Overheating wowes that make no sense - help!!!

crossram383 said

On my old belvedere wagon the spring had rusted away and my buddy just took a spring from a different hose and placed it in the slants radiator hose ? Problem solved .
The cooling system had good flow as observed in the tank with radiator cap removed .

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You are missing the point. If nothing is clogged, you should not even need a spring. The pressure cap will expand the hose enough to keep it open. What's sucking it shut is what's important. In the case I posted, it damn near tore the bottom fitting right out of the tank.