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10-26-2008, 10:33

I have had my coached checked several times and DD says all is fine.

All is fine until I turn off the fan!

[b][i]Then she will start getting hot, any time of year, any road condition. I will get a check engine light, but DD didn't think much of it, blamed it on a bad low fluid sensor.

[b][i]I don't believe it, then again I can't believe Gregg bought a Vega.

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Added Engine Compartment fans this summer no change, then again the broken exhaust was certainly a contributing factoe

I'm hoping the problem will get fixed by default once I rebuild everything from the engine to the curbside.

Kurt Horvath

95 PT 42

10AC

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, jvredden@... wrote:
>
> Don
> I have 91 PT with 8V-92 run same numbers as you. I chg thermostats from 190 to180 noticed no chg in gauge reading. Installed fan in engine comptartment again no chg. DD told me the temps were normal. Still yet,efforts to keep engine cooler are not wasted. Tough to quantify but increases my comfort level.
>
> John redden
> 91-PT40
> Sent from my BlackBerryÂ® smartphone with SprintSpeed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Don Bradner" bluethunder@...
>
> Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:56:23
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Losing coolant
>
>
> Coolant not visible in the sight glass again this morning. Took 1 quart to bring it to the top. So far that's rather consistent, about 1 quart per 100 miles traveled.
>
> Next step is to rent a pressurizer and see if I can spot any leaks. I think we will run up to the Bird's Nest on Tuesday, and there's an Autozone in Fort Valley.
>
> On 10/25/2008 at 8:01 PM Rob Robinson wrote:
>
> >My rig performs the same. Your temps are what I see under the same
> >circumstances. In the past I've noticed coolant levels changing (down) a
> >couple of times after changing out my coolant. My guess is that the system
> >had a bit of air in it and needed to burp.
> >
> >2008/10/25 Don Bradner bluethunder@...
> >
> >> I don't normally run the fan on manual, but have on the last two travel
> >> segments, most of the time. Why? Because I've been worried about the
> >coolant
> >> loss, and wanting to keep things as cool as possible.
> >>
> >> On this trip, which started mid-August, the air conditioning was on the
> >> vast majority of the time until just a couple of weeks ago. That meant
> >the
> >> fan was on. As we've hit cooler weather, the A/C was off a lot.
> >>
> >> With fan override on (manual or A/C), out here in the east where there's
> >no
> >> real mountains the coolant runs between 181 and 184.
> >>
> >> Witn fan override is off, no matter where I am, it cycles between 189 and
> >> 197. Only exception is pulling heavy hills in heat, when probably the
> >sky is
> >> the limit but I hold it at max 200 by gearing down/going slower as
> >needed.
> >>
> >> Don Bradner
> >> 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
> >> Posting today by Air Card from Jekyll Island, Georgia
> >> My location: http://www.bbirdmaps.com/user2.cfm?user=1
> >>
> >> On 10/25/2008 at 7:32 PM Joyce and Richard Hayden wrote:
> >>
> >> >Don,
> >> >Are you running the fan on manual? If so, why? Glad to hear about the
> >> >SCA's, I knew you knew.
> >> >
> >> >Dick Hayden - '87 PT 38 - Lake Stevens, WA - Just N. of Oildale, CA -
> >> >tranny working good.
> >> >
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: Don
> >Bradner>
> >>
> >> > To:
> >> >WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> > Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 2:18 PM
> >> > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Losing coolant
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I only use "real" heavy truck antifreeze, with SCAs already in it. The
> >> >brand this particular NAPA had was "Fleet Charge"
> >> >
> >> > We traveled 127 miles today, majority at 65MPH on I-95. Had the fan
> >> >override on most of the time, but a couple of times off letting the temp
> >> >rise to 197.
> >> >
> >> > Almost three hours since we arrived, and the sight glass still shows
> >> >full, but the engine is still hot to the touch so I won't know until
> >> >tomorrow if I lost any.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson
> >94 WLWB
>

10-26-2008, 10:36

TEST

KH
95 PT 42
10AC

10-26-2008, 10:41

I have had my coached checked several times and DD says all is fine.

All is fine until I turn off the fan.

Then she will start getting hot, any time of year, any road condition.

I will get a check engine light, but DD didn't think much of it, blamed
it on a bad low fluid sensor.

I don't believe it, then again I can't believe Gregg bought a Vega.

I'm sure the broken exhaust was the main problem.

I'm hoping the problem will get fixed by default once I rebuild
everything from the engine to the curbside.

Kurt Horvath
95 PT 42
10AC

10-26-2008, 13:13

Kurt: When I was having the problem of running too high on temps
unless the fan was running, I had the system drained, flushed and
replaced both of the thermostats with 180 degree thermostats. Ran
well within desired tolerances with that work.

R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, tX 92WB40

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Kurt Horvath" wrote:
>
>
>
> I have had my coached checked several times and DD says all is fine.
>
> All is fine until I turn off the fan.
>
> Then she will start getting hot, any time of year, any road condition.
>
> I will get a check engine light, but DD didn't think much of it, blamed
> it on a bad low fluid sensor.
>
> I don't believe it, then again I can't believe Gregg bought a Vega.
>
> I'm sure the broken exhaust was the main problem.
>
> I'm hoping the problem will get fixed by default once I rebuild
> everything from the engine to the curbside.
>
> Kurt Horvath
> 95 PT 42
> 10AC
>

10-29-2008, 03:46

So this morning I checked coolant after our 200 mile run into Fort Valley
yesterday, and the level is about 2/3 up the sight glass. That might translate
into a half-pint of loss, but definitely minimal.

One possible explanation for the loss ending/slowing: a couple of days ago I
spotted a bead of coolant at the gasket at the top of the electric circulation
pump. I found that I could tighten the two bolts about 1/4 turn each without
exerting too much torque, and that appeared to squeeze out a bit more coolant.

At this point I'm not going to do anything other than continue to watch it.

Don Bradner
90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
My location: http://www.bbirdmaps.com/user2.cfm?user=1