Afraid of the answer.....

[robdelorenzo]

I'll try it but it's so tight in there and I don't have the right tools or dexterity for working that tight in there in the dark. (but I will try)

It's not right that the hoses are missing clamps, either.

I tried to put the coolant bottle in myself first to save a few bucks and failed miserably.

I then hired a CL mechanic who screwed it all up while I was trying to save a few bucks.

I then had to pay the mechanic to do it correctly (which he did, it runs great!)

Lesson learned there as well (and of course the hard way)

I'll see what I can do tomorrow.

But when I go in on Tue am, I know what I need him to do first.

Thanks and I don't see how it could be anything else (although it can)

He may have crossed hoses when he replaced the melted fitting (it happens)

Then we replaced the cap and that was not it ("It's still doing it")

I don't know if he bled the system or only added coolant, either. I never thought to ask. He did tell me he added a gallon of coolant, which wasn't as much as I had thought was lost in the meltdown. When those drops of water hit the cats at a stop light in traffic, it's Wagnerian Opera.

I now know.

I can pull the panel and feel the water pump bearing and pulley tomorrow, but I don't think that's the problem.

If it is the impeller, then the only way to know that is to pull it out and look at it.

I'm sure there are things I'm missing, but this is what I have learned so far.

You have been most helpful and encouraging.

Thank you.