Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:34:12 -0800
Reply-To: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
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From: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: coolant level
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gauges and lights are not nearly as a good as a good nose,eye and brain. Knowing your coolant level is critical.
It is a PIA to unload the back area when camping to look at that plastic coolant tank. No reason not to pull over to look when empty. There are too few of these engines left. It ought to be a sin to kill them off but having said that it could happen to any of us. So many places that these engines can fail. good luck gary
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:59:20 -0800
From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject: Re: coolant leak story
Yes, I agree, I do want to make the engine swap, and I have this WB =
sitting on engine stand in the workshop. I just don't have the =
energy/time/motivation to swap it in. Mind you I do seem to have the =
time to help a friend drop engine and tranny to do gas tank R&R on =
syncro tisi last weekend. Talk about charity begins at home?
Your story is my nightmare. Setting aside today's events, I do all I =
that I can to not have a breakdown on a family trip. LAt time I had a =
tow was on my honeymoon back in '92. That is a story in itself :)
alistair
On 2012-11-27, at 6:45 PM, Tom Carchrae wrote:
> Perhaps not pulling over when the coolant light is flashing is some =
kind of
> subconscious way of saying you want to do that engine swap. :)
>=20
> Of my coolant leaks, I suspect one of them was caused by me working on =
the
> engine - pinhole leak. The other two caused by a bad cap.
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> My similar tale is seeing the temp rise after a 15km traffic crawl on
> a Canadian highway (cause by mudslide)... OH WE ARE CLOSE, I SAID, =
ONLY
> 50M TO THE END OF THIS TRAFFIC MESS. about 20M to the end it went =
POP
> HISS. kids ask, "will we have to sleep here?", mom says "well the tow
> truck won't make it through this traffic mess". everyone starts =
crying!
> seconds later thunder and lightning start. giant scraping sounds of
> diggers clearing the highway. oh formative memories! (we poured =
whatever
> water we had back into the system - it was the coolant sensor that
> exploded) and limped along. Very thankful VW coolant sensors are =
common
> parts ($5 + $70 cab ride) and we were back on the road the next =
morning.
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> ...and drove on another 2000km on that trip.
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> Tom
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