Losing coolant

[Don Bradner]

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
>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
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>--
>Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson
>94 WLWB