Trouble removing coolant pressure cap
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OK this is maybe my dumbest post yet but, it's the first time I've tried to remove my coolant reservoir pressure cap at home, and I can't get it out. Am I stupid? Everything is fine but I have a slight coolant leak somewhere and I want to add a bit of coolant, before I take it in to see what the trouble is in a while. So I unscrewed the cap and it released, but it seems stuck in the reservoir neck. I pulled and tugged, but I can't get it to come out. Any special trick to this?
Thanks,
Sean
Thanks,
Sean
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Keep twisting it until there is no resistance to twisting. Most coolant system caps (mostly applicable to rad caps) on vehicles have a catch so that if some idiot tries to remove it while the system is under pressure, it will catch on a tab on the cap so that injury is reduced. This is only applicable to the rad portion of the system, but i imagine they use the same caps on the coolant resevoir.
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I'm sure a full res pic of your avatar will make up for any short comings you might have with future posts.