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Old 10-25-2009, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by babymog View Post
A/C drain on the cold, not sure about the warm, does it smell like coolant or feel slippery like coolant?

Heater core leaks can be a pain, buried under the dash and only accessible by removing the dash.

The aux fan should come on low with the A/C via the pressure switch and a resistor near the accumulator/dryer, ceramic in the '87. They should come on high with the coolant temp, 212F/100C is my memory on that, but I don't remember for sure.
During my testing I have been refilling it with water...I don't think there is any coolant left in the system after my tests...

...With the heater hose pinched off I drove the car fairly hard for about 25 miles...It lost about 1/2 pint of water...

...I then put in a tube of alumaseal and drove on mountain roads for about 50 miles,...with the heater on full blast...It lost another 1/2 pint???...It is losing far less than it was...

...Tomorrow I will get a new radiator cap...BTW there is oily black residue in the resovoir???... Thanks again
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