cammerfe
Dedicated LVC Member
The other day, on my way across town, I got stuck on an icy hill. I rev'd the engine pretty freely and had a sudden burst of steam from the edge of the hood right in front of the driver's position. My 160K-mile degas bottle had given up the ghost.
Day before yesterday I went out and poured water in to see if I could see the result of a leak. For all I knew there was a chunk blown out of the bottle.
I let it idle for half-an-hour and it never did get above half-way on the gauge. I took it out for a drive around the sub and it went up far enough to make me head home before I had trouble.
I guess it's conceivable that the cap 'popped-off' and everything's still good but I have a quandary. I have a replacement 4.2 Jag engine setting ready to go in as soon as the weather has changed. So there's no way that I'm going to spend a bunch of money on plastic parts for the 3.9.
I did get a lead regarding a degas bottle that's now in my possession. Along with the engine swap I may well make a stainless steel replacement for the factory bottle. And even though I now have a replacement, I'm going to go through a top-up of the coolant in the approved fashion. Even with the incipient over-heat of the drive around the sub there was no sign of a leak.
Your thoughts and comments are, as always, eagerly sought.
KS
Day before yesterday I went out and poured water in to see if I could see the result of a leak. For all I knew there was a chunk blown out of the bottle.
I let it idle for half-an-hour and it never did get above half-way on the gauge. I took it out for a drive around the sub and it went up far enough to make me head home before I had trouble.
I guess it's conceivable that the cap 'popped-off' and everything's still good but I have a quandary. I have a replacement 4.2 Jag engine setting ready to go in as soon as the weather has changed. So there's no way that I'm going to spend a bunch of money on plastic parts for the 3.9.
I did get a lead regarding a degas bottle that's now in my possession. Along with the engine swap I may well make a stainless steel replacement for the factory bottle. And even though I now have a replacement, I'm going to go through a top-up of the coolant in the approved fashion. Even with the incipient over-heat of the drive around the sub there was no sign of a leak.
Your thoughts and comments are, as always, eagerly sought.
KS