Overheating problem

AITCHDITTO718

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I have a 95' Mitsu Eclipse 2.0 non turbo. The overflow bottle use to overheat all the time until I changed the thermostat. Since I have changed the t-stat, smoke has been coming from below the overflow bottle. (Not the bottle itself) my guess is the water pump. Could that be the problem because I have been wasting alot money?

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 AT 12:29 PM

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RASMATAZ

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Try this warm up the engine while running squeeze the upper hose then let go did the flow increases-if so, for a cheap fix-replace the radiator cap and see what happens.

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Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 AT 6:13 PM

AITCHDITTO718

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Try this warm up the engine while running squeeze the upper hose then let go did the flow increases-if so, for a cheap fix-replace the radiator cap and see what happens.[/Quote:c6029987af]

How could replacing the cap stop the smoke? The smoke smells like boiling water. Thats why I think or thought it was the water pump. I would love to replace the cap for cheaper fix but I just want to know what it does for the radiator.
Thank you for your response

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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 AT 11:47 PM