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O rings finally came in
I pulled the Coolant relief valve and replaced the O rings today, the ones that came out did not look bad....but it was out and I had brand new ones. I used Parker O Ring Lubricant on the new rings and it went back slick and easy. I start to get an inkling of how bad a design the coolant tank is now, I was fortunate to have a 70+ degree day (in January) and I am sure this helped to some degree with elasticity of the plastics involved.
After I realized this thing was asymmetrical and I got the bolt orientation correct it went back pretty easy.I left the little cover off and took the car out and got it up to temp and put a few miles on it, got it up to 6K a few times and brought it back and parked it in my garage and no coolant got passed the valve....time will tell the real story.
Thanks for everyone's help
Dwight
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