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Overheating issue
A few weeks ago coming back on vacation (Gettysburg), in very hot weather, I got stuck in a traffic jam.
Car started overheating, and to make a long story short, I got towed to a nearby Porsche dealer and they ended up replacing get the coolant tank and drive belt.
I was 230 miles from home, so didn't have a lot of options.
After the repairs, drove home fine with no problems. Have driven it (2004 Boxster S) back and forth to work a few times (100 miles round trip) with no issues.
Today on my way home again got stuck in traffic - not as hot as a few weeks ago though.
Coolant temp started going up, would get up over 200 then back down to 180ish. Did that a few times. Also got up to 250 and the light came on, then back down. Some vapor and coolant smell too.
Managed to make it home.
Coolant level is now very low (not sure how low), but it never went fully overheating.
I don't think it's the tank again, but something is either leaking coolant out or air in.
I checked my coolant cap after reading some postsort - and it looks like and older number but it's blue:
996 106 447 01
Could it simply be the cap ? Maybe got a band coolant tank again? Anything else to check?
I'm going to get some coolant and fill it up and then let it run and see what happens. But suggestions to trouble shoot would be appreciated.
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