[Vwdiesel] Rabbit droppings # 76 --- ( limping home )

[Sandy Cameron]

>The history of the introduction of small diesel cars to America is full of
tow trucks.
>How many of you got towed ????  and how many did you hear of , that got
towed ??????.


A few years before my old mercedes 200D went to its final rusting place
(under its own power), I was "steaming" toward the city on the freeway when
it went in to meltdown mode.
Stinking hot, oil burning heat.
A lower rad hose had blown. I toyed with the idea of letting it cool down,
and sneaking it home at idle, but instead got the hook from a nearby shop
where I was known, and he towed it home. I replaced the hose that night,
filled it up, and it served several more years.

No sign of head warpage or othe problems.

Sandy