well, until 11:30 when treeroot came to the rescue.
haven't driven the 60 in a while, so took it to work and figured i'd get some parts from a guy a few towns over right after work. halfway to his place, motor starts running hot. i thought i just had a slow leak and had't noticed it since i don't drive it anymore, so pulled over and was going to add some antifreeze from the two gallons that i'd just bought for the pig at work ). pop the hood and go to ease the cap off when i see a burst of steam come from behind the block (by firewall) and there's quite a bit of spatter there. start check ing hoses, as best as i could tell (they were damn hot), they all looked ok except for the one off the shutoff valve that runs towards the drivers side, which looked (and has for a while) like it's been burnt (it's kind of blistered looking). as i'm adding antifreeze, i'm getting steam from the rad as expected, but i get occasional bursts of steam from the back of the motor.
i put a gallon and ahalf of antifreeze in, along with what little water is left from my water bottle and head towards home. make it two miles and the needle is off the guage. now, story would be over if i had a cell phone and could call people, but all i had was my cb and apparently, no one monitors channel 9 any more, and i got one trucker to talk back to me, but when i asked if anyone could make a call for me, he replied "wait a minute" and after that, i couldn't get ahold of him anymore. so, put the last 1/2 of antifreeze in, wait for the engine to cool to the point where the needle is at the halfway point on the guage and try to make it as far as i can, just telling myself the motor's already damaged. i didin't even make it one mile before the needle is once again, off the guage. kill the motor, and coast down the highway at 55 mph, when i see a kid getting dropped on the side of the road with a gas can to fill his awaiting p.o.s. mustang. no cell phone, but he gave me a ride to the gas station where i started making calls.
so, could it be as simple as that burnt looking hose finally getting bad enough to have seeped a lot of antifreeze out of it's "pores"?
is there a freeze plug on teh back of the head that has a history of popping out?
any other suggestions?
haven't driven the 60 in a while, so took it to work and figured i'd get some parts from a guy a few towns over right after work. halfway to his place, motor starts running hot. i thought i just had a slow leak and had't noticed it since i don't drive it anymore, so pulled over and was going to add some antifreeze from the two gallons that i'd just bought for the pig at work ). pop the hood and go to ease the cap off when i see a burst of steam come from behind the block (by firewall) and there's quite a bit of spatter there. start check ing hoses, as best as i could tell (they were damn hot), they all looked ok except for the one off the shutoff valve that runs towards the drivers side, which looked (and has for a while) like it's been burnt (it's kind of blistered looking). as i'm adding antifreeze, i'm getting steam from the rad as expected, but i get occasional bursts of steam from the back of the motor.
i put a gallon and ahalf of antifreeze in, along with what little water is left from my water bottle and head towards home. make it two miles and the needle is off the guage. now, story would be over if i had a cell phone and could call people, but all i had was my cb and apparently, no one monitors channel 9 any more, and i got one trucker to talk back to me, but when i asked if anyone could make a call for me, he replied "wait a minute" and after that, i couldn't get ahold of him anymore. so, put the last 1/2 of antifreeze in, wait for the engine to cool to the point where the needle is at the halfway point on the guage and try to make it as far as i can, just telling myself the motor's already damaged. i didin't even make it one mile before the needle is once again, off the guage. kill the motor, and coast down the highway at 55 mph, when i see a kid getting dropped on the side of the road with a gas can to fill his awaiting p.o.s. mustang. no cell phone, but he gave me a ride to the gas station where i started making calls.
so, could it be as simple as that burnt looking hose finally getting bad enough to have seeped a lot of antifreeze out of it's "pores"?
is there a freeze plug on teh back of the head that has a history of popping out?
any other suggestions?
after many long walks to the river i was full again and ready to go
