#Leak proof 6.0 coolant cap cracked#
#Leak proof 6.0 coolant cap install#

The real kick in the pants is it needs new brake pads on the front in a bad way and there's no way around that. The car is driven locally, 15 miles away from homebase max.

#Leak proof 6.0 coolant cap cracked#

But then there's the gamble of simply buying one that is already cracked or about to crack. I did check a couple of 'U-pull-it' places in these parts and used rads are going for between 35-45 bucks each - about half what a new one would cost. It's not only the money, but the time spent in repairing it as well. Thanks for all the wisdom and insight guys - will run the ever popular 'Bluesmobile' 'topless' and see how it goes. Thoughts, opinions, menus for dinner tonight? What would be the problem with running the long suffering 'Bluesmobile' in the same manner? My old 1950 Case tractor is not a sealed cooling system and it has run that way for decades, (coming from the factory that way).

#Leak proof 6.0 coolant cap install#

Therefore, rather than install a new radiator, what is the problem of simply running full time with the rad cap loose? It doesn't overheat and the coolant is low enough it doesn't splash out.

Long story short, this car ain't worth much and I really can't see the wisdom of dumping more money into the ole gal. While the back tires are somewhat new, the front tires are cracked and worn. The interior is almost a carbon copy of the vehicle Mad Max drives in 'The Road Warrior' and the exterior is painted flat black with a flat white roof. The transmission is living on borrowed time. My thinking is this, the car is 20 years old, (soon to be 21 and a legal drinker - perhaps that's the reason it's started leaking). Temp guage ran below normal, (about 1/3 on gauge). It only leaks when pressure builds, so in my travels today, I loosen the cap and ran with it loose. Tightened it only to discover there is a small crack on the composite side of the rad below the hose. Check the upper hose, (which I replaced last November) and sure enough, the clamp next to the rad was loose.

Radiator on said 'Bluesmobile' started leaking the beginning of this week. (The happy but tired 'Bluesmobile' is a 1993 Ford Taurus GL, 3.0 V-6). Meanwhile, the on-going saga of the 'Bluesmobile' cooling system continues. Home for lunch right now which consists of leftover fried chicken, mustard greens, black-eyed peas and for desert, boiled eggs pickled in beet juice. Howdy and good afternoon fellow Bitogers: