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Posted: Wed Jul 11th, 2018 03:30 pm

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Yes on the 2001 2.3L it does not have a radiator cap on the radiator at all. The radiator cap is in the cap on the degaus bottle. There's a thread somewhere on the forum where RonD goes into great detail about the degaus bottle and how it differs from a standard radiator/cap that is on every other ranger. The procedure to fill the system and purge it of air is different compared to filling the radiator to the very top, while burping it, then putting the cap on and refilling the overflow tank. The cap can not be changed to something different. It has to be the specific bottle cap which does have the rad cap built in.

Thermostat was replaced but have the same problem intermittently. I don't think it's a coolant level because it hasn't changed in terms of going down..etc. If it was low on coolant wouldn't the temp go up instead of down? Just trying to understand. When I turn the truck on I can see coolant flowing back into the bottle and it does not dip down so I know it's not because it's too low. I will fill it up between the max/min marks. I've always kept it at min per RonD's explanation from years ago and never had an issue.

I'm going to replace the cap and see what happens. Won't have it until next week when we get back from Cali... but makes me wonder wouldn't a faulty cap always be problematic. There isn't a rhyme or reason why the temp drops at times.

When I turn on the heater the air is hot. I've never had a problem with hot air. Normally it's actually too hot, and I never turn the fan above setting 1 since the air is hot during the winter time.

-Nigel

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