Good Evening Folks;
Many thanks for all the advice. As we all know with kids you often get only HALF the story. Apparently she and her boyfriend got the car stuck in deep snow near Groton, VT. After much rocking and the like they managed to get it un-stuck and by this time it was overheating. The snow had (according to her) wadded up into the radiator area and effectively jammed the cooling fan and the car boiled. When it cooled she added coolant mix (as a good Dad I made sure there was some in the back under floor compartment) and the car quicky boiled again even after she had cleared out the packed snow. This was when she called me and ommited the getting stuck and jammed cooling fan part of the story. I had asked her if the fan was running and at that time it was. After some thought I told her to loosen the upper rad hose (I gave her tools too) at the rad joint (cool engine of course) to 'burp' the system. She said that there was a gurgling sound and she was able to add another couple of quarts of coolant. She tightened the rad hose and let the car idle for a few minutes and it would heat up as per normal and then fan would kick in and it would cool off again. A short highway run confirmed that all is well again. Problem solved, it was an air bubble in the system. Many thanks for all the advice, but I will change the 'stat just to be safe.

Best Regards to all;
Mike Coleman
North Lancaster, Ontario, Canada
1988 Volvo 240 Stationwagon, 303,000 miles
1992 Volvo 740 Stationwagon, 198,000 miles
1984 Mercedes 300D, 310,000 miles,
1986 Mercedes 190E 92,000 miles
1986 Mercedes 300SDL, 214,000 miles,
1998 GMC Safari, 417,000 kms
1996 Fleetwood Tioga