Queston about changin upper radiator hose on a leganza

Man with no name · Post by **Man with no name** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 2:44 am

Hey guys, kinda nub question

My upper radiator hose was leaky, so I replaced it today. All the coolant in the reservoir drained when I disconnected the hose, so I filled it up again. However, I couldn't find the radiator cap

seriously...where is it located? I wanted to run the car with it off and top if off at the radiator but since I couldn't find it, what I did was
run the car with the reservoir cap off and topped it off until the coolant level remained stable. Then I put the cap back on, waited some more, then carefully opened it and the level was the same.

After some 10 mins I checked the upper radiator hose and it was hot enough... The temp gauge reads just one bar below the middle...

Question is, will I be fine like this or should I locate the rad cap and top it off through there?

Thanks

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 2:47 am

You're good.

Daewoos only have 2 removable caps from the cooling system... the coolant tank and the petcock on the bottom of the radiator (for a full draining). You did it right

Man with no name · Post by **Man with no name** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 3:13 am

Wow glad to hear that

Here I was getting ready for some nub trashing for not being able to find the rad cap.... well that makes me feel better about doing a full flush some time in the future..

For when I do the full coolant flush....since theres no rad cap, would I just fill it through the tank as well? And how would I make sure theres no air in the coolant system?

Thanks

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 3:23 am

When you do a flush and are ready to refill, pull one of the throttle hoses off... when it starts to push out there (car off, you filling the system), connect the hose and start the car. Leave the tank cap off though... it will spit all the rest of the air out there... just keep adding until it normalizes.

Man with no name · Post by **Man with no name** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 3:30 am

Great info man, thanks a lot!

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:00 am

and their is a full topic about coolant flush in the How to section

MMamdouh

Spider · Post by **Spider** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:16 am

Sounds like the leganza dosen't have the "Min" and "Max" marks on the reservoir tank like the Lanos does ?

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:25 am

haven't looked into that but it is supposed to have them... will try to find out.

MMamdouh

Man with no name · Post by **Man with no name** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:37 pm

Of course it has them...you lanos guys think you are all that