I recently took my car (Hyundai Tiburon 2001) to a dealer mech. for an overheating problem.. He stated that the thermostat in the radiator was bad and was replaced. I drove the car 60 miles on highway the next day and all was fine. The day after that I was driving locally and it over heated, I pulled over and saw that I was trailing antifreeze and it had puddled under my car.
When I popped the hood I saw that the overflow cap was sitting on the side of the container,, not on the overflow tank. all of the antifreeze had leaked out of the overflow onto everything and onto the ground.
Now my question, could this have been a mechanic error and they didn't replace the cap correctly or not at all. Or could something else cause the car to overheat to the point where the overflow cap was blown off in the process.
Other question, will the antifreeze that leaked onto various hoses etc. eat through said hoses or is that nothing to worry about/
Thanks for your help!!!!!
Karen