Hello:
72 wagon, everything is running. I have only driven it about 3-4 miles. When driving, the engine after gets extremely hot after about I would say 1000 yards. Hot enough that all hoses around it also get extremely hot. I have my coolant tank filled to "hot full". The radiator is also full of coolant. The coolant is the green color one would expect. However, the cap on the resorvior tank is starting to melt and coolant is being pushed out. As well, there is smoke coming out of it! The coolant obviously doesnt get hot, but something is burning (probably the plastic).
Any thoughts? I thought about flushing, but not entirely sure if thats even going to solve the problem.
TIA experts!
72 wagon, everything is running. I have only driven it about 3-4 miles. When driving, the engine after gets extremely hot after about I would say 1000 yards. Hot enough that all hoses around it also get extremely hot. I have my coolant tank filled to "hot full". The radiator is also full of coolant. The coolant is the green color one would expect. However, the cap on the resorvior tank is starting to melt and coolant is being pushed out. As well, there is smoke coming out of it! The coolant obviously doesnt get hot, but something is burning (probably the plastic).
Any thoughts? I thought about flushing, but not entirely sure if thats even going to solve the problem.
TIA experts!