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Originally Posted by AtomicMan

Have the dealer look at it. Same thing happened to mine. There was a bad cap. Replaced the cap. If the coolant is leaking have it fixed.

That's what I thought. I have a new radiator cap coming today.

My uncle is a fleet mechanic and said he had problems in the past with leaky radiator caps on GM 4 cylinder engines. My dealer pressure tested the system and found no leaks, but for whatever reason didn't want to replace the cap and didn't test it, even after I mentioned it. Instead, they just blamed it on the used car dealer not topping of the coolant after prepping the car for sale.

It would have been nice to get a new cap for free, but on this issue I'm going to skip the hassle and just pay the $7.

	sol79 Member Join Date: Jun 2007	Quote: Originally Posted by AtomicMan Have the dealer look at it. Same thing happened to mine. There was a bad cap. Replaced the cap. If the coolant is leaking have it fixed. That's what I thought. I have a new radiator cap coming today. My uncle is a fleet mechanic and said he had problems in the past with leaky radiator caps on GM 4 cylinder engines. My dealer pressure tested the system and found no leaks, but for whatever reason didn't want to replace the cap and didn't test it, even after I mentioned it. Instead, they just blamed it on the used car dealer not topping of the coolant after prepping the car for sale. It would have been nice to get a new cap for free, but on this issue I'm going to skip the hassle and just pay the $7.