

| Subject: | Re: She's a boiling over .... |
| From: | Stuart MacMillan |
| Date: | Fri, 27 Oct 2000 12:43:39 -0700 |
Try bleeding the system. If it happens again you most likely have a head gasket leak. Take it to a shop and have them use their "sniffer" on the coolant tank to be sure. You should still be under warranty from AVP. Good luck! Stuart MacMillan schur xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > I'm steaming (well my camper is anyway). I have about > 2000 miles on a remanufactured engine (AVP) and it > seems to be running fine. It has new heads. The engine > runs cool and has the same amout of power as my old engine > before it needed to be replaced. After I exited the > highway this morning and came to a light I saw steam > coming up from the back of the camper. I pulled over and > shut off the engine. Looked behind the license plate > and saw that my coolant overflow container was > overflowing. Last I checked (when it was cold) > the level was at the bottom of the overflow container. > Anyone know what's happening here? Should I be > panicking? I thought I remembered reading years > ago on the list that this could be a sign of a cracked > head? > > Thanks in advance for any (good) news! > > Jeff H. > '87 Westy
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