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Hi i own a 1998 dodge grand caravan and the problem i have is that i fill the rad up and all the water comes out of the over flow draining the rad. can you please help me? thanks wendy

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  • norm Oct 04, 2011

    Hi john my wife wendy forgot to mention that the van wasn,t running at the time we had the van turned off took cap off the rad put water in the radand it was comingout of over flow as i was pouring it in so i pluged the over flow spout with my finger filled the rad put cap back on water stayd in but noticed when wendy was driving away could see water coming out from over flow spout, any idea what it could be ? or what i could do? thanks norm

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Not good wendy, most likely cause is a blown cylinder head gasket, but have someone check to make sure the thermostat is opening( if you let the engine idle for around 10min the top radiator hose will get hot when the thermostat opens if the engine overheats before the top hose gets hot then replace the thermostat) if the thermostat is poening then supect the head gasket.

  • norm Oct 03, 2011

    Thanks John when my rad was empty and the van wasn,t running as i was filling the rad again it would come straight out of the overflow spout .

  • Anonymous Oct 03, 2011

    you have to let the engine cool before you fill the radiator, also fill it with the engine idleing.

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