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small coolant leak - temporary patch?
Posted by jw (more from jw) on Sat, 8 Jul 2006 08:12:57
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Hi,
I have a 1985 900 Turbo, in very good overall condition. Recently, the cooling fans stopped working (about which I believe I posted here). On the advice of people here and my mechanic, I cleaned the connectors in the fan relay (? - that little plug coming out of the radiator area on right-hand side of engine compartment). Fuses are good. I'm thinking now it's the thermostat.
That's the background, now my question:
Has anyone tried -- as a temporary fix until I can fully address the problem -- the graphite stuff that comes in a little bottle, and which you pour into the coolant expansion tank to supposedly seal a small hole in the system? Or is this bad for the Saab engine? I plan to really fix the entire thing (fans, radiator, hoses -- whatever it turns out to be) next week.
The car is fine and doesn't lose any fluid at all around town or short trips on highway. But lots of driving/stop engine, it will begin to drip. I don't like to drive without fans, and keep it to the bear minimum...Once or twice in the past week or so, it has lost all fluid overnight after driving around more than I should.
Long message, but any suggestions on the temporary fix would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
-jw
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