I'm inclined to think you'd see great clouds of antifreeze "smoke"
coming out the back of the van and smell it too... That's been my
experience whenever I've had a leak, which is more often than I care
for . . .

Marc Perdue

On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 8:22 PM, Kevin Duvernay <kduvey@gmail.com> wrote:
> So basically if the plastic pipe to rubber hose connection fails and dumps
> all the coolant out you would get no warning before the motor melts?
>
> On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 7:05 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> That is an excellent point. The 86+ has the temp gauge sender in the
>> thermostat housing. It needs coolant flowing to get an accurate reading,
>> especially with the plastic housing most vans have. Syncros have a metal
>> one and there are metal aftermarket ones available as well.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> Kevin Duvernay wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks. I will add a new thermostat to the to-do list. Quick question,
>>> where is the sensor for the temperature gauge? Is it measuring coolant
>>> temp or engine temp? Im trying to think about what its response would be
>>> if there was a catastrophic loss of coolant, a major leak.
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>>
>>>