I feel like a complete dumbass now, but not too much since the dealer missed this too.
I kept leaking coolant out of my overflow tank, I could see it was coming out of the cap area. I assumed since I had a generic napa cap on that was the reason. So I goto the salvage yard today to find a real cap. I buy one, come back, and it dosnt fit.
So me and my buddies are looking at it, we try a mercedes cap which did fit. I look at the napa cap and the mercedes cap and the undersides looked identicle. I start wondering how the mercedes cap wouldnt leak (because of the same design) but mine would. We look at it for about 5 min, then my buddy realises... The radiator overflow line is going into the coolant tank overflow outline on the cap. DOH! Thats why I was getting so much pressure in the cap and leaking coolant.
Swapped the hose to the correct nipple and no more leaks lol.
Just thought I would share.
I kept leaking coolant out of my overflow tank, I could see it was coming out of the cap area. I assumed since I had a generic napa cap on that was the reason. So I goto the salvage yard today to find a real cap. I buy one, come back, and it dosnt fit.
So me and my buddies are looking at it, we try a mercedes cap which did fit. I look at the napa cap and the mercedes cap and the undersides looked identicle. I start wondering how the mercedes cap wouldnt leak (because of the same design) but mine would. We look at it for about 5 min, then my buddy realises... The radiator overflow line is going into the coolant tank overflow outline on the cap. DOH! Thats why I was getting so much pressure in the cap and leaking coolant.
Swapped the hose to the correct nipple and no more leaks lol.
Just thought I would share.
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