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oldskool73 · 04-03-2018, 11:22 PM

Exactly the same think happened to me over the weekend, only after a 2 hour drive in 38c/100f heat. Reached our destination and as soon as I turned it off the car promptly dumped the entire expansion tank on the floor out the overflow by the rear right wheel.

I've known I had a version 1 cap on there since I've had it, but it's always been fine... until it's not, haha! Bought a new version cap yesterday, topped it up, am going to run it for a while with the bleeder valve open to free any trapped air (also sat for 10 minutes with nose down on a steep carpark ramp last night to help) and hoping that fixes it.

The caps are printed on top 996.106.447.0x ... if your 'x' is less than 4 upgrade to the newer one, they only cost about $25US from a dealer.

04-03-2018, 11:22 PM	#4
oldskool73 Registered User Join Date: May 2015 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 335	Exactly the same think happened to me over the weekend, only after a 2 hour drive in 38c/100f heat. Reached our destination and as soon as I turned it off the car promptly dumped the entire expansion tank on the floor out the overflow by the rear right wheel. I've known I had a version 1 cap on there since I've had it, but it's always been fine... until it's not, haha! Bought a new version cap yesterday, topped it up, am going to run it for a while with the bleeder valve open to free any trapped air (also sat for 10 minutes with nose down on a steep carpark ramp last night to help) and hoping that fixes it. The caps are printed on top 996.106.447.0x ... if your 'x' is less than 4 upgrade to the newer one, they only cost about $25US from a dealer. Last edited by oldskool73; 04-03-2018 at 11:26 PM.