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Water come out from Water line when Engine Shutdown.

When the Engine is running there is no sign of water coming out from the hose going to expansion tank, but when I switch off, the water start coming out going to expansion tank which is not normal, can you please give me an idea what is really happen to my Engine.
I check the possible causes but I found nothing wrong.

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Does it show signs of over heating at all? When cool, take off rad cap & check level in rad & top it up. If down a lot, start engine, turn on heat & let run until you hear rad fan come on & check temperature gauge to see if normal operating temperature. Let it come on a couple of times, and top up rad an inch or so from top, then put rad cap back on. Top up bottle to proper level & try it. If it spits back into return bottle, try replacing rad cap.

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