OK so I am wondering if this problem has been discussed before but I will begin with my longer situation with my 95 camry.
As some of you know, I purchased a second camry, a 95 coupe. It's been good to me and I finally got her back on the road today. I was just wondering one thing. Although now the fans are engaging and there is no overheating I noticed tonight (similar to my 96 which i will discuss shortly) that the radiator fluid in the reservoir bottle goes up and down in level dramatically. Tonight for the first time I actually noticed it pouring out the escape passage (attached to the top of the cap) and leaking out to the side, meanwhile my gauge read completely normal. Keep in mind the car was off at this point. so I started it back up and the levels went down as soon as my fans engaged. I drove it around and when I got back and shut off the car, I noticed the levels of rad fluid practically at the cap (all the while the full line is half way down the bottle) and I touched the upper rad hose and could feel it super hot with rad fluid boiling inside.
...Now my question is, although the car isn't overheating, is this something to worry about? I have been told by a few mechanics that fluid is supposed to boil and it's a normal occurrence, as long as the car doesn't overheat you're fine?!?! Too me this sounds insane...don't you dilute the distilled water with rad fluid for that purpose, to raise the boiling point?
Second part is my 96 is doing similar things, although it hasn't happened in months, it was doing that a while back and all the sudden stopped. However similar symptoms to my 95...rad fluid was bubbling in the reservoir bottle...I didn't ever feel it boiling in the upper rad hose like my 95...
Does anyone have any insight on what this could be? Maybe air bubbles in the rad system?!?! I'm just guessing but likely it's something else...
As some of you know, I purchased a second camry, a 95 coupe. It's been good to me and I finally got her back on the road today. I was just wondering one thing. Although now the fans are engaging and there is no overheating I noticed tonight (similar to my 96 which i will discuss shortly) that the radiator fluid in the reservoir bottle goes up and down in level dramatically. Tonight for the first time I actually noticed it pouring out the escape passage (attached to the top of the cap) and leaking out to the side, meanwhile my gauge read completely normal. Keep in mind the car was off at this point. so I started it back up and the levels went down as soon as my fans engaged. I drove it around and when I got back and shut off the car, I noticed the levels of rad fluid practically at the cap (all the while the full line is half way down the bottle) and I touched the upper rad hose and could feel it super hot with rad fluid boiling inside.
...Now my question is, although the car isn't overheating, is this something to worry about? I have been told by a few mechanics that fluid is supposed to boil and it's a normal occurrence, as long as the car doesn't overheat you're fine?!?! Too me this sounds insane...don't you dilute the distilled water with rad fluid for that purpose, to raise the boiling point?
Second part is my 96 is doing similar things, although it hasn't happened in months, it was doing that a while back and all the sudden stopped. However similar symptoms to my 95...rad fluid was bubbling in the reservoir bottle...I didn't ever feel it boiling in the upper rad hose like my 95...
Does anyone have any insight on what this could be? Maybe air bubbles in the rad system?!?! I'm just guessing but likely it's something else...