Coolant Reservoir Leak

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Coolant Reservoir Leak

Postby oldguy1 » Thu Nov 08, 2018 11:19 am

I have a 2011 that is leaking coolant at the coolant reservoir. My question is, can I put the pressure cap off the reservoir on the radiator and just use the reservoir to catch any overflow until I can get a replacement reservoir? In other words, like in the old days instead of the closed system.

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Robert


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Postby smj999smj » Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:29 am

No..the system isn't designed to work like that.


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