72bumbee wrote:HAHA! Actually was told that by a good sameritan who stopped. He said the same thing about the radiator cap not being on! I am not embarassed at all, I just discounted him, cause he was no one I knew..... and I was frantically trying to see where the juice was spraying from.
Steve
That's basically the first thing I thought of largely due to the design of the cap
and the flange on the radiator. It's almost impossible to come off as long as it's
fully twisted on. It has flanges that hold it down on both sides.
Even if the pressure built to such an extreme level to blow the cap off
as a weak point, "I'd think a hose would be the first to go myself..",
you would see damage to the cap and the flanges on the radiator.
If nothing is damaged as far as the flange and cap, and it fits normally,
I'm almost certain you forgot to fully tighten the cap into the lock position
after you worked on it. The cap can be installed on the radiator and look
tight, but just be sitting in the loose, unlocked position. So it wouldn't
be that hard to miss if one forgot about it.
I think the clanging noise was the radiator cap bouncing off the fan blade
a few times when it fall off. Look for small blade dings on the cap..
I wouldn't be surprised if it had a couple.
I think basically your troubles should be over if all seems normal now.
You might still have some minor leaks, but shouldn't be any real problem.
