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water gurgles in water fill tank
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Your gas cap isn't holding pressure in the tank. Same thing happened to me. Get a new cap.
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not sure how gas cap would affect the cap on reserv tank for radiator
Your gas cap isn't holding pressure in the tank. Same thing happened to me. Get a new cap.
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It's probably time for a new thermostat, possibly even a water pump.
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Dave J
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new therostat if it was water pump it would be leaking
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My bad. Its the overflow tank. The water wont boil under pressure.Your gas cap isn't holding pressure in the tank. Same thing happened to me. Get a new cap.
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Not necessarily, I have changed water pumps in older cars where the pump blades had eroded from lack of cooling system maintenance. That resulted in overheating.
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Hate to bring up this possibility but it could be bad head gasket.
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I had a 2001 Lincoln LS with the same engine that I owned for 15 years. The gurgling is an indication of low coolant level causing the engine to overheat. My first problem causing gurgling was a crack in the coolant overflow tank. I replaced the tank and that fixed the problem for a while. Next up was a cracked thermostat housing. These engines have a plastic thermostat housing which will crack due to age. After replacing the thermostat housing, the car ran well for a short while. But in the end, so much overheating caused a head gasket to fail.