Hello All,
Today my temp climbed to 120. It was about 100 driving on the highway at 75 mph with the ac on. Not usually a concern, because when I slow down the temperature comes down to about 90 or so. We had pulled into Daytona for lunch and my temp didn't drop when I slowed down it kept going up.
WTF came to mind. Pulled into Chic Fil A for lunch, popped the hood, my overflow canister was empty and my washer fluid container was overflowing.
Shut down the car, went inside and tried to figure out how I was going to fix this. OK. No brainer. The heat exchanger in the washer fluid bottle sprung a leak. Seems like a no brainer, just remove it or plug it off. OK my first thought was to use some tubing to tie the ends together. Easy fix. Asked in CFA if there was a parts place around. Pep Boys less than a mile down the street. The gods are looking favorably upon me.
Tried to explain my problem to a parts guy. It was easier to show him. He suggested I just use some bolts to plug the ends of the hoses that feed the heat exchanger. That would work and it would be 5 minute fix.
$3 for some stainless steel metric M10 bolts, screwdriver, antifreeze, washer fluid, and rags total about $30 bucks and 10 minutes later I'm back on the road.

Wife was a champ through the whole thing. I'll post some pictures tomorrow and see if I can find the leak in the heat exchanger.

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92 300D 2.5L OM602 OBK #59

Any chance she was run on "Green" coolant before you acquired her?

That Aluminum spiral H.E. is Mighty Thin Goods!

Nice Roadside Assist!

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'84 300SD sold
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