Coolant reservoir cap broke

[Geotrash]

Just tried to remove the coolant reservoir cap to add a little coolant and it broke. Anyone know how to remove the rest of it from the top of the reservoir? I managed to remove the seal and pressure spring but can’t get the rest of it out.

 

[Fless]

A long shot, but if you have a spring clamp like the one shown below, flip the teeth to the outside and use it to put some pressure from the inside of the broken cap.

 

[Geotrash]

Thank you. I was able to add some coolant through the disassembled cap, then reassembled it and ran to town to buy a new one. Seems to be holding pressure fine. But I still can’t figure out how to get the rest of the cap out once I disassemble it again when I get back. Unfortunately, I don’t have any clamps like that with me.

 

[89Suburban]

A long shot, but if you have a spring clamp like the one shown below, flip the teeth to the outside and use it to put some pressure from the inside of the broken cap.

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Yeah or a set of needle nose or channel locks to get into those grooves?

 

[wsteele]

It looks like a straight slide in for the piece left in. The only thing that appears to hold it would be a lower o ring.

If you have a pick, just hook the lowest part of that inner part and pull up. If you don't have a pick, maybe fashion one from a piece of coat hanger, hammer the end flat and bend it 90 degrees. Hook that flat piece under the stuck part and pull straight up.

If you have two picks or fashion two picks, maybe avoid the stuck piece canting as you pull up.

 

[Geotrash]

I figured it out. Two pairs of pliers on either edge of the rim, and it pops right out.

 

[Joseph Garcia]

Super!

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