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Need help found a valve ? In my water outlet

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Found this in my water outlet hosing

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That piece belongs on the bottom of the radiator cap.

You were lucky to find it before it got lodged down deep and caused problems.

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Good find! Heard of several people having some issues running hot due to that little piece breaking off.

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Haha I spend enough time here reading others misfortunes in an attempt to avoid them myself is all.

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I changed my water pump (leaking) tensioner, belt, thermostat, upper hose, lower hose coolent flush and pvc valve glad I looked at doing the pvc completely stuck closed and now going to get a radiator cap

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That piece belongs on the bottom of the radiator cap.

You were lucky to find it before it got lodged down deep and caused problems.
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Son-of-a-B. 5 minutes. We've been looking for Flight MH370 Boeing 777 for almost 8 years. Where is it please?

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Proof that changing the radiator cap as part of regular maintenance is a good idea.

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My usual rule is replace the cap with the radiator but when it breaks lol

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