[Shotimes] Coolant not heat!

[Steve Weinrich]

The coolant bottle has a level sensor built in.  That would account for the
extra connector.

AutoZone will loan you a very nice cooling system pressure tester for a
deposit of around $75.  I suggest you pick one up and test the system at 16
psi.  By using the pressure tester, you don't have to work on a hot engine
and be around coolant that is around 200 degrees F.  ANY leaks will be very
quickly located.

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shaun & Meggen Livermore" <smlivermore@wi.rr.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 9:06 AM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Coolant not heat!


> The only line that's disconnected that I know of is that little spout
> coming off of the radiator right below the cap.  This is where it's
> suppose to flow into the bottle, but there is no bottle and no line. The
> spout is just open.  I don't think coolant has come out of there though,
> yet, because if it did it would spray all over the battery, alternator,
> etc., which I haven't noticed.  Also, does the coolant reservoir bottle
> have an electrical connector connected to it?  On my car there is an
> electrical connector not connected to anything around that area, which I
> did not know what it was for.  Thanks for all your insight.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron DeReus [mailto:dereus@fbx.com]
> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 6:40 PM
> To: Shaun & Meggen Livermore; Shotimes
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Coolant not heat!
>
> I'd be finding a reservoir to put on there...
>
> Coolant lines do run up to the throttle body (the highest of which is
> the preferred one to leave off when flushing the system to get all the
> air out, then hook it up.)  Maybe one of those is leaking or split?
>
>   The color of the anti-freeze should match what you have when you peak
> in the radiator, I would guess, or it would seem to be some other fluid.
> As for it being brown, it may need flushed really bad, or I've seen the
> new high-mileage anti-freeze look orange when cold, and like chocolate
> milk when hot and stirred up.
>
> Ron D.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shaun & Meggen Livermore [mailto:smlivermore@wi.rr.com]
> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 1:03 PM
> To: 'Ron DeReus'
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Coolant not heat!
>
>
> The hoses and clamps look ok, yet I noticed something strange the other
> day.  First was that my car has no coolant reservoir tank for it to
> overlow into.  Not sure if this is a problem or not.  Then last night
> after I got done driving it for a while I noticed I was leaking coolant,
> from what appeared to be somewhere up on top of the intake.  It smelled
> really burnt to0, and was really brown looking.  ????
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Ron DeReus
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 11:20 PM
> To: Shaun & Meggen Livermore; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Coolant not heat!
>
> Bad heater core or slight leak at the firewall hose/core connections
> that run into the core box?
>
> Ron DeReus
> 95MTX
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On
> <mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net%5dOn>  Behalf Of Shaun & Meggen
> Livermore
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 10:48 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shotimes] Coolant not heat!
>
>
> Hello,
>
>             Tonight I tried my heat out for the very first time since I
> bought my new SHO and something is defiantly wrong!  When you turn the
> blower on it blows a ton of smoke out of the vents that smells like
> coolant/antifreeze.  Had to open the windows and get out before I passed
> out.  Only comes out when the unit is on though.  I'm not sure where to
> begin with this one.  Help!
>
> Shaun Livermore
> 91+ 127K
> Sussex, WI
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