Author by : Tommy Sessions
I went out to the mailbox one morning to mail a letter.
I noticed the local sanitation truck losing several plastic Wal-Mart shopping bags.
About an hour later this guy pulls up to the shop.
His car was running hot…steam was coming from underneath the hood.
The temperature was 110o in the shade and the humidity was so heavy you had to have a machete just to walk around outside…well, maybe not that thick, but it was heavy.
We raised the hood on his Thunder Chicken. “Even Ford’s get hot in this kind of weather,” I stated.
The engine had cooled down, some, so I removed the cap from the radiator… it was just barely low of coolant.
I told him to crank the engine and I put some water in it, then we’d look for a leak.
As I was spraying water on top of the radiator to cool it, I noticed a blue plastic bag, in front of the a/c condenser.
I showed it to him.
“There’s probably the reason she heated up,” I told him as I pointed to it.
“I was following a garbage truck earlier,” he said, “but I passed him cause some trash was falling out.”
“Well, you helped him,” I said as I removed not one, but three of the plastic shopping bags.
“How’s that?” he asked.
“You’ve been picking up what he was losing.”
He thanked me and said, “If she starts heating up again, I’ll be back,” with a grin as he drove off.
I guess that cured it, cause he never came back.
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Tommy Sessions has been in auto repair since 1970. He publishes Auto Repair Answers Newsletter so you can learn how to keep your vehicle looking new, running safely and efficiently, while you save money and time…also, learn how to avoid shop rip offs. Don’t be at the mercy of the dealerships and auto repair shops…they will have more respect for you. |
[tags]plastic bags, radiator, car heating up,[/tags]
