cold has reared it's ugly head

[Ron Wainwright]

  Paul,

  This exact thing just happend to me but the coolant
was all over the driver side,
 went out this morn to -3deg to warm the 200 up,
 let it idle in the driveway for a few minutes & left
while driving I noticed there was no heat but my temp
guage was climbing
 next the coolant warning light went off & I noticed
alot of smoke under the hood (& I mean alot) a few
people even stopped to see if everything was ok as I
pulled over. I noticed there was no coolant in the
tank,
 so I opened it & coolant started to come back from
the lower hose attatched to the bottom of the
reservior not the small return hose on top of the
reservior. Like you I was a few miles away from home
so I filled the reservior back up & got home.
 After an inspection I didn't notice any thing wrong
no split hoses no crack in the reservior so I filled
everything back up again with a mix of 60 antifreeze &
40 distiled water (I was using 50-50) & let the car
idle in the driveway,
this time I noticed the heat was working and the temp
guage was staying were it should be.
 I think that maybe the thermostat wasn't opening or?
I allso did notice the auxilary rad pump was leaking a
little bit but after everything seemed normal it
wasn't. I'm befudled as well.
 If you find anything let pass it on.
Thanks
Ron
87 5ksq many mods
90 200tqa many mods
90 V8 pearl 88k 02 S4 Avus
 

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