Happy holidays everyone!

I drove to my parent's house for xmas; it's about 100

miles, though I'm not sure exactly how far I drove because

the speedo on my car broke a couple days agoΏ].

Anyhow, I get there and the coolant reserve tank is more

than half empty where it was slightly more than full prior

to my leaving. The oil seems clean, so I don't think it

is in the oil. The only time I've ever lost coolant before

was when I was going down some mountain roads and using the

motor to brake quite a lot (it would smoke a little like that

then smoke lots if I alternated between flooring it and not).

I usually drive around 70mph (B18 + M40) this time I

probably drove around 58mph. Could this account for why I

used coolant and not oil this trip instead of my usual quart

of oil per 100miles driven?

So, should I invest in a new head gasket? I did a

compression test a while ago and it was pretty dead even;

I've not done one recently, though.

Ώ] (I fixed it by removing the worm gear / speedo drive,

soaking it in penatrating oil, and then hosing it down with

silicon lube and some oil that says that it's got teflon in it)

Thanks

chris