Ford Fiesta - Half of expension tank cap stuck in tank
Discussion
Removed the expansion tank cap on lady Targ's 2010 Fiesta and the cap came apart with half of it stuck in place in the tank. I managed to rotate the remaining part a bit with some pliers but it won't come out (snapped a few bits off in the process). Any suggestions? I bought a new cap and the piece that is stuck in there is just held in with a rubber 'o' ring type seal - the cap part is what screws down on the thread. The pressure valve is still fine, put the cap back on and drives with no issues, its just that the expansion water has dropped a smidge and I'd like to fix this before I 'have to' IYSWIM.
Agree with the screw into it, if you used a really sharp self tapper, you might get away without drilling a pilot hole and dropping bits of metal into the tank.
Or take a brave pill, remove the top half of the top, then start the car and let expansion increase the pressure inside the tank. It could not be worse than removing an unwanted shed / starting fires with petrol / any other PH method of bodily harm!
(If you do this, possibly wrap the whole thing in a large bin bag, so the water does not go everywhere?)
Or take a brave pill, remove the top half of the top, then start the car and let expansion increase the pressure inside the tank. It could not be worse than removing an unwanted shed / starting fires with petrol / any other PH method of bodily harm!
(If you do this, possibly wrap the whole thing in a large bin bag, so the water does not go everywhere?)
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