Date:         Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:11:40 -0800
Reply-To:     neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: coolant leak story
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca>
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Any chance the engine over heated enough to thin the oil and cause the
buzzer to go off?

(though that's the high pressure warning, so.....)

Maybe this is hopeful thinking on my part.

But the real question: which engine swap!     ;^)

Neil.



On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> My '86 syncro still has the original engine in it. I admit to only doing the bare minimum of work on it mainly because I have been planning (read: procrastinating) on putting a different engine in it. Yesterday afternoon I had time to do a couple of things on it which needed doing. One was to replace the alt/waterpump belt and the powersteering belt. Both were old and were making noise. The other thing was to clean the temp II sender connection (it has a broken bit in the plastic and does not make the best of connections).


> .... About 500 metres from bus stop I notice the coolant warning light is flashing AND the needle is still on cold.

> So what had happened was the 8 mm ID hose that runs from head just under PS bracket to the coolant "ring" that circles the engine had split. I think the flashing coolant light was due to the low coolant level, the engine was not, or did not seem to be, overheated. The temp gauge was not working because I had knocked off the sender wire when I was mucking with the temp II sender.
>
> ..... The van started up fine after the repair and it seemed (yes, using  "seemed" again) that I did not loose very much coolant. But when I revved the engine the low oil pressure buzzer went off. Oh darn, I said.
>
> What to do? Did I really toast the engine? To hell with it, I'll drive the 2 miles home. Buzzer was going as I drove, but halfway home the buzzer stopped sounding. At home a restart and revving did not cause buzzer to sound.
>




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