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Where Is My Antifreeze Going?!?!?!?
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<blockquote data-quote="shinerunner" data-source="post: 5668170" data-attributes="member: 57719"><p><strong>1999 Cobra Over Heating - Now Fixed</strong></p><p></p><p>[<span style="color: red">QUOTE=Jdaniel;3715348]Im STILL losing coolant and I cant figure out where its going. There is nothing on the ground, no smells while driving and nothing in the oil at all. </span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red">I just got my car back from Murillo Motorsports. I had some stretched head bolts (thats what they supposed because the gaskets looked good) so I had the motor removed and the heads completly overhauled before reinstallation. I used stock head gaskets cause everyone said they were the best. I used ARP 2000 studs to hold the heads down, along with some other work that really wouldnt have caused a problem like this. I put over 1000 miles on the car before it started acting up. Ive changed the oil cooler just a while ago cause it went bad. </span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red">Also... does anyone know the exact burping instructions for the car? Ive searched and found nothing really helpful.</span></p></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue">My 99 Cobra was overheating, so I burped the vehicle repeatedly over a period of 30 days with no cure . Then I drilled two 1/8" holes in my stock 192 degree thermostat, one on the top and one on the bottom and I have had no cooling problem since. I got the fix from reading these threads on SVTPerformance. Burping may be over rated and then, maybe not.</span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue">I'm also losing coolant. I park the car and it slowly drips off my exhaust in the middle of the underside of the vehicle. I guess I'll pressure test next.</span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="shinerunner, post: 5668170, member: 57719"] [b]1999 Cobra Over Heating - Now Fixed[/b] [[COLOR="red"]QUOTE=Jdaniel;3715348]Im STILL losing coolant and I cant figure out where its going. There is nothing on the ground, no smells while driving and nothing in the oil at all. I just got my car back from Murillo Motorsports. I had some stretched head bolts (thats what they supposed because the gaskets looked good) so I had the motor removed and the heads completly overhauled before reinstallation. I used stock head gaskets cause everyone said they were the best. I used ARP 2000 studs to hold the heads down, along with some other work that really wouldnt have caused a problem like this. I put over 1000 miles on the car before it started acting up. Ive changed the oil cooler just a while ago cause it went bad. Also... does anyone know the exact burping instructions for the car? Ive searched and found nothing really helpful.[/QUOTE][/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"] My 99 Cobra was overheating, so I burped the vehicle repeatedly over a period of 30 days with no cure . Then I drilled two 1/8" holes in my stock 192 degree thermostat, one on the top and one on the bottom and I have had no cooling problem since. I got the fix from reading these threads on SVTPerformance. Burping may be over rated and then, maybe not. I'm also losing coolant. I park the car and it slowly drips off my exhaust in the middle of the underside of the vehicle. I guess I'll pressure test next.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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