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| Interesting (little) problem. [message #146196] |
Tue, 11 October 2011 17:39  |
Mitch
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Was running the engine the other day - just to pump up the bags and generally get the cobwebs out of the cylinders.
Stepped around to the front of the coach and noticed coolant spilling on the ground.
Now this was basically a cold engine, so my heart was heading south in a hurry. The expansion bottle didn't have a cap, and coolant was just coming over the upper lip. Looking closer, there was also a lot of black or gray mold in the tank.
Today I pulled the plastic tank off, including the hose to the top of the radiator.The tank was still 3/4ths full. The coolant barely flowed thru the hose, so I'm thing there is a blockage in the hose.
Well, there was-sort of.
I emptied the tank and there at the bottom was one very dead mouse.
Apparently it was drawn to the sweet water in the expansion tank and fell in.
The body sank to the bottom, and when the engine was next run, would have just floated around, but when the engine shut down and coolant cooled and would have flowed back, the body blocked the hose. So, when the engine was run again, there was no room in the expansion tank.
Short story long, I grabbed up the tank and headed for my neighborhood ACE store, walked in saying "I need a cap".
They didn't have a cap, but did have a rubber plug that fit snugly. So, no more mice. I hope.
Just something else to watch for.
Mitch
Tacoma, Wa.
'80 Spitfire
'03 Windstar
'77 Jaguar XJ6-C
X(very)'76 PB 26 "The Beast"
Where it rains, always.
It's wet, No sun, Gray.
Go to Oregon.
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| Re: Interesting (little) problem. [message #146211 is a reply to message #146196] |
Tue, 11 October 2011 18:46  |
g.winger
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If theres one in the tank,,,they have alot of relatives around. I've trapped about 35 in the last 3 yrs(some ones dogs killed my outside cats). One chewed through the fan of my Probe and had babies between the fan and evap. ,,,,,really bad juju. They dieded!!!!,,,,,PL
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| Re: [GMCnet] Interesting (little) problem. [message #146219 is a reply to message #146211] |
Tue, 11 October 2011 19:01 |
emerystora
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On Oct 11, 2011, at 5:46 PM, Paul Leavitt wrote:
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> If theres one in the tank,,,they have alot of relatives around. I've trapped about 35 in the last 3 yrs(some ones dogs killed my outside cats). One chewed through the fan of my Probe and had babies between the fan and evap. ,,,,,really bad juju. They dieded!!!!,,,,,PL
The momma mouse should have had someone do some Feng Shui on her nest!
Emery Stora
77 Kingsley
Santa Fe, NM
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| Re: [GMCnet] Interesting (little) problem. [message #146259 is a reply to message #146196] |
Wed, 12 October 2011 06:02 |
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FYI
GM 14054390 "Lid, Radiator Coolant Recovery Tank" is still available from
GM.
Submitted by Bob Burkitt and will be in the next GMCMI Parts Interchange
Manual.
bdub
-----Original Message-----
From:] On Behalf Of Mitch
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Short story long, I grabbed up the tank and headed for my neighborhood ACE
store, walked in saying "I need a cap".
They didn't have a cap, but did have a rubber plug that fit snugly. So, no
more mice. I hope.
Just something else to watch for.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Interesting (little) problem. [message #146332 is a reply to message #146259] |
Wed, 12 October 2011 18:29 |
Mitch
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Got the same info from Bob via PM, parts on order.
Apparently the bracket is not available. Anyone have a spare?
Mitch
Tacoma, Wa.
'80 Spitfire
'03 Windstar
'77 Jaguar XJ6-C
X(very)'76 PB 26 "The Beast"
Where it rains, always.
It's wet, No sun, Gray.
Go to Oregon.
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