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The Reservoir cap is designed to 850 1994

posted by  someone claiming to be cn on  Mon Jan 31 04:00 CST 2005 [RELATED]

allow excess air or excess fluid to escape if pressure builds up inside.

You are OK as far as I am concerned.

You might want to repeat the experiment:

- Overfill like what you did.
- Open the hood and Run the car until HOT and see what happens.
You should coolant escaping through the reservoir cap (which is expected).

This will explain the whole thing.
cn






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New overfilled coolant expansion tank, do Volvos purge? [850][1994]
posted by  PatrickB  on Mon Jan 31 03:21 CST 2005 >


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