At 10:20 PM 6/6/2003, Jay Roth wrote: >Water problem, however, may be worse than I thought and unrelated to hooking >up water from the outside. Does a coolant hose run underneath along the >driver's side? Two big pipes run right up the middle of the van, passing through the tunnel in the middle of the fuel tank. On yours probably plastic, earlier ones metal. The plastic ones tend to fail where the ends have reinforcements.
>That's where water was "dripping out" under the van - EXACTLY below the sink >area... and it smells like coolant. It's also left the coolant spot on the >driveway. Give it to me straight...I think I can take it... Suspect not related -- may be from RV antifreeze (dunno about smell) spill, or previous spill or leak from rear heater etc. Get underneath with a light and check out the pipes. d
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