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JFP in PA · 12-21-2012, 03:18 PM

Additional thought: Check the last two digits on your cooling system cap. If they are lower an "-04", you could have a simple cap failure. Both the cap and tank can be pressure tested if you can get access to something like a Stant cooling system pressure tester; but if not and the cap number is low, you would be spending about $100 to buy a tool to test a $17 part. Can it and get a new cap if it is a low number, but be sure to either evacuate or burp the system to get any air out.

12-21-2012, 03:18 PM	#9
JFP in PA Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: It's a kind of magic..... Posts: 6,273	Additional thought: Check the last two digits on your cooling system cap. If they are lower an "-04", you could have a simple cap failure. Both the cap and tank can be pressure tested if you can get access to something like a Stant cooling system pressure tester; but if not and the cap number is low, you would be spending about $100 to buy a tool to test a $17 part. Can it and get a new cap if it is a low number, but be sure to either evacuate or burp the system to get any air out. __________________ “Anything really new is invented only in one’s youth. Later, one becomes more experienced, more famous – and more stupid.” - Albert Einstein Last edited by JFP in PA; 12-21-2012 at 03:27 PM.