I was an EMT for 11 years. My rig was in the shop for something, so we were driving a backup rig on a 90°+ day and 1/2 way through the day the radiator starts to leak. Wonderful. We're 45 miles from base and have to stop every 10 miles or so to top off the water.
Get to a gas station, pop the lever on the cap, let it blow off pressure, take off the cap, fill, and drive. Third time around I pop the lever and nothing comes out. Tapped it a few times, nothing. I know there's pressure because the top hose is hard. My partner (not a car guy at all) goes to take off the cap, I try to stop him and all I manage to do is push him aside as the radiator empties it's contents all over my left side, arm, neck and face. Luckilly I'm wearing sunglasses at the time because the water was hot enough to melt the lenses.
Tore off my shirt so fast you'd have thought I was auditioning for Chippendales. First and second degree burns all over my left side. Two weeks I won't forget.
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462 cid/ 6x-4/ TH400/ 3.36:1/ 28x10.5/ 3880#/ 12.35 @ 109.36/ 1.69 60 ft/ 4 wheel disc brakes/ 15 mpg
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