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I've got a 1990 legacy turbo wagon with a EJ2.0 litre motor.

I've had a intermittent problem with the car loosing water by blowing
hot steamingwater back out the water tank in the side guard
This problem doesn't happen all the time, and is only occasional.

I've had the motor checked out for blown head gaskets, by testing for
exhaust gases in the radiator water, the garage told me there were
none to be found, and that the car got up to normal temp, and
therefore pressure and didn't continue to increase on either -
apparently nothing wrong to be found.
This test was done about 100km ago.

Today it played up again, so I noted a few things.

When I went to replace the water, the radiator hose from the header
tank probably took about 2 cups of water (not much at all), however
there is two hoses that come off the header tank, one for the
radiator, and another that is at the bottom of the header tank and
heads over the top of the motor and then downwards.

What is the purpose of this hose, as I probably poured about 6 litres
of water down this hose, and then decided to stop, I think this is
the cause of the intermittent problems that I'm having, and that it
is this hose that is causing the pressurization and blowing the water
out.

I'd also appreciate any other ideas.
Thanks in advance.

spongynz@yahoo.co.uk



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check the plastic end tank on the radiator. these commonly develop
hair-line cracks at the location of the top hose. Its quite hard to
see the water escaping but check it anyway.

--- In BC-BFLegacyWorks@y..., "southcitygroupnz"
<southcitygroupnz@y...> wrote:
> I've got a 1990 legacy turbo wagon with a EJ2.0 litre motor.
>
> I've had a intermittent problem with the car loosing water by
blowing
> hot steamingwater back out the water tank in the side guard
> This problem doesn't happen all the time, and is only occasional.
>
> I've had the motor checked out for blown head gaskets, by testing
for
> exhaust gases in the radiator water, the garage told me there were
> none to be found, and that the car got up to normal temp, and
> therefore pressure and didn't continue to increase on either -
> apparently nothing wrong to be found.
> This test was done about 100km ago.
>
> Today it played up again, so I noted a few things.
>
> When I went to replace the water, the radiator hose from the header
> tank probably took about 2 cups of water (not much at all), however
> there is two hoses that come off the header tank, one for the
> radiator, and another that is at the bottom of the header tank and
> heads over the top of the motor and then downwards.
>
> What is the purpose of this hose, as I probably poured about 6
litres
> of water down this hose, and then decided to stop, I think this is
> the cause of the intermittent problems that I'm having, and that it
> is this hose that is causing the pressurization and blowing the
water
> out.
>
> I'd also appreciate any other ideas.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> spongynz@y...


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yep, i've allready noticed that and had the radiator repaired a few
months ago.


--- In BC-BFLegacyWorks@y..., "stu_j_ure" <stu@f...> wrote:
> check the plastic end tank on the radiator. these commonly develop
> hair-line cracks at the location of the top hose. Its quite hard to
> see the water escaping but check it anyway.
>
> --- In BC-BFLegacyWorks@y..., "southcitygroupnz"
> <southcitygroupnz@y...> wrote:
> > I've got a 1990 legacy turbo wagon with a EJ2.0 litre motor.
> >
> > I've had a intermittent problem with the car loosing water by
> blowing
> > hot steamingwater back out the water tank in the side guard
> > This problem doesn't happen all the time, and is only occasional.
> >
> > I've had the motor checked out for blown head gaskets, by testing
> for
> > exhaust gases in the radiator water, the garage told me there
were
> > none to be found, and that the car got up to normal temp, and
> > therefore pressure and didn't continue to increase on either -
> > apparently nothing wrong to be found.
> > This test was done about 100km ago.
> >
> > Today it played up again, so I noted a few things.
> >
> > When I went to replace the water, the radiator hose from the
header
> > tank probably took about 2 cups of water (not much at all),
however
> > there is two hoses that come off the header tank, one for the
> > radiator, and another that is at the bottom of the header tank
and
> > heads over the top of the motor and then downwards.
> >
> > What is the purpose of this hose, as I probably poured about 6
> litres
> > of water down this hose, and then decided to stop, I think this
is
> > the cause of the intermittent problems that I'm having, and that
it
> > is this hose that is causing the pressurization and blowing the
> water
> > out.
> >
> > I'd also appreciate any other ideas.
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > spongynz@y...


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How much did that cost you?
Ross
----- Original Message -----
From: southcitygroupnz <southcitygroupnz@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <BC-BFLegacyWorks@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, 13 June 2002 4:11 PM
Subject: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] Re: loosing water problem


> yep, i've allready noticed that and had the radiator repaired a few
> months ago.
>
>
> --- In BC-BFLegacyWorks@y..., "stu_j_ure" <stu@f...> wrote:
> > check the plastic end tank on the radiator. these commonly develop
> > hair-line cracks at the location of the top hose. Its quite hard to
> > see the water escaping but check it anyway.
> >
> > --- In BC-BFLegacyWorks@y..., "southcitygroupnz"
> > <southcitygroupnz@y...> wrote:
> > > I've got a 1990 legacy turbo wagon with a EJ2.0 litre motor.
> > >
> > > I've had a intermittent problem with the car loosing water by
> > blowing
> > > hot steamingwater back out the water tank in the side guard
> > > This problem doesn't happen all the time, and is only occasional.
> > >
> > > I've had the motor checked out for blown head gaskets, by testing
> > for
> > > exhaust gases in the radiator water, the garage told me there
> were
> > > none to be found, and that the car got up to normal temp, and
> > > therefore pressure and didn't continue to increase on either -
> > > apparently nothing wrong to be found.
> > > This test was done about 100km ago.
> > >
> > > Today it played up again, so I noted a few things.
> > >
> > > When I went to replace the water, the radiator hose from the
> header
> > > tank probably took about 2 cups of water (not much at all),
> however
> > > there is two hoses that come off the header tank, one for the
> > > radiator, and another that is at the bottom of the header tank
> and
> > > heads over the top of the motor and then downwards.
> > >
> > > What is the purpose of this hose, as I probably poured about 6
> > litres
> > > of water down this hose, and then decided to stop, I think this
> is
> > > the cause of the intermittent problems that I'm having, and that
> it
> > > is this hose that is causing the pressurization and blowing the
> > water
> > > out.
> > >
> > > I'd also appreciate any other ideas.
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > spongynz@y...
>
>
>
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>
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>


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The radiator repair was about $100, i removed and reinstalled the
radiator myself.

cheers



--- In BC-BFLegacyWorks@y..., "Ross" <vecc@t...> wrote:
> How much did that cost you?
> Ross
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: southcitygroupnz <southcitygroupnz@y...>
> To: <BC-BFLegacyWorks@y...>
> Sent: Thursday, 13 June 2002 4:11 PM
> Subject: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] Re: loosing water problem
>
>
> > yep, i've allready noticed that and had the radiator repaired a
few
> > months ago.
> >
> >
> > --- In BC-BFLegacyWorks@y..., "stu_j_ure" <stu@f...> wrote:
> > > check the plastic end tank on the radiator. these commonly
develop
> > > hair-line cracks at the location of the top hose. Its quite
hard to
> > > see the water escaping but check it anyway.
> > >
> > > --- In BC-BFLegacyWorks@y..., "southcitygroupnz"
> > > <southcitygroupnz@y...> wrote:
> > > > I've got a 1990 legacy turbo wagon with a EJ2.0 litre motor.
> > > >
> > > > I've had a intermittent problem with the car loosing water by
> > > blowing
> > > > hot steamingwater back out the water tank in the side guard
> > > > This problem doesn't happen all the time, and is only
occasional.
> > > >
> > > > I've had the motor checked out for blown head gaskets, by
testing
> > > for
> > > > exhaust gases in the radiator water, the garage told me there
> > were
> > > > none to be found, and that the car got up to normal temp, and
> > > > therefore pressure and didn't continue to increase on either -
> > > > apparently nothing wrong to be found.
> > > > This test was done about 100km ago.
> > > >
> > > > Today it played up again, so I noted a few things.
> > > >
> > > > When I went to replace the water, the radiator hose from the
> > header
> > > > tank probably took about 2 cups of water (not much at all),
> > however
> > > > there is two hoses that come off the header tank, one for the
> > > > radiator, and another that is at the bottom of the header tank
> > and
> > > > heads over the top of the motor and then downwards.
> > > >
> > > > What is the purpose of this hose, as I probably poured about 6
> > > litres
> > > > of water down this hose, and then decided to stop, I think
this
> > is
> > > > the cause of the intermittent problems that I'm having, and
that
> > it
> > > > is this hose that is causing the pressurization and blowing
the
> > > water
> > > > out.
> > > >
> > > > I'd also appreciate any other ideas.
> > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > >
> > > > spongynz@y...
> >
> >
> >
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