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Old 01-29-2012, 04:16 PM
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Hi guys, i just replaced the radiator in my 03 hemi ram, got it all together and
Realized there's an extra hose coming off the overflow tank with nowhere to go! The
Stock radiator has no cap, and the new one does. The hose is the one below the overflow tank cap, and im pretty sure its pressurized. What should i do? Please help!!!!!!!! Thanks!
 
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Stock rad has no cap? Sure it was the stock rad?
 
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it does have a cap, just not on the radiator itself. it is on the overflow bottle, whick is pressurized. there is a t connector coming off the lower rad hose that connects to the overflow bottle. then there is a smaller hose coming out of the top of the bottle,for overflow. And another one that is more in the middle, which originally connected back into the top of the rad, but has no place to go on the new one.
 
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you have the wrong radiator brotha. tell them you need the rad w/out the fillerneck! you have the rad for the 04 Hemi +
 
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Yep, wrong radiator. The 02-03 radiators do not have a cap, just the degas bottle. That hose coming off of the degas bottle is supposed to plug into a nipple on the drivers side of the (correct) radiator.

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Thanks for the replies! I ended up throwing the old one back in for now. I was a bit confused cuz it says right on the Dang radiator that it works on 03 to 08! O well! Thanks for the help!
 



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