[Vwdiesel] help! no coolant flow!

[Patrick Dolan]

Probably froze the rad.  What was coolant specific gravity and local temp?

----- Original Message -----
From: Rolf Pechukas <rbp at 4u2bu.org>
Date: Sunday, January 18, 2009 0:34 am
Subject: [Vwdiesel] help! no coolant flow!

> OK, latest installment of weekend disasters:
> (81 Rabbit)
> driving to Boston tonight everything humky-dory, but mid-drive I 
> feel  
> the heat disappear, then I smell coolant, then the temps climb
> I pull over, billowing steam (around res cap)
> I limp to svc statn, let it cool, fill it up, and limp the rest of 
> the  
> way to Boston driving 45
> no flow
> so what happened?
> water pump die?
> thermostat stuck/broken?
> no burst or leaking tubes I could see
> just no moving coolant
> thanks for any thots, I was supposed to tak my boy snowboarding  
> tomorro, and then to DC for the big show
> -- 
> Rolf in MA
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