[MR2] Cold weather, cooling fan light, and coolant loss

[felix at crowfix.com]

On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 05:18:16PM -0500, Donald Chalfant wrote:

> Does the person who did the coolant change know how to bleed the
> system?

Well now ... he's been doing it for 15 years, but I can't say I've
ever directly asked him or watched him.  He did say he's worked on
them before, but he doesn't specialize in them.

> How did they find it a quart low?

Looked at the level in the coolant bottle ... he always lets cars cool
off a bit before working on them, and I have always figured he knows
about the overflow bottle.

> How far did you drive the car to get the oil change?  

12 miles.  There was still frost on the frunk lid, and the inside of
the windshield still had a little bit of not-quite-ice in places.  But the
heater was pumping out lots of hot air.

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