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Subject:Re: 2.1 WBX Coolant Loss: Searched
From:Kevin Duvernay
Date:Wed, 29 Apr 2015 10:27:47 -0500

Leaks may only manifest at sustained highway speeds (coolant may be more
pressurized).

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks people.
>
> I hadn't ruled out a leak but as pre a pmail and Jim's comment here,
> the leak may not be obvious.
>
> Though I may have been lax on checking this during recent weeks, while
> driving around town, the coolant level had remained ok. But this
> recent highway speed trip appeared to use up a lot of coolant.
>
> Neil.
>
>
> On 4/29/15, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > .... When the car overheated on the way home, I had to
> > pull out a magnifying glass to see anything in detail. The magnifying
> glass
> > was so strong that it allowed me to see the tiny pinhole of spray for the
> > first time. This was hitting the hot engine all that time and evaporating
> > before it hit the ground.
>
>
> --
> Neil n
>
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