Well, I was going en route to the show as planned with my new buddy here, but halfway there, I had to turn around. The car started overheating. Everything was all well and good, then suddenly up to 210 degrees. I opened the hood to check, the coolant overflow was empty so I assumed the rad cap was malfunctioning or something. I had a towel out, tapped the cap a couple times with the palm of my hand as was assuming I'd have to sit and wait while it cooled down to open it -
I did not get that option. After I tapped it, the cap cocked at an angle which prompted me to turn and run, but I did not get away, the radiator geysered all the coolant into my face and hand. My fiancee' called 911 and a firetruck arrived and they salined the hell out of my face. They said I was lucky to be wearing sunglasses since my eyes were fine.
I took a ride in an ambulance to Walnut Creek, and they discharged me after doing some very painful procedures. It will heal fine, but it is quite painful. Somehow the universe came together and my brother happened to drive by at the same time and saw my car - since it's so noticeable. Perhaps and act of god or something. But he was able to get my car towed home, and he took the kids back to his house, so everyone including me came home safe.
I have the cap, and both the locking tabs are bent outwards it seems, but the cap screws onto the neck and seems to be tight, so I'm assuming the materials from the cap are cheap or something or somehow the radiator neck is messed up and it was able to spin open - who knows. But right now I am ok, just gotta stay indoors for a while.
