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Weresquatch 03-06-2013 10:02 PM

New radiator - now starts and dies? WTF?
 
I swapped out the radiator in my 98 xc70, now it stats just fine but right when you would expect it to idle, it dies. It doesn't sputter just dies like I turned off the ignition. The battery light and the UP arrow I can't remember the name of stays on. New battery and trac unit last year. Any thoughts on what the heck I did?

I guess I should have titled this, "won't stay running". I suspect this is something simple but I can't figure it out.

Weresquatch 03-07-2013 08:27 AM

I charged the battery overnight and then it didn't want to start. It would just crank. On the 3rd or 4th try it did start idled roughly for a couple seconds then died.

Weresquatch 03-07-2013 10:15 PM

Problem solved
 
I hadn't filled the block with coolant, just put it in the reservoir. DOH!

rspi 03-08-2013 04:02 AM

So is the car running now? The car should run with no coolant. The coolant tank is the only way to fill the system.


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