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Old 05-13-2017, 04:34 PM   #5
fomoco69
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Re: 2003 / 14,000 miles / one owner

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Originally Posted by slomach03 View Post
I bought my Mach without knowing it had a hairline fracture in the coolant overflow tank cap. Not the reservoir just the cap so I never saw it leak. Until it started overheating on me. I got lucky and only blew my manifold gaskets down the road after I did a full coolant change and burp procedure along with a brand new cap and overflow tank overhaul. Just goes to show you can never be too careful when buying a car.
Ten four....good thing you were able to figure it out.....I had a leaky old school metal cap on my GMC truck radiator on vacation in a small town in Wyoming & bought a new one @ Napa for $ 10.00 & was back on the road
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