[wagonman76]

Yesterday the wife called and the van was overheating on the way back from downstate. About 70 miles away. So I headed out with 6 jugs of water. Found out the lower radiator hose had a steady drip even when not under pressure. Local Autozone didn't carry the hose. So I figured might as well do my best to get it home. Filled it up, left the radiator cap loose, heater full blast, and hypermiled the thing. Since less fuel burned for the same distance (and no lean burn mods) means less heat, it helped out a lot. Only had to stop once from the temp gauge rising because it ran low on water, then let it cool a bit, refilled, and headed home. Got 31 mpg first half of the trip, 33 mpg 2nd half.

Should be able to do even better than that once I fix it and don't have to worry about watching the temp gauge constantly.