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[hamrendan]

You know that song "I just spent six months on a leaky boat"? Thats the story of the hoses in my 93LWB. I must have ESP, because as I am waiting to pick up my kids today, and I was thinking that i have not checked the coolant reservoir in a while, Hmmm.. Maybe I should have done it while i had the chance..

OK weird thing is.. There was coolant over the air intake hose up by the intake manifold, and on top of the left side head. I am so bummed.. ALL THE HOSES ARE NEW.. WTF? Anyway.. I have not had a real good look with a flashlight to see where its coming from, but the bottom of the bonnet heat shield was wet.. So I am thinking its coming from that area. There were a couple of puddles in the valley area on the left side. DOHHHPPP!!! what next.. I know i need to replace my radiator at some point, but I was hoping it was not for a little while. I did put that stop leak in there some time back, which i know your not supposed to, but so far it has helped more than it has hurt..

Water temp was in the middle the whole time even with the light flashing low coolant in the reservoir.. I knew it was low but since it wasn't getting hot I thought I could push my luck, which I did successfully!.. I stopped to pick up child #3, popped the hood, and heard bubbling coming from the upper radiator hose near the engine. I turned on the AC to get the pusher fans going with the engine off. I filled her up with premium hose water, and proceeded to drive 20 more min through bay area traffic hitting just about every red light you could hit.. Ok i lied... I made one of them.. Talk about stress.. All this after OK rover tells me his story of engine head gaskets because he let it get hot once or twice.. UGGGhhhhh!!