Just returned from 2600 mile road trip in New England. Had great trip. Saw some nice Vanagons here & there. Anyway, I did a complete flush and top off of the cooling system before I left. Frequent checks on the road showed correct fluid levels during trip. When at home, doing a little clean up, and found some orange crystaline crap in the little divet where the sensor wires plug into the top of the tank. Now I'm wondereing what made the tank crack? Could I have done something wrong when I did flush and fill? Can the cap be the culprit? I should think that the cap should allow the pressure to be relieved ie to bleed into the overflow resevoir. I have considered that perhaps the crack existed before, and I didn't notice it because it doesn't leak, and perhaps the cap wasn't on tight enough (the crack looks old, and is right at the top where the cap spout is). Of course, I'm going to replace the tank, and the cap, but I hope that if I did something to cause the crack I can prevent the problem from occuring again. |
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