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Default 92 buick skylark 2.3 quad 4 - 02-03-2007 , 07:22 PM






i have a1992 buick skylark with a 2.3 quad 4 engine .theunit blows
antifreeze out of th coolant tank. i have installed a new cap and t stat
the coolant is not hot they tell me i have an air pocket can any one tell
me how to get rid of it .there are no bleeders


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Default Re: 92 buick skylark 2.3 quad 4 - 02-04-2007 , 10:01 AM







"RMCG" <rgrunthaner (AT) usachoice (DOT) net> wrote

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i have a1992 buick skylark with a 2.3 quad 4 engine .theunit blows
antifreeze out of th coolant tank. i have installed a new cap and t stat
the coolant is not hot they tell me i have an air pocket can any one tell
me how to get rid of it .there are no bleeders

Sounds more like a blown head gasket.




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Default Re: 92 buick skylark 2.3 quad 4 - 02-04-2007 , 11:18 AM



RMCG wrote:
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i have a1992 buick skylark with a 2.3 quad 4 engine .theunit blows
antifreeze out of th coolant tank. i have installed a new cap and t stat
the coolant is not hot they tell me i have an air pocket can any one tell
me how to get rid of it .there are no bleeders
Cracked head. Blown head gasket.

http://www.babcox.com/editorial/ar/ar49935.htm

"HEADS
•All of the Quad 4 heads tend to crack in the chambers. The early SOHC
head
cracks on the outside, too, so check all of them over carefully and
expect to do a lot of welding."


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Default Re: 92 buick skylark 2.3 quad 4 - 02-04-2007 , 11:23 AM



RMCG wrote:
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i have a1992 buick skylark with a 2.3 quad 4 engine .theunit blows
antifreeze out of th coolant tank. i have installed a new cap and t stat
the coolant is not hot they tell me i have an air pocket can any one tell
me how to get rid of it .there are no bleeders
Cracked head.
There is a section at the bottom of this link on heads:

http://www.babcox.com/editorial/ar/ar49935.htm


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