Radiator Overflow Bottle Almost At Max Line.

[hayden49]

hey guys, as above my coolant over flow bottle is almost at the max line, i swear it wasnt that full the other day.

does this mean my car is over heating?

also, does this mean i should do a coolant flush and put new stuff in? im getting it done aswell as the water pump when i get my 100k service.

how do you empty the coolant overflow bottle? hehe sorry for the noob questions.

my car is a 1996 r33 gt-st

cheers

also my car does NOT have a fan shroud, would this be causing the fan to not cool the radiator as much as it should?

Edited August 9, 2006 by hayden49

[blind_elk]

hey guys, as above my coolant over flow bottle is almost at the max line, i swear it wasnt that full the other day.

does this mean my car is over heating?

also, does this mean i should do a coolant flush and put new stuff in? im getting it done aswell as the water pump when i get my 100k service.

how do you empty the coolant overflow bottle? hehe sorry for the noob questions.

my car is a 1996 r33 gt-st

cheers

When the cooling system cools down, the water will be forced back in.

also my car does NOT have a fan shroud, would this be causing the fan to not cool the radiator as much as it should?

More than likely.

[hayden49]

oh ok so it will just flow back in by itself?

it freaked me out abit cos i have never seen it that high, i did however give it a good punishing on the way home from work then i was stopped in some heavy traffic.

also, my r33 came with only the engine fan, did 33's come stock with another thermo fan?

im gonna get the coolant changed when i get my service done and give it a flush and see how it goes.

[Craved]

the other fan is for the Air con.. only to help in traffic when you have the air con on

[hayden49]

oh ok well my car doesnt have air con anyway, the condensor was removed when the guy imported it.

ohwell one ill get round to fitting a new one.

so this all sounds normal?

the level has gone down abit already.

cheers