htfx19
Herzel Frenkel
My X used to loose water, very little.
It usually runs cold and I guess the thermostat was stuck open.
Once in a while the gauge would drift up to the 190 mark and the fan would kick in. That was a call for adding coolant.
I never saw a leak. I was thinking of taking it to Raffi's and check the system under pressure, but I never did.
Last week i took a drive to "Kiriat Malachi" , which incidentally is Hebrew for Los Angles (they are twin cities bla bla bla). The car got hot and boiling. I stopped at a gas station and she was leaking badly from under the engine. I couldn't find the source and the station doesn't have plain water for the cars. So I bought two six packs of 1.5 litter of spring water (cheaper then cooling mix) filled it in when the engine cooled down and kept driving with the pressure cap off.
I got to LA and back without loosing a drop, driving 50-60 MPH.
when I got back and parked the car it started leaking again. Nothing made sense.
Next day, over at Raffie's I found out my reservoir was leaking.
I was about to get on the net in search for a replacement when I had a hunch I might have one on the top shelf. Indeed there it was, probably something I ordered for the late Green X.
While at it I am going to replace the thermostat and adjust the clutch for zero freeplay.
It was a long post, sorry and good night everybody.
It usually runs cold and I guess the thermostat was stuck open.
Once in a while the gauge would drift up to the 190 mark and the fan would kick in. That was a call for adding coolant.
I never saw a leak. I was thinking of taking it to Raffi's and check the system under pressure, but I never did.
Last week i took a drive to "Kiriat Malachi" , which incidentally is Hebrew for Los Angles (they are twin cities bla bla bla). The car got hot and boiling. I stopped at a gas station and she was leaking badly from under the engine. I couldn't find the source and the station doesn't have plain water for the cars. So I bought two six packs of 1.5 litter of spring water (cheaper then cooling mix) filled it in when the engine cooled down and kept driving with the pressure cap off.
I got to LA and back without loosing a drop, driving 50-60 MPH.
when I got back and parked the car it started leaking again. Nothing made sense.
Next day, over at Raffie's I found out my reservoir was leaking.
I was about to get on the net in search for a replacement when I had a hunch I might have one on the top shelf. Indeed there it was, probably something I ordered for the late Green X.
While at it I am going to replace the thermostat and adjust the clutch for zero freeplay.
It was a long post, sorry and good night everybody.
