[rscardina]

My radiator is missing the baffle also. When I first bought my car, I would have some water seep out of the cap and run all over the hood. I found that the previous owner made a homemade gasket for the cap which was leaking. I purchased the radiator cap gasket kit, which comes with two gaskets (I have the hinged cap with a motometer). that stopped the water leaking from the cap, however, I continued to lose water through the overflow. I have since added the 160 degree thermostat that inserts into the upper hose and I extended my overflow tube up to the cap. I haven't had any issues since on a couple of short trips. I will check it on my next long outing and hopefully I will not have any more issues.