Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 18:19:52 -0400
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From: "W. Silva" <wsilva@capecod.net>
Subject: Loss of Coolant
I was in line at an idle at the outside bank teller window for too long
today and I heard this loud fan come on. I looked at my temperature gauge
and it was up a little bit over where it usually is but not up to the line
that I guess indicates that "you in deep doo-doo now". Anyway, the fan
came on for about 10 seconds or so then shut off and did this again about 2
minutes apart about 3 more times. I left there and drove about 1/2 mile to
a store, spent about 10 minutes in the store and when I came out the was a
pretty steady stream of antifreeze coming out of my engine area. I opened
the license plate hatch and checked the bottle and couldn't make out where
the level was so I opened it. The antifreeze was almost up to the top of
the bottle (or tank). After waiting a minute or so, the leaking stopped
and the level in the bottle went back down to the line where it should be.
I drove home from there (about 4 miles) and watched the gauge all the way.
It was in the normal area and the van ran fine. Do I need to worry about
this? Does this fan just come on when the engine is overheating? How do
you keep from loosing the coolant? Why have I never heard this fan
before????
Thanks for wisdom in advance
Wendy
'85 Westy, "S-CAPE"
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