Help: 98 Taurus, expansion tank

1998 Taurus, 3.0L V6 2V, automatic

After the engine heats up, at the end of a trip, the tank leaks from the bottom. I pulled the tank and there is some kind of hole in the bottom that looks like a pressure relief. Is it? or can I epoxy it up and forget about it.

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If it is the pressure relief, is the tank shot?

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Bill
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Replace it!

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Scott M

That is not a pressure relief valve. That is where the tank was ejected from the injection molding machine. Your tank have what amounts to a longitudinal crack that is probably not visible when the tank is cold. Epoxy will not hold. As the previous post said, replace it.. about $25.00, new from the dealer.

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V.B. Mercon

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