Marshal, I was just goofing around lol.
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I think the power steering lines might be hitting the bottom part of the rear exhaust manifold. Is there something heat resistant I can wrap them in that will dampen their vibration?
id bend the line out of the way a bit.
all my lines and sway bar looked pretty close too. i put some masking tape on areas that looked like it maybe hitting, the tape would show if any even light contact was going on. nothing was hitting.
about a year ago I bought a set of radiator fan spacers that would pull the fan closer to the radiator and give more clearance for the headers. I installed them yesterday. I didn't see any clearance issues between the fan and radiator after the work was done. today, on the drive from the house back up to the cabin where we live, I noticed the low coolant light come on. I kept my eye on temperatures, and they were normal so we just kept driving. When we got to the cabin, I pop the hood and look at the fan, and it was touching the radiator, and I could see coolant on the outside of the radiator in the engine bay. I waited an hour for the engine to cool down, and then added water to the radiator. it took about a quart, and I didn't see any leak out.
3 questions: is it safe to assume the radiator will hold fluid, as long as it is not pressurized? with that much fluid out of the system, could the water pump have run dry? would it be safe to turn the fans off until I replace the radiator?
here are a couple videos of what's going on:
http://vid1115.photobucket.com/album...psmavsudsn.mp4
http://vid1115.photobucket.com/album...pssynakkqp.mp4
theres no coolant in those lines, tranny fluid, and ac lines is whats there.
check the sides of the rad for cracks, or the fins are leaking from the fan hitting them and it drips down and the fans blows it all over.
top it off then when its hot and up to temp, squeeze the upper hose while running, it will force it to leak.
I can only imagine the problems if he tries to replace the radiator!
I'm not going to do it myself, and on a different topic, when we move back to Kemmerer, I found a place that sells e85 at the pump. It's ninety miles away so id have to buy it by the barrel
Then sell the car asap, a radiator is like changing your own oil.... that easy.
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