Mystery Reservoir?

From: fawcett@uism.bu.edu
Date: Sat Nov 04 2000 - 18:58:20 EST


Strange thing happened today. I swapped out my 180 t-stat. for a Robert Shaw
195 stat to see what, if any, effect if would have on gas mileage.

Taking the upper return hose off, pulling the old stat and popping the radiator
cap spilled about 3/4's of a gallon of fluid (according to the buckets on the
ground)... I go to top it off after I'm done replacing the stat and it will
only take 1 quart. The overflow/reserve tank is just were it was when I
started. I go for about a 20 mile drive, run the heater the whole way and
check the fluid levels when I get home... Everything says it's topped off and
there was no change from before I left and the engine was pegged on 195 during
the entire drive.

So what gives? I should be at least 2 quarts low but I'm not... Hmmmmm.
Tom



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 11:57:04 EDT