hehehe, Fn loving this sh*t tonight.
hey listen Bro, what's going on here with this black tape on your Coolant Outlet pipe ?
Please tell me you already addressed this situation, that Outlet pipe is brown in color, supposed to be black,
it's deteriorating and is about to spring a leak any day, surprised it's even holding anything back around that tape.
I don't know the full story on that but just wanted to let you know that it needs attention ASAP, if that's still the condition it's in to date.
The PVC cooling system parts including the degas bottle get brittle and weak as the GEN I ages past 10yrs old, she'd gonna spring a leak for sure.
Just hate to have you on the side of the road with an overheat issue whilst stranded with kids in the car.
If you haven't already, try and see if you can prep some OEM parts for this soon as possible.
not trying to talk you into something you don't need but I know better that the color on that whole outlet tube is a sign of old and weak PVC plastics.
10 bucks says it's pitted with blister marks on the inside of that pipe.