[DeTomaso] ACTUAL Pantera Cooling System Capacity

[dave londry]

A mass spec. to ID oil. Wow!
It'll be a pretty complex spectrum unless he already has some reference 
spectra.
(one day when I have a real mystery.....)
dave

On 05/08/2013 1:17 PM, David Moretto wrote:
> Thanks to all with suggestions on dumping all of my coolant!
>
> Here is what this weekend brought.
>
> My son and I dumped ALL coolant except the block drain plugs and only
> captured 3.5 gallons of coolant.
>
> The manual states the coolant capacity is 6 3/8 gallons US.
>
> When I went to fill the system today (water only) I was only able to fill 5
> gallons less spills and expansion tank puking a little while open and
> running.
>
> I drove the car around the block maybe 2 miles. Temp was 190 with slight
> bumps down when the thermostat kicked in and then slight rise again etc.
> But my oil pressure was doing a weird thing again.
>
> Once warm and I leave my garage my oil pressure reads about between 35 and
> 55. Within this 2 mile circle I run, when at idle the oil pressure drops to
> between17.5 and 35.
>
> I checked my oil before I left and once I returned and it visually looked
> like I had lost some oil. But it's not showing up on the garage floor
>
> I pulled a sample of the coolant for my son to run through his mass
> spectrometer in his lab at NC State, but it seems pretty clear what it is.
>
>   Any ideas based on this oil pressure info with regard to getting oil into
> my coolant?
>
> Also are there any Pantera owners near Raleigh NC who would like to become
> my new best buds?
>
> Seriously though if there is anyone local I would be most grateful for help.
>
> David
> 60726
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