bubbling coolant reservoir

Asked by Joella Jun 14, 2016 at 05:09 PM about the 1995 Chevrolet Caprice

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

The coolant .keeps leaking out of the top of
the reservoir. We've replaced the water
pump and had work done that seemed to
work for a while but the same problems
keeps occurring. Soon after we after refill  it
and drive for a few blocks the coolant starts
to bubble out and then smoke and.the
car,overheats.

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Has a bad head gasket from being overheated in the past or even possibly a cracked cylinder head. its being pressure driven out of the reservoir from engines pistons. Have the coolant checked for engine combustion by-products.

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