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Originally Posted by 101Volts
The van seems to be going through coolant faster than we'd like
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If your losing coolant I'd say you have a leak somewhere, your engine has a long hidden metal tube that runs under the intake manifold to the water pump (that's buried in among the cam pulley's), perhaps it's leaking from there when the system pressures up and then stops leaking when you let it cool down. If your running it hot I'd be very very careful, aluminum heads are not very forgiving when they're overheated. They tend to warp and also develop cracks between the sparkplug hole and the exhaust valve. Like I told my late wife and kids, if you're overheating pull over as soon as it's safe and either call me or call a tow truck and tow it home.
Anyhow, good luck with it.
Steve