My plan was to top off every 20 miles or so. But since I didn't see the temp needle move at all, I figured I was ok. I guess we'll see.

But, I noticed immediately after pouring water into the reservoir that the level was going down. It was clearly leaking water directly out of the reservoir. I have no real way to tell if it is also leaking from the engine block. To be honest, I think it's completely ridiculous for there to be no "radiator caps" like we used to have back in the day. At least then you could see if the thing had water / coolant.

The engine ran fine all the way home without any indication of a problem. Mild rain and 68 degrees I hope helped keep things cool. I had my eyes glued to the temp gauge the whole way. It didn't move at all. It remained where it always does when the engine is warm, right in the middle of the range.

I may try to rig up a T pipe tomorrow just to see. Or else I might just hook my garden hose up to the reservoir at a slow trickle, hopefully putting water back into the system at least.

Not liking this particular design feature of my car, which I otherwise adore and was hoping to keep well past 200k miles (146k currently).

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• HELP: broke down near Richmond (coolant?), DT, Sat, 18 May 2013 08:39:11
  • Re: HELP: broke down near Richmond (coolant?), Update #2 (all fixed), Tue, 21 May 2013 15:28:49
    • I have to take back that shop recommendation in NoVA, DT, Thu, 30 May 2013 09:39:13
  • Update #1 (got it in for service), DT, Mon, 20 May 2013 07:48:52
  • Re: HELP: broke down near Richmond (coolant?), DT, Sat, 18 May 2013 08:52:24
    • Re: HELP: broke down near Richmond (coolant?), bill h., Sat, 18 May 2013 09:39:05
      • Made it home (some notes and observations), DT, Sat, 18 May 2013 13:24:25
        • Re: Made it home (some notes and observations), SWEDECAR , Sat, 18 May 2013 14:08:49
          • Stunt or no stunt, Boris Bubbanov, Sat, 18 May 2013 14:17:16
            • Two huge differences between you two, SWEDECAR , Sun, 19 May 2013 08:34:20
              • Re: Two huge differences between you two, DT, Sun, 19 May 2013 19:25:22
                • Fact of Nature, not a design flaw, MI-Roger , Mon, 20 May 2013 09:30:46
                  • Then there should be an oil temp warning, DT, Mon, 20 May 2013 10:39:21
                    • Can't argue with that, MI-Roger , Mon, 20 May 2013 12:17:16
                    • And now the temp gauges are disappearing too, SWEDECAR , Mon, 20 May 2013 11:45:45
                      • Re: And now the temp gauges are disappearing too, Larry West , Mon, 20 May 2013 13:09:16
                        • Re: And now the temp gauges are disappearing too, Bruce M, Tue, 21 May 2013 08:43:13
                        • Unlocked SID, MI-Roger , Mon, 20 May 2013 13:40:16
                • Re: Two huge differences between you two, SWEDECAR , Sun, 19 May 2013 20:20:02
            • Uh oh, DT, Sat, 18 May 2013 16:25:50 <-- Viewing This Message
      • Re: HELP: broke down near Richmond (coolant?), Bill h., Sat, 18 May 2013 09:58:01
        • Caddy Catera is same part., Noel, Mon, 20 May 2013 05:36:28
        • Re: HELP: broke down near Richmond (coolant?), pme , Sat, 18 May 2013 17:26:38

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