At 09:22 PM 6/24/2010 Thursday, J Stewart wrote: >top seals shot. The real bad: coolant expansion tank empty, main >tank full (green, of course, but at least it was full) Temp gauge >never went above 1/4 in 20 minutes on a The wrong thermostat (like the one that was in mine) will give exactly that symptom on the gauge. If the pressure tank is full and you didn't lose any driving on a hot day, that doesn't sound bad to me. Of course the gaskets leak best in cold weather... Yours, David |
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