In a message dated 7/27/2004 9:13:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Phil.Walker@BROOKS.COM writes:
> Could it be something besides the o-ring? Possibly a crack in the tank > It could be a crack in the tank. It could be the O-ring. Either way, if it was me I wouldn't drive it till it's fixed. I'd also be hesitant to run the engine with a coolant/water mix that becomes to watery from adding only water to accomadate the leak. Also allowing the coolant level to fall low in the expansion tank lends itself to allowing air in the system resulting in overheating. Finally a slow coolant leak often can rapidly become a fast coolant leak. A fast coolant leak can often become a toasted engine. Now let's say it just overheats and is pulled over qucikly before the engine is toasted. Am I mistaken, or on these engines can't overheating promote the dreaded head ga$ket leak? If it were my bus I'd stop, drop, and roll--meaning, fix that coolant leak before you put any more miles on it. I don't think you ever want to risk overheating any engine, especially this waterboxer. That's my 2 cents Best Jeff 83.5 Westfalia LA,CA |
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