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jh
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Sep 21, 2009, 10:25 PM

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1987 Mazda B2000 5 spd.

The truck blew an old radiator hose on the freeway. When I got off I let it stop steeming and waited 20min. or so, filled it back up with water and drove it home. I put on new hoses filled it up and ran it for a wile and found another leak in a small hose under the intake manifold and a few pin holes in the radiator. I replaced the hose removed the radiator and had it fixed and cleaned. I put it all back together and now it won't start. It almost fires but wont start. It gets spark at all 4 plugs. the timing looks good, there is fuel in the tank and fuel comes out of the excelerator pump. There is also a "EGR" light on that wasn't there before.

Ideas?

jh


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Sep 22, 2009, 2:31 AM

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Your going to have to remove the spark plugs and pressure test the cooling system. You likely got it hot enough to blow a head gasket and you are getting coolant into the cylinders now. A compression test may be helpful also.

If you had that many different leaks at once, then you have been neglecting the system for a while. I'm not sure what you did to "repair" the radiator but today's radiators are pretty much unrepairable.



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jh
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Sep 22, 2009, 5:10 AM

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The radiator was removed and taken to a shop, cleaned flow tested and a few pin holes that were on a tank seam repaired. Is the pressure test on the coolant system easly done?

Thanks
jh


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Sep 22, 2009, 5:23 AM

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Yes, you just simply attach it to the filler and pump it up, watching for pressure drop.





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jh
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Sep 22, 2009, 12:51 PM

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Any ideas on the EGR light?

jh


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Sep 22, 2009, 12:59 PM

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That's a maintenance reminder that goes on at 60,000 mikes to tell you to replace the EGR and O/2 sensor and reset the timing. There is a connector under the dash that has to be disconnected to reset the light.







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(This post was edited by Hammer Time on Sep 22, 2009, 1:04 PM)






 
 
 






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