So I happily pulled the top of the engine apart a week ago and have had no issues, leaks or temp wise(aside from the hose clamp that broke on the drive home the day I made the repair). I fully expected to have to deal with the damn air pockets in the cooling system. But dammit.. Had some of those ridiculous crimp style hose clamps fall apart since then. Changed out the last 4(I think thats all thats left) today.

Get home, park the truck, pop the hood to check for leaks.. WTF.. the crummy Motorad expansion tank cap is hissing and there is coolant all over it. Really?

lmao. Are these an issue similar to the Motorad t-stat? Can the cap suddenly and catastrophically fail? I'm gonna look into a Genuine LR cap tomorrow.

Thanks all in advance!