Check fluid level WHEN IT cools off.
It's steam from boiling coolant (or water) coming out of the overflow hose connected to the top of the radiator just below the level of the cap.
Remove the bottom radiator hose. Put a garden hose into the top of the radiator. Allow the garden hose to run until the water coming out of the bottom of the radiator is clear.
you should find it attached to the radiator & the water pump. if it is missing, that's where you should put the new one. radiator at the front of the vehicle, engine behind it, water pump on front of engine, with hose, or short metal tube coming out of the bottom of it. the radiator will also have a hose or short metal tube coming out of the bottom of it also,(the radiator should also have another hose coming from it at the top)
No. The top hose goes to the engine. The bottom hose feeds from the engine to the heater core back to the radiator.
disconnect the hose going to the radiator plug the hose coming from the engine side and flush with a garden hose
take out the hose out of the radiator. then put a hose in the radiator hose, and let the car run with the heat on. it will take about 10 minutes. the coolant will be coming out of the radiator. then once the radiatior is leaking clear, you can put the hose back on, because it is flushed out.
That smoke is steam. You have a leak in the radiator or a hose. Take it to a mechanic.
There is a thick radiator hose coming from the right hand side of the radiator at the top, follow that hose from the radiator towards the engine. I will connect to the thermostat housing, it has two bolts.
I know it is under the hood but I don't know if it's the little hose coming in near the radiator cap or the big hose coming out the other side.
Just follow the big hose coming out of your radiator and it is right there
It is on the end of the engine facing the radiator. 2 bolts to take off. 1 is from the hose coming off the top radiator hose and the other is a heater hose. on my jeep Laredo the bottom nut is hard to get off because the belt is in the way. . Check the very top hose coming off the radiator and follow it it should take you to the thermostat.
Your thermostat is on line with your top radiator hose. The big hose coming off the top of your radiator leads to the engine. That is where it's at. Should be 2 bolts and a hose clamp to get the hose out of your way if needed.