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coolant overflow bottle
I've got an 86 c 10 with a 350 out of an89 camaro. I had the passenger side head off to repair a broken rocker stud. After putti g the head back on the coolant doesn't return to the radiator from the overflow bottle. I tried a new radiator cap but that didn't help. Could i have possibly screwed up when I replaced the head bolts? I put the two shorter bots into the holes with the raised bosses. Can anybody enlighten me on this. Thanks rick
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head gasket didn't completly seal, so it is drawing air in, breaking the vac from the radiator
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i lined up the head bolts on the bench when i pulled the head. if i put 1 of the 2 shorter bolts in a wrong hole would that account for this. what happens is i drive a half hour and the engine begins to get hot. the coolant in the overflow bottle rises almost to the top w/ a corresponding level drop in the radiator. when i shut down i hear slow gurgle for a few moments but the level in the bottle remains high. thanx, rick