[DeTomaso] "thar she blows!"...

[Kerry Maguire]

What a sorrowful and lucky Pantera owner I am. I took the car to my mechanic today to have him give the car a "look see" before I went to the AC shop. We spent 15 minutes trying to find the AC leak. The AC was still blowing cold.
 
We topped off the ZF and then checked the radiator level. Holy moly! I was down about a gallon of coolant. What do I know? The car ran nice and cool even being down a gallon and gave me no complaints.
 
My guess is the that the puff of mist that happened while the car was running and parked was a signal that the car was telling me "that is your last bit of coolant left in the overflow tank and you better be aware of it".
 
I am not used to owning a car that you have to do things like check the water level in the radiator. I will be more attentive in the future...
 
Regards,
 
Kerry M. Maguire
 
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From: Bill Lewis [mailto:lotus0005 at hotmail.com]
Sent: Wed 8/19/2009 9:56 AM
To: Kerry Maguire
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] "thar she blows!"...


Kerry, my car is in the shop, getting completely torn apart, with a new crate motor coming sometime - and I have told everyone that my goal is, "I want to get in my car, and it starts, and drives and comes home without a problem, everytime!!!!!"
 
So, let's see what $35K buys!!!!
 
--Bill






  
> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:06:29 -0600
> From: kmaguire at landrovermiramar.com
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] "thar she blows!"...
> 
> ...the AC line that is. I pulled #5606 out of the garage today and left it running, warming up, while I was doing some sweeping of the garage floor. I always like to run the AC to ensure that it is pushing chilly air.
> 
> All off a sudden, a mist fills the engine compartment and the performance of the AC goes from chilly to just mildly cool. I shut off the AC and the mist cloud goes away.
> 
> It looks as though I have a leak. I am going to get it fixed tomorrow.
> 
> That is a bummer but I pride myself on owning a Pantera where everything works, whenever I need it to and in a reliable manner.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Kerry M. Maguire
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