last cooling system 101 ? before we start repairs

Posted by bill mart on September 19, 2011 at 16:33:38 from (71.243.166.217):

Thank you for all the replys on the first two installments. Vehicle is a 1982 AMC Concord,60,000 miles 258 c.i.d. 6 cylinder. Engine behaved fine until last week when the gauge skyrocketed and antifreeze started spurting into the factory installed coolant recovery tank.I responded to most of the responses below if they asked a question.Neighbor put a radiator pressure tester on cold car and brought it up to 14lbs.As the car warmed up the pressure began to rise.when the needle was getting into the red zone the pressure got to 20 psi.and we shut the car down.On one hand, I'd like to agree with the neighbor that a blown head gasket is making the pressure rise but on the other hand my thought of a bad water pump allowing the coolant in the block to overheat and expand enough to over pressurise the system.Thanks, Bill

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• Re: last cooling system 101 ? before we start repairs Leroy 05:56:51 09/20/11 (2)
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