Triumphrat

legend · 02-06-2005

Beatifull winter day in upstate New york, sunny 45 degrees or more, Super Bowl Sunday, Syracuse won last night coming back and beating the Irish after trailing by 10 points or more all game............sounds great...but...

I had to fix my wife's GMC Envoy. Right headlight blown. Easy fix Right? Wrong! $400+ later (with dealer discount) replaced ballast and high intensity bulb and it's working. Started at 7:00 am and did not get done with the job untill noon. You have to be a little elf to get to the wiring and a contortionist to work on it.

But any way the wife is now happy, the day is still sunny so I thought that I would put the battery in my Legend and start it up. Maybe make believe it was spring. The Legend started right up like it always does, sounded great, made my neighbor jealous ........but then....

I noticed coolent dripping from under left side of gas tank and more out of over flow tube. Took gas tank off, no visable leaks besides the over flow tube a little loose going into the resivor. Fixed that, replaced gas tank, started it again, no leaks until it got back to temperature then it started again.

Not being an elf it is hard to see underneath the gas tank, but what I could see it looked like it was coming from the presurized fill cap or thermostat area.

Anyone else experience this before?

Sorry for my rantings.

Mark

cafetbird · 02-06-2005

Sure Mark - tighten the bleeder screw first.....

SWare · 02-06-2005

Just what I was thinking.
Bleeder screw and/or it's copper washer.
Also check all hose clamps and verify the rubber gasket on your pressure cap is good.

Stan

legend · 02-06-2005

I will check both the bleeder screw and the condition of the pressure cap....but would either of those problems cause coolent to discharge through the over flow tube ?

Thanks for the advise,

Mark

zimtok · 02-08-2005

If its comming out of the overflow tube then it may be the cap.
The cap keeps the system under preasure, if the cap fails then the fluid expands and will seep past the cap and out through the overflow.
When the bike cools down the fluid contracts and now the cap will allow air in.

SWare · 02-08-2005

If you are sure the fluid is coming from the overflow tube then the cap is letting it by.
The caps gasket could be bad, the cap could be bad and no longer able to hold its rated pressure, the pressure in your system may be exceeding the caps rating due to overfilling, overheating, blocked/crimped hose, bad thermostat, etc.

Most likely just the cap or mating surface on the housing.

Stan

legend · 02-08-2005

The coolent was leaking from underneath the gas tank and from the over flow.

Thanks for everyones advise

Mark

camaromullet · 02-13-2005

where is the bleeder screw?

SWare · 02-14-2005

10mm bolt right next to the pressure cap.

stan