This is probably the dumbest thing I'll ever ask on here. I just put in a new thermostat in the GTA and wanted to check the coolant level in the rad. I don't think I can get the rad cap off without breaking something. The damn thing just won't come off.

Sometimes the simplest things are the hardest to work with grrrrrrrrrr

Any ideas are appreciated. Hammer? Crow Bar?

 

did you get the red latch fully released?...maybe that is caught...you can always spray a can of WD-40 in there...might do something

 

put a rag on the cap and push down and turn!!!

 

put a rag on the cap and push down and turn!!!

 

Did you have to say it twice man?

And why are you YELLING!!!!?!!!!

 

ya...ya....what he said...

 

It might need some wd-40 true true... hrrmmm

It's not moving easily. I'll get back to it tomorrow and see if it helps.

Thanks.

 

Just push down on it and turn it counterclockwise. After about a half turn it should come right off.

 

Sorry i didnt mean to sound like i was yelling. I just have a habbit of doing that. so where you able to get it off?

 

Hey no problem

I'm going back out tomorrow to finish working on the car. I probably didn't press down hard enough or I'm just too used to my other cars rad cap.

Everything's been breaking lately on the GTA so it may have me spooked.

 

alright I got the cap off today. fully clockwise and a hard press did it

They should have designed those a little bit better and not place them next to a freaking clamp :|

Oh yeah check for another thread because I've got another problem.

 

mine's is a punk too and i've replaced it more than once, i think its the radiator and not the cap that makes it a PITA. and the way i usually check my coolant level is with the overflow, whenever i change coolant i fill up the radiator and the resivior all the way and when the resivior gets sucked dry i just fill it up till it stays at the hot line constantly. works for me i guess.

 

I keep my overflow to the full hot mark. Not that it matters since I've got oil crusties floating around in the resevoir. My cars going to hell I think.

And PITA is right because I pressed so hard that I slipped a bit and cut my finger on a hose clamp. Started pissing blood everywhere

Gotta love F-bodies for their try to be high tech design.

 

i know exactly what ya mean, trying to be high tech on a low budget just doesn't cut it sometimes. does it