20 valve turbo coolant loss

[Brett Dikeman]

At 9:35 AM -0400 10/6/04, McCohens at aol.com wrote:
>I am seeing an empty burp tank every morning on my wife's 91 200Q. 
>No leaks, no white smoke out the exhaust.
>   A pressure test showed a small drop over time but nothing that terrible.

Any drop over time is not appropriate.

a)aux radiator
b)after-run pump (extremely common, look for coolant on top of the 
engine mount)
c)main radiator
d)loose hoseclamps (do NOT run around tightening clamps- just LOOK for leaks)
e)heater core

Cracked/warped heads on the 200q20v are very rare, even in chipped 
cars.  It's almost always something leaking.

I had both the after run pump and main radiator fail this year.

Brett
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