshop and get them to look at it.
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