NOT a good afternoon.........the trusty Subaru Outback blew the top off the radiator - literally, pieces of plastic everywhere, when about 70km out of town, on a reasonably isolated road. just as the vehicle arrived on location.
Meant a very tricky limp back into town. Had 6L of water, but had to fill up water bottles quite a few times at various places along the way.
This sort of event can really put a major hole in a road trip, of any length. Especially tricky if in the remote parts of Australia.
You can plan for blown radiator hoses, loose clamps, but to literally blow the plastic top off the radiator is a bit odd to me. Maybe the older cars mostly had metal tops on radiators.......and hence rarely, if ever, actually broke.
This will mean several days off the road and a costly repair, and no doubt parts will have to come from interstate. Removing and repairing the radiator will have a high labour component - so will be costly.
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Most people would dread a situation like that, especially in the outback. Good thing you could stop and fill up every now and then.
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