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Date:         Sun, 15 Jan 1995 15:35:25 -0600 (CST)
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From:         Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@lenti>
Subject:      Re: Purging Cooling System

On Sun, 15 Jan 1995, J. Meade wrote: > The reason I couldn't get coolant to bubble out of my radiator last night > was obvious. There wasn't enough in there. That was rather an unhappy > surprise.

How did you find this out?

> I shut off the known-bad rear heater and hope that will hold the water. > If it does, then maybe that's all it will take to fix it. If it doesn't,

What do you mean you "shut off" the rear heater? You can't really depend on the shutoff valve of that heater to totally shut it off, I don't think.

> then I imagine it's a head gasket problem. The odd thing is, the coolant > reservoir never shows low. NEVER. Apparently all the air migrates.

Do you mean the expansion tank or the refill tank?

-- Gerry Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@med.umn.edu> U of MN Med School Admin 6-5379


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