Overfilled coolant header tank..

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Hi… Some days ago I overfilled the header tank with maybe 1 cm… I dident have anything to remove it with… So I left it like that for some days… today I made some drag to push the car . to make sure she’s fit for Croft…
Afterwards I noticed lots of fluid in the engine bay… (on various bits and pices and even on the glass in the roof) …Wasent quite sure what it was… but after some taste samples I figured out it was coolant liquid…( … was kind of hoping it was oil…then I might had a nice excuse to make the conversion sooner)

According to the manual the excess coolant will be ejected when the engine is warm… But where from… could’t quite figure out where it came from… Any ideas???

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From the pressure cap - mine did that for a bit after I filled it until it found its own level one day …

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I see… thought it might come from somewhere else…Since I dident notice any fluid from the pressure cap, or straight up in the roof…(It was more in the rear)… But im sure ure right… I have never seen the pressure cap in action so I guees it dosent have to go straight up from the “nozzel”…

Thanks…

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Wasent quite sure what it was… but after some taste samples I figured out it was coolant liquid

samples plural - weren’t you sure 1st time or do you just like the taste

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samples plural - weren’t you sure 1st time or do you just like the taste [/quote]

heheh… Well…Better to be sure…right…
It was quite speciall the taste… hmmm… maybe someting like sweet and sour…

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if I ever go to Norway remind me never to eat in a chinese restaurant

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niceguy

as AndyD says… it sounds like your header pressure cap let of the extra fluid. You should check your ignition coil is clean and dry as coolant is pretty agressive and very capable of eating thru to the insulation and might lead to misfires/failure of the coils.