[DeTomaso] how come my Cat doesn't much care for water?

[Steve Hawkins]

Be sure and leave room for expansion in the unpressurized tank.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of John Taphorn
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 10:15 PM
To: Kerry Maguire; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] how come my Cat doesn't much care for water?


Kerry

you may have a resister between the sender and the temp gauge that is giving

you a low reading at the gauge.  Ford recommended this mod to reduce owners 
concerns about high temps at the gauge.

I don't see any value in idling the car unless after an extremely spirited 
drive.

JT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kerry Maguire" <kmaguire at landrovermiramar.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 10:09 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] how come my Cat doesn't much care for water?


>I took my car to my mechanic's house a couple of weeks ago for a "look
>see". We checked the car out generally, everything was fine, but we found 
>that the water level was real low in the pressurized overflow tank and non 
>existent in the other, non pressurized, overflow tank.
>
> The car runs perfectly fine and never runs warm. We topped off the 
> tanks
> and I was on my way.
>
> Today, I took the car out for a VERY spirited run.  The outside temp 
> was
> 95+ degrees, I had the A/C running and the car's temp gauge was right 
> 95+ on
> top of the "9" on 190 degrees on the temp gauge. Everything was going
> swimmingly.
>
> However, when I pulled the car into the garage and parked it, after a
> couple of minutes it started burping some of the coolant from the non 
> pressurized tank.
>
> Should I let the car run for 5 minutes or so at idle to prevent this? 
> On
> the other hand, when I turn off the vehicle. the temp is well within 
> normal range. Once I turn off the car, the sucker fans shut off.
>
> Why does my car run cool but still not want to keep its recommended 
> fill
> of coolant?
>
> Regards,
>
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