Replaced upper and lower radiator hoses w/ coolant in ealry September. All good till yesterday when coolant blew out on 8 minute COLD morning startup. Appeard to be crack near upper hose on radiator casing.
Replaced radiator with Ford radiator( $ 160.00). Did the fill, squeeze hose routine for air to escape. When running the temp guage is at the bottom of the C range (if I pull the sensor wire at top of T-stat temp guage drops down below C). Passenger compartment has heat....firewall hoses are hot....upper radiator hose is HOT...but lower radiator hose is COOL.
I remove radiator cap and coolant is at the top. Overflow is at the mid level. I did notice some coolant leaked at the lower hose area at the end of a 40 mile drive home so I re-checked the clamp tighness. Can it be the waterpump ? Air in the system ?