> On my 83.5 the one cooling part that did fail was the cap on the > expansion tank. It was not holding in enough preasure which created a > head seal like leak which made water run out of the reserve tank. > This cause major overheating. Cap cost $12 and was fixed. Praise > God! This repair was made at about 140000 miles and about 14 years > old. > > Blake Heinlein > irstudent@csuchico.edu - work account - (530) 898-5623 > bhein@ecst.csuchico.edu - student account - (530) 345-7179 > http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~bhein/ > College of Mechanical Engineering > California State University, Chico > > |
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