Radiator Cap Problems

[titaninak]

i went through 2 caps with my 06 titan from the dealership. dam for such a small easy fix and nissan has to realize alot of titans have done this, i can recall talking to service guy about this and he said its quite common- maybe nissan made like a gazillion of these crappy caps and just want to get rid of them. Its been like a year since i had my last leak. Knock on wood!!!!!

[loufish]

take the radiator cap off turn upside down bend the two tabs that lock the cap to radiator make the cap fit radiator as tight as possible.or hold cap in hand bend tab's with channel lock pliers. i did this to my cap fixed radiator never leaked again.the dealer ship not smart enough to do this.hope this helps.

That's excactly what I did!...Hasn't leaked a drop.

All this whining about a rad cap, you want to file a complaint? then do it on all the radiators that have failed...I just replaced mine, I'd change 20 caps for the price and hassle of just one radiator...

[Pops]

Originally Posted by loufish

All this whining about a rad cap, you want to file a complaint? then do it on all the radiators that have failed...I just replaced mine, I'd change 20 caps for the price and hassle of just one radiator...

I did file a complaint referencing this thread along with the ones on the other Titan sites. For whatever it was worth, I was told it was at least worth a try and that was the whole reason for this thread. It's been filed long ago, I got one response and nothing since so I figure well that's just piss on them then. I'm on my third one now and bent the tabs on it when I found it leaked the Sunday before last so hopefully it will hold like everyone else's did. I still don't fully understand all the fragile plastic on the Radiator Neck that's non-detachable but it is what it is.