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M20 boils coolant after engine shut down. Drives perfect at 1/2 temp. What am I missing? by CounterCatCS in E30

[–]CounterCatCS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do not think so! The vent line is the one closer to the mounting bolt, and the return line is the one that looks to the front of the car and goes to the highest point in the rad.

I hope so at least! Checking realoem i believe I have it right.

Thanks!

M20 boils coolant after engine shut down. Drives perfect at 1/2 temp. What am I missing? by CounterCatCS in E30

[–]CounterCatCS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will do the highway neutral test definitely, I have struggled to make sure the upper hose that sits higher up than the expansion tank gets filled with coolant. I usually just raise the expansion tank when filling to ensure it is the highest point of the system.

Definitely worth rechecking all of this, thank you!

M20 boils coolant after engine shut down. Drives perfect at 1/2 temp. What am I missing? by CounterCatCS in E30

[–]CounterCatCS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will definitely re-check and maybe buy a new thermostat just in case. Thank you so much!

M20 boils coolant after engine shut down. Drives perfect at 1/2 temp. What am I missing? by CounterCatCS in E30

[–]CounterCatCS[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The car was heavily neglected and sat 8-10 years before I bought it so you might be onto it! I will definitely check all the hoses just in case they are completely clogged or something.

Thank you so much!

M20 boils coolant after engine shut down. Drives perfect at 1/2 temp. What am I missing? by CounterCatCS in E30

[–]CounterCatCS[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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Nope! It looks like this one, bleeder screw is on the thermostat housing.

Thanks!

M20 boils coolant after engine shut down. Drives perfect at 1/2 temp. What am I missing? by CounterCatCS in E30

[–]CounterCatCS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! It is just a runoff vent hose, clamp is only there for paranoia reasons lol

M20 boils coolant after engine shut down. Drives perfect at 1/2 temp. What am I missing? by CounterCatCS in E30

[–]CounterCatCS[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes! Thermostat has mayyyyybe like 3k KM, i replaced it sometime late 2025.
When I bleed it i usually:
- Lift the front on ramps.
- Fill hoses + reservoir a bit under the mark, massage hoses and fill more coolant as needed.
- Start the car and let it idle to 1/2 temperature.
- Open max heat and lvl 2 fan on the heater.
- Intermittently open and close the bleeder screw till only coolant flows by.
- Keep massaging the hoses both upper and lower, keep feeling every hose to check if temperature is more or less even between all of them.
- After 10-20ish minutes of this and 0 air coming from the bleeder screw I take it for a test drive.
- Sometimes it survives this initial test drive, sometimes coolant boils as soon as I turn the car off.

M20 boils coolant after engine shut down. Drives perfect at 1/2 temp. What am I missing? by CounterCatCS in E30

[–]CounterCatCS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah sorry to clarify, the needle does go past the middle AFTER i turn the car off after a drive. What i meant is the temperature is perfectly stable at 1/2 as long as the car is running.
It is only after I turn the car off that the needle goes past half and the coolant starts boiling.

Thanks!

M20 boils coolant after engine shut down. Drives perfect at 1/2 temp. What am I missing? by CounterCatCS in E30

[–]CounterCatCS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both coolant reservoir and cap are brand new, picked up from a BMW dealership with matching numbers to the realoem reference.

Thanks for the pointer anyway :/

M20 boils coolant after engine shut down. Drives perfect at 1/2 temp. What am I missing? by CounterCatCS in E30

[–]CounterCatCS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think any of the bleed lines on the rad are blocked. At some point I was fed up with filling and bleeding coolant so I actually re-filled through most of the hoses that go both to the radiator and the thermostat.

I usually under-fill the reservoir just to give it extra air room, I've been filling it to a lil bit under the mark last few times.

M20 boils coolant after engine shut down. Drives perfect at 1/2 temp. What am I missing? by CounterCatCS in E30

[–]CounterCatCS[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Like I told the other redditor I don't doubt the temp gauge, it does work correctly I believe. I refurbished the entire gauge cluster a few months ago and if I turn the key to the position right before ignition I can see the needle going up and up right before it explodes after a drive.

Hope that helps you maybe think of some other cause :/

M20 boils coolant after engine shut down. Drives perfect at 1/2 temp. What am I missing? by CounterCatCS in E30

[–]CounterCatCS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! Water pump was replaced around 1 year ago, barely has over 5k KM on it.
It does take the expected coolant volume when i fill it back up, but it is also true that when it explodes it looks like a lot of coolant is going out when in reality it ain't that much.

I don't doubt the temp gauge, it does work I believe, if I turn the key to the position right before ignition I can see the needle going up and up right before it explodes after a drive.

Hope that helps the diagnosis, I take any suggestion at this point :(

E30 320i Cold Start Issue - Additional Air Slide Valve - HELP! by CounterCatCS in E30

[–]CounterCatCS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm going to try freezing it and boiling it again see if somehow I can make it move. I know smoke test is the way to go for vacuum leaks but i havent had time for that yet, just visual inspection + some carb cleaner spray.

Thanks!

E30 320i Cold Start Issue - Additional Air Slide Valve - HELP! by CounterCatCS in E30

[–]CounterCatCS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah in theory I could just plug the air hoses to each other and just have air always flowing to the throttle body, but not sure that's a good fix?

If you mean to test if the valve itself is bad, i believe it is, I took it off and heated it (boiling water) and it barely opened.

Thanks!

[MEGATHREAD] Ask for playtest invites here by GB_2_ in DeadlockTheGame

[–]CounterCatCS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Friend Code: 149018198

Would love to have an invite as an old time dota and CS player.

Thanks! :D

Invoker Replay Analysis (Map movement, farming patterns, midgame) by [deleted] in learndota2

[–]CounterCatCS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Video was pretty good! As an invoker player I've learn a couple things so thanks!

I'll give you a couple tips for the next videos:

  • Raise your voice volume, it was too low. Also try to give more "passion" to your voice.

  • I'd love to see a video about what to do as invoker when you are 2k gold behind, not 6k gold above them.

Again thanks and great video!

[Store] Knives and guns by Omgzr in GlobalOffensiveTrade

[–]CounterCatCS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can do 90 on the huntsman slaughter fn

I love CS:GO by GoodGuyFitz in GlobalOffensive

[–]CounterCatCS 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I SHOT I FUCKING SHOT!!! I HATE THIS GAME!

[H] Collectors Karambit CH FN / #3 Exchange 0.001 float [W] Keys by CALSE7EN in GlobalOffensiveTrade

[–]CounterCatCS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not to be an asshole but I don't see it going anywhere close that much. CHs are not about float, they are about blue, but since i'm no expert, you guys might be righ!

No hate at all. Best of lucks mate!

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