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Old 04-20-2010, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Ara T. View Post
Make sure you have your thermostat and cooling system sorted out because you can easily overheat on the way up the grapevine. Definitely turn the A/C off during that portion of the drive.
Before I hit the grapevine i did a once over on the oil, cause of the leak, and the water, got half way up and she was getting too hot! so i pulled over, checked the oil again, 1 quart low... in all of 2 miles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! put in another quart, and she was fine the rest of the way... actually she held her oil the whole time i was in LA. I checked it every time i stopped. then before going home over the grapevine i checked it again, only had to add about half a quart. and she went back over the grapevine with no problems. but she needed another 3 quarts between the grapevine and Stockton.
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