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Subject:Re: cooling system failures
From:IR Student
Date:Mon, 8 Jun 1998 12:16:57 -0700

> On my 83.5 the one cooling part that did fail was the cap on the
> expansion tank.  It was not holding in enough preasure which created a
> head seal like leak which made water run out of the reserve tank.
> This cause major overheating.    Cap cost $12 and was fixed.  Praise
> God!  This repair was made at about 140000 miles and about 14 years
> old.
>
> Blake Heinlein
> irstudent@csuchico.edu   -   work account  -  (530) 898-5623
> bhein@ecst.csuchico.edu    -   student account  -  (530) 345-7179
> http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~bhein/
> College of Mechanical Engineering
> California State University, Chico
>
>

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