Date:         Mon, 22 Mar 2004 16:48:32 -0500
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Help!  Problems on the road!  Smoke!  or something that smells
              like it, anyhow...
In-Reply-To:  <BC8488C1.FA11%Steve@EuroCampers.com>
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Hi all,

I finally got out of Virginia to begin my grand life living in my van.
Well, I got as far as Chapel Hill, 280 miles.  The last 15 miles or so my
van started to get a nasty smell that reminds me of pipe smoke, acrid pipe
smoke.  (My friend whom I'm visiting thinks it's an industrial smell but
couldn't pinpoint it.)  It's handling fine.  The engine light did not come
on.  Nothing seems to be hot or smoking or anything like that.  The smell is
inside the van, not particularly outside it or near the exhaust or engine.
I checked the coolant and when I opened the reservoir it came bubbling out -
not steaming, but kind of flushing out. I quickly closed it again and
screwed the lid back on with no trouble, so there wasn't a whole lot of
pressure there.

What's going on?????  I thought I'd make it more than one day before I ran
into van trouble!!!



Joy

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Joy Hecht
and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
and Henrietta, sad-eyed orangutan who waltzes with Matilda and me
and Bicycle and Kayak, who ride on Matilda
and my 2002 green Prius, waiting for our return from the vanadventures
For musings about life and the vanadventures:
http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy
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