[Jaaon]

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Looks to me that the thermostat housing has sprung a leak. They were redesigned to correct this problem. The heater hoses were changed also with the new part for the early(your) Avengers. YES it is serious if you keep driving as the motor is loosing its coolant and introducing air inside, not good for driving . The res. may still have coolant in it, but take the rad. cap off and I bet you will not see much if any coolant there.

Edit: REALLY 117 yrs old?

So would i need to replace a thermostat housing and all the hoses? Can i get a friend to do it or would your recomend me take it to a shop?

 

[Jaaon]

Looks to me that the thermostat housing has sprung a leak. They were redesigned to correct this problem. The heater hoses were changed also with the new part for the early(your) Avengers. YES it is serious if you keep driving as the motor is loosing its coolant and introducing air inside, not good for driving . The res. may still have coolant in it, but take the rad. cap off and I bet you will not see much if any coolant there.

Edit: REALLY 117 yrs old?

Depends on the skills of a friend, not hard to do but with proper "bleeding" of the coolant system when done should take no longer than 2 hours to complete. There are threads on this page of members having done this chore themselves.

Ya we'll be fine just didnt know if any expensive equipment was needed. So i have to buy is a thermostat housing? Do i need to replace hoses?

 

[Jaaon]

Yup! I kind "jumped the gun", I surmised that that may have already been done. One never knows for sure when communicating by print.

Hey im just headed to get the tstat housing repleacement from my local dodge dealer.

Any steps i should take before or during the replacement?

 

[Jaaon]

Cool i got thermostat housing and adaptor. Looks like it was leaking out where the adaptor and housing connect. Will only the coolant spill out when i detach the housing? Thanks again