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Re: use of coolant



At 20:24 99-04-12 -0500, Jim Herzig wrote:

>i have an 86 5kqt that is using coolant.  have to refill resivoir every few
>days.  not overheating according to oil or coolant temp, runs at 225F but i
>can smell burning coolant from outside of car after long driving.  any help?

No easy answer here, you need to get a good flashlight and look for traces
of coolant in the engine compartment.

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars break at the same time :-)