---IR Student <irstudent@CSUCHICO.EDU> wrote: > > > 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. > > Same here with my 83.5 Westy, except no 'head seal like leak', just overflow. Also had the AC belt come down and cut the hose that goes from the pump to tank. $45. And this year had one of the big hoses blow. Looking into replacing all hoses now. From the posts here I'm counting myself lucky. TBill 83.5 Westy (for sale)
> > 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 > > > > > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com |
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