Date:         Fri, 30 Nov 2001 19:02:21 -0800
Reply-To:     PSavage <psavage@SABER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         PSavage <psavage@SABER.NET>
Subject:      Damsel In Distress - Advice from List Silverbacks?
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Volks,
Wednesday my van went into the shop for a last minute check up--she's been
running great, without any symptoms or trouble.  I asked the mechanic to
tighten any loose nuts/bolts on the undercarriage & agreed to his suggestion
to do a coolant hose pressure check & tighten any loose clamps.

My coolant was changed & engine flushed & bled last fall.
There have been *NO coolant leaks.
In a whole year, I've only had to add a half pint of coolant mix.

Since leaving the shop, there's a loud gurgling/swishing sound of liquid
moving,  sometimes in the rear, sometimes in the front.  It's intermittant,
but making this noise a *lot of the time while driving.

I assumed it was air in the coolant, resulting from the pressure testing.
So today I returned to the mechanic, described the sound, & asked him to
listen.  He insisted that it was FINE & that air didn't need to be bled from
the coolant.  He never even confirmed whether or not it *was coolant I was
hearing.

This doesn't sound/feel right to me.
Also, I found a little coolant pooled around the clamp at the top of the
main coolant reservoir.  Before the mechanic did this pressure test, I've
never seen a *single drop of coolant anywhere.

Please, I hope a few of you List Silverbacks are tuned in tonite!
I just hate it when I take a perfectly good running van into a shop & drive
off with a worrisome problem...

A Damsel In Distress:
Phaedra