I always keep a close watch on the inside rear view mirror. Any coolant or oil leaks end up on the back window and become obvious before any buzzer sounds! TEMiller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <j.michael.elliott@ADELPHIA.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 5:25 PM Subject: Re: Joy Hecht's problem's solved?
> On 5/19/2005 11:38 AM Joy Hecht wrote: > > <snip> > > >Unfortunately yesterday I had an old coolant hose leak on the highway in Indiana, and by the time the buzzer alerted me to the van overheating I'd blown my engine. > > > <snip> > > Poor Joy. Is she having trouble, or what? > > In the interest of learning from the experience of others, is there > anything a fellow can do if his Vanagon springs a major coolant leak > like that? Her buzzer (does my 84 have one? I don't think so) sounded > too late to prevent conversion of engine into scrap metal. > > -- > > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus > 83.5 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > KG6RCR > |
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