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do you have the correct radiator cap?
By Dave Shoe - 07/04/2001 6:52:31 AM; IP 216.243.158.8
It's getting tougher to find FE-compatible radiator caps at the corner auto parts store.

I've bought caps rated at the correct pressure, but they are apparently redesigned for emissions-era "overflow" systems, not the old fashioned "hose to the dirt" design found in my FE cars.

Look on the bottom of your radiator cap for that dime-sized valve which is in the dead-center. If it's "spring loaded closed" against the bottom, then you've got the right cap. If it's just dangling without any spring force, it's gonna try to spit antifreeze into a non-existant "overflow" tank.

I've never studied the theory behind this "newer than the FE" type of radiator cap, so I don't understand how it's supposed to work. All I know is you don't want to use the "dangling dime valve" type of cap - you want the type with the "spring loaded dime valve".

Shoe.
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 RE: 390 running hot..typical? -- Jeremy Faulds, 07/03/2001
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 RE: 390 running hot..typical? -- Boidman of Atl, 07/04/2001
do you have the correct radiator cap? -- Dave Shoe, 07/04/2001
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 RE: 390 running hot..typical? -- Kyle, 08/02/2001
 RE: 390 running hot..typical? -- Bob Enright, 07/04/2001
 RE: Water wetter! -- RC Moser, 07/06/2001
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