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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Alice Blue Antique White Aqua Aquamarine Azure Bisque Blanched Almond Blue Violet Burlywood Cadet Blue Chartreuse Chocolate Coral Cornflower Blue Cornsilk Cyan Dark Blue Dark Cyan Dark Goldenrod Dark Gray Dark Green Dark Khaki Dark Magenta Dark Olive Green Dark Orange Dark Orchid Dark Red Dark Salmon Dark Sea Green Dark Slateblue Dark Slategray Dark Turquoise Dark Violet Deep Pink Deep Sky Blue Dimgray Dodger Blue Firebrick Floral White Forest Green Gainsboro Ghost White Gold Goldenrod Gray Green Yellow Honeydew Hot Pink Indian Red Ivory Khaki Lavender Lavender Blush Lawn Green Lemon Chiffon Light Blue Light Coral Light Cyan Light Goldenrod Light Goldenrod Yellow Light Gray Light Green Light Pink Light Salmon Light Sea Green Light Sky Blue Light Slateblue Light Slategray Light Steelblue Light Yellow Linen Magenta Medium Aquamarine Medium Blue Medium Orchid Medium Purple Medium Sea Green Medium Slateblue Medium Spring Green Medium Turquoise Medium Violet Red Midnightblue Mintcream Mistyrose Moccasin Navajo White Navyblue Old Lace Olive Drab Orange Red Orchid Pale Goldenrod Pale Green Pale Turquoise Pale Violetred Papayawhip Peach Puff Peru Plu Powder Blue Rosy Brown Royal Blue Saddle Brown Salmon Sandy Brown Sea Green Sea Shell Sienna Sky Blue Slateblue Slategray Snow Spring Green Steelblue Tan Thistle Tomato Turquoise Violet Violet Red Wheat White Whitesmoke Yellow Green Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Siggels[/i] [br]G'day Chaps, I've got an engine cooling system problem. What's happening is this: I didn't notice that the radiator fan was only kicking in for just a few seconds and then would cut out again. Had slight engine overheating, but with no appreciable engine damage. But while all of this has been going on, the coolant radiator level would drop. Being a cross-flow radiator, I think maybe I have over-filled it repeatedly. The level was, I think, just above the top cross-flow tube. And this VN being a 1990 V6 Series II, the tank on the drivers side is not removable. So I have no idea what level it is as the discolouration of the tank is a dirty brown colour. So I would top up the radiator and check the tank on the passengers side, which is always good. When topping up the radiator, I would notice the level go down after the raditator is topped up. So I would top it up again. I would do this maybe three times until the receding water level slowed down. So I think I have consistently over-filled the cooling system with water. I'm not using coolant until I get this sorted. I have to top up the radiator every couple of days. Now I'm noticing the both tanks on both sides of the engine seem to be leaking. Definitely the passenger side tank is over-flowing from the filler cap. On the drivers side I see drops over water on the chassis frame running to the rear of the car. Could be a possible leak from the tank, but haven't spotted where it is coming from. Any thoughts. Cheers, Siggels. [/quote]    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.