At 08:54 PM 12/10/95 -0600, SSGSPEAR@aol.com wrote: >Fellow Vanamaniacs (especially H2Oers), > >Just noticed this morning a few drips of coolant on the bracing under the >engine of the '87 Syncro GL. This was after a -10 night (-54 wind chill). > We may be getting to -15 tonight. Is the leak something to worry about or >just something to watch with the temperature drops? It wasn't much of a >leak(hadn't done it before) and while the coolant level was at the minimum it >did come up to normal when the engine temp was up. > >Just wanting to know. > >Later, >Brad >'72 Westy >'87 Syncro GL > Brad... could be just a "Weep" of some sort, in other words, nothing to worry about, but on the other hand, your water pump could have blown a seal. (very typical thing to happen in the cold with a h2o cooled vehicle). I had an olds and a buick that both had water pumps go out in the chicago winters. But now I live further south and drive o2 cooled vehicles (no offense to your GL). Hope its nothing serious. :) Peter DePaoli '69 Panel Camper '71 Westy '73 Super Beetle
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