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Old April 4th 06, 10:51 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys
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Default Small Coolant Leak

Check that the hose from the radiator to the recovery bottle isn't plugged.

"YouGoFirst" > wrote in message
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>I have a 1993 JGC with the V8 engine. Recently it has begun to leak a
>fluid out of the radiator cap. It only leaks fluid after the engine has
>warmed up, and is cooling down. I was able to follow the trickle of
>coolant to the radiator cap. At first I thought that the cap was bad, so I
>replaced it with a new one from Checker Autoparts. That didn't seem to
>work, so my next thought was that it is building up too much pressure. The
>only problem is that I can't think of a reason why it would build up extra
>pressure. Is this a possible sign that my water pump or radiator is dying?
>Or, does anybody have another idea.
>
> The only thing that has changed on my car was that I had the oil and
> transmission fluid changed before I noticed this problem. Also, I had a
> new radiator put in 2 years ago, and a new fan put in last year.
>



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