Did upper and lower radiator hose and need help cleaning up the guys mess who
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Did upper and lower radiator hose and need help cleaning up the guys mess who
So my lower radiator hose started to leak so I figured I would replace both lower and upper radiator hoses. I had a co-worker help me because it can be a two-person job. We got them on successfully but while I was putting the airbox back in he was filling up the coolant system and he accidentally overfilled my coolant reservoir dangerously high and I am now concerned about overfilling the cooling system by finishing burping it. How should I proceed with this? (We also we're doing this in the rain and killed the tps)
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I don't think it will hurt anything, loosen the overflow tank cap it will just push the overfill out on the ground. A little waste of coolant but not going to hurt anything and can just be rinsed off after it's done doing it's thing.
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You can't overfill your cooling system. The reservoir is over filled though. Just use a turkey baster or something to remove the excess. You need to replace the hose next to your radiator neck.
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Here's the other issue. We broke the plastic hose clamps holding that baby hose in place yetserday. And I don't have a fan shroud. I need to get those clamps replaced too.
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The little overflow hose doesn't really need a clamp if it fits good and tight. But you all ready know it does indeed need a shroud. I busted a mounting tab on mine and going to have to epoxy it back.
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Honestly I'm not sure about that. One of the other guys would know better than I if it would work or not. I haven't had to play with mine yet so the question hasn't been addressed as an option yet for me.
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My throttle is being insane I was in a congested parking lot and it went from the normal cruising speed in gear of a thousand RPM all the way up to 1500 with no warning and I had to fight it with my break so I didn't rear end the guy in front of me