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by Joske Vermeule, September 1
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Just barreling along Needs to Get Out More!
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"9 cars are waiting for a radiator change under waranty."
This problem does not seem to be going away.....is the root cause understood?
As I understand it- they are on Revision 9 or 10 of the radiator and its mountings.... You would have thought with all the trads suffering failures from the plastic capped rads - which has been an ongoing issue for many years, that MMC would have paid particular attention to potential radiator issues in the CX cars Thank goodness we have aftermarket suppliers like SiFab
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I have talked with my dealer, and they have an idea that the cap of the expansion vase is opening
Only when the pressure is too high , and then damage the radiator.
They think that the cars are tested on a racetrack , with an agressive drive,
The coolant and the pressure in the radiator increase and the cap open at that pressure.
As we dont drive so fast the cap stay closed but the pressure
Damage the radiator.Now they have placed a cap with lower pressure values.
Not easy to explain in english ,sorry
I recept a radiator cap from my dealer. The release is done at a much lower pressure. I also had to remove the equivalent of a glass of coolant to reach 7 cm in the jar.
Last edited by gaston; 01/04/22 01:28 PM.
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