HI JD!!!!! SMOOCHES HOTTIE!!! I have felt up and down each hose, examined both ends of all hoses, all clips tight, checked for any indication of wear, cracks and/or cuts...nothing. I will check again.
I picked Tux up from the steelership today... after installing a new fan earlier this week (I removed an old motor from a used shroud, drilled out the old motor and installed a new motor in the shroud to eliminate "using junk yard parts"), I was under the impression that the mechanic was going to continue his search to determine why Tux kept overheating and attempt to see why a fan that was working with no problems a week ago (noted in the first repair invoice) went bellie up...mind you, I let them know that I had replaced the fan twice in the last year and half when i dropped him off the first time, and after I changed the fan - in their customer drive in service bay, with their approval, so the mechanic could continue working to locate the overheating problem, (after receiving a call from their service representatives telling me: "the mechanic began working on the car, noticed the fan running, then slowed, then quit. We can not find a fan anywhere and can not continue working on it without a fan. You can come pick it up.". "Without a fan?", I asked, "well we can't find one anywhere, it overheated due to a bad fan"). Needless to say, Tux was not sent back to the mechanic for further analysis. I guess someone determined further analysis was not needed because when I picked Tux up today, after a lengthily discussion, (I worked hard to keep it a discussion and not a concussion)in which I requested a copy of the diagnosis, a copy of the pressure test or at least the mechanics remarks, the mechanics notes of how much fluid he replaced with each burping and how long it took...to only be told "well I can't get you a copy of the diagnosis until monday, call monday and ask"..."well if there was only a little fluid needed they wouldn't have billed you for an amount that is just laying around", Tux spewed a few gallons each time. He spoke to me like I was a dang foul ...the service representative's final words to me were "well, you need to drive it till it overheats again".
I told him "I feel like I brought my child to ER and was told to leave". He was very condescending, and I did not do anything to warrant his attitude toward me, actually I feel I was too nice. He was so nasty to me I... I wanted to reach across his counter, grab his neck and squeeze it till his eyeballs popped out onto the floor and his tongue dangled out of his mouth spewing blood and guts all over the Nike-Lincoln embellished, black button down shirt which he is unworthy of wearing. Instead, I looked him in the eye, so mad that I began crying (not bawling, just tears cause I knew if I killed him I would end up in jail) and said "I do not deserve to be spoken to like this", and left. I will be speaking with the service manager Monday. Not that Tux will ever go back there again, but to let him know that the "service" I received was exactly what I expected from a steelership and that I gave his establishment far too much credit to by thinking they were worthy of a cent of my money.
When I brought Tux there, I explained to them the full circle that I have gone through with the cooling system, what I have replaced, the problems Tux has had over the last year, in detail and what I expected from them - even saying (at the beginning of his second trip there a week and half later) "he is taking you through the same circles I have been going through - I can continue to replace parts on my own, but I am bringing him here to find out the cause", either my information was not relayed to the mechanic, or it it was and he just didn't give a damn.
I was so dingdangdong mad I had to pull over even before leaving the steelership, crying like an idiot, but that's what I do, I either kill or cry, crying keeps you outta jail, learned that one a long time ago....(a story for another time).
This is the first time that I was not able to meet and talk to the mechanic working on Tux...and the last.
I can't say thanks enough to all my LVC Hotties who have contributed in this thread, some of you texted me, and even called... you guys are the best. Tux's high blood pressure problems are not over, but knowing you guys are here, is a such a great comfort, I can't thank you enough!
The only thing I noticed today after picking Tux up is, after idling at a street light immediately before getting on the freeway, (Tux was warmed up and the steelership is only two lights from the freeway) as I acceleratedon getting on the on ramp the gauge dropped from the middle of "A" to the middle of "L", no gradual decrease, the gauge moved as if you were quickly turning the hands on a watch using the little knob. So far that is the only oddity, but overheating incidents have been as far apart as a three to four months. I know this is not the end of this thread.
MOUAH!!!! SMOOCHES HOTTIES!!! THANKS A MILLION!
Debi
. We let him sit and idle for about 40 minutes nothing...( I did notice the heat doesn't blast while on high as intense as it used to...) nothing... they are gonna keep him and run him on the diag again tomorrow. But, without any indicator lights on, will it pick up anything? Oh I did buy a new fan motor - do you know that dumbdingdangdong motor is riveted in the shroud! took me longer to drill the rivets out then it did to swap the whole fan. So he has a new motor not one that has been sitting around. 
