07 Apr 12 20:46, Mark Hofmann wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RW>> ATF mixed with coolant (coagulating) probably didn't have enough   
    RW>> time to circulate through the core, thus building up a pressure head   
    RW>> at the weakest point in the system...upper hose.   
      
    MH> That is exactly what happened.   
      
   8^)   
      
    RW>>  MH> The overflow was also overflowed.  :)   
    RW>>   
    RW>> The only pressure relief point. 8^)   
      
    MH> What is strange, is the overflow's cap didn't pop off.  The entire   
    MH> overflow tank is plastic, too.  The thick upper hose ripped in half,   
    MH> however.   
      
   The overflow tank is vented to atmosphere. That's where anything that   
   would have blown the cap off went to. Did you check the road that she   
   traveled for signs of 'goop?   
      
    MH> After I opened the overflow's cap, it was completely full to the top   
    MH> with that goop.  Normally, the antifreeze is at least 5 inches below   
    MH> the top of the overflow.   
      
   8^)   
      
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