Losing coolant

[Don Bradner]

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.