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Date:         Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:44:29 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: flashing coolant light purpose
Comments: To: Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM>
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At 08:35 PM 9/21/2011, Edward Maglott wrote:
>So if you get a sudden loss of
>coolant the gauge might not even register elevated temp because there
>would be no hot coolant hitting the sender.  Is this right?




Loss-of-coolant accidents (LOCAs in nuclear-speak) can cause this in
many (most?  all?) engines.  But iron engines are a lot more
forgiving than aluminum ones about short-term overheating.  I lent an
old Subaru to a young friend and he thought he could drive it just a
short distance to get it home with a coolant dump.  He learned otherwise...


And there are lots of failure points on the Vanagon cooling system.


Yours,
David
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