Wow, thanks for bringing this up, Randy; and thanks to John and the others that reposnded-- I had missed that tidbit in the manual and would never have thought to idle for a few minutes when, say, pulling into a gas station after a long stretch of summer highway. Way good to know! --Patrice 85GL "VanaBlue" > As I recall the manual says to allow your engine to idle for 3 minutes > before shutting down if you are running in very hot weather or after a > long run. > > The heads are really hot then and if you just suddenly shut down that > heat is not allowed to dissapate, so it boils the water, makes steam > which inturn pushs your coolant out. > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver > > Randy Charrette wrote: > > > My 87' Syncro did something weird today. I drove for about 45 min. in > > high 80 degree weather. Engine temp was fine, but when I shut down > > coolant over flowed in the "fill" bottle and came spouting out of the > > little holes in the top.I heard it gurgling when this happened. I did > > not top it off again after this and continued on my day watching it. > > What I would like to know is- should the coolant be between min. and > > max when the engine is hot or cold? Right now after this incedent I am > > running in between the marks at operating temp, and no coolant in the > > fill bottle when cold. Is this right? > > |
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