1999 Nissan Terrano "vapor locked cooling system" Questions

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...gets hot? have you had the whole cooling system put under pressure and left overnight to see if there are leaks anywhere? Do you have any white sickly sweet vapors coming from the tailpipe on

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cooling system. Vapor lock is when liquid gasoline vaporizes due to excessive heat. If the engine got hot enough to turn coolant into vapor the engine would seize up. Do you have trouble code numbers

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...vapor lock in the coolant system? how do I unstick the valve from the cooling system to the heater core? did you do anything which may cause a vapor lock? if you suspect there is, you need to park ...

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...experience vapor lock, just let the engine cools down, have a mechanic to check your cooling system it might cause the engine to get extremely hot. Engine stalls while driving a vehicle with ...

...vapor lock in fuel system would be unlikely to my knowledge, car has fuel pump in gas tank and is fuel injected.If you only take short trips in car cooling system, could be at fault and only when ...

...the car when it cold it start with no problem. But when the car is hot it doesn't start I have to wait until it cools down plz help It sounds like you have vapour lock. What is fuel system vapor ...

...vapor lock out From cold, run engine without the coolant cap on, have heater control switch on hot, let the system heat up, be careful it may pump out some coolant till the thermostat opens, when the ...

...system is pressurized. Why do you think you have vapor lock? its just a guess. sure. heard this years ago , before 1988? sure. but is not now. the tank has the pump and runs up to 60psi ...

to check also no head gaskets are bad Could be air lock, water pump, are you losing coolant? Trapped air in the cooling system The problem acts like a vapor lock. Remove excess air from cooling system

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...cooling system per correct proceedure". Luckily it was very cold outside and as the engine cooled it sucked coolant from the reserve into the system and the next morning I was able to get almost ...

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