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245 GL Station Wagon.
When my wife was driving our station wagon up a very steep freeway hill, the car
overheated and lost about 1 gallon of coolant. When I arrived at the side of
the freeway where the station wagon was broken down, I looked under the hood
to find out what was wrong. First I observed wetness under the hood and under the car where coolant had come out of the raditor. First of all, I,m a little
confused as I couldn't find any radiator cap like on my GM V8. Anyhow, I refilled the coolant reservoir and then continued my inspection. I saw a bolt
which was about 4 or 5 inches long protruding from under the power steering
pump. It was facing straight forward toward the front of the car. It was held
in place by about 1 or 2 threads. I pulled in the rest of the way out. I then
tried to figure out what it's purpose was. The power steering pump was apparently
still well bolted on, as I yanked on the housing and it felt securely bolted in place. I tried to put the bolt back in the hole, but after I had walked around
the car and then back to the front I had forgotten where the bolt went exactly.
I tried to put it in the only available hole I could see but it wouldn't go
in. So I stashed the bolt in the glove box and attempted to start the car.
The temperature gauge now read normal, but the oil pressure light was flickering
at idle rpm. At a slightly higher rpm the light would go out. I checked the oil dipstick and the level was at the top, no problem. I then attempted to drive the car up the hill at a very low speed but I didn't have enough power at low
rpm to get up the hill and when I would step on the gas I would hear a squealing
sound like a slipping belt and a violent vibration on the engine. In short
it sounded like something had come loose or unbolted. I checked the belt tension
and it didn't seem too loose. I had the car towed home to my driveway. I'm
currently trying to figure out what's wrong with the station wagon, so I fix
it for my wife. Any ideas guys, on how I can figure this problem out?
Thanks in advance for any help you could provide.
Doug Ontario, California 909 395-5353
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