Hello everyone,
Last night while out driving around town, I came across a beautiful 89 745 Turbo sitting in the middle of the road with a panicing elderly lady at the controls -- the engine had died and I saw that the car was bleeding out in the middle of the road. Pushed the car out of the roadway for her, then tugged it up a hill with my car (wasn't my volvo I had with me this time, unfortunately!) to a parking lot so they could wait for AAA in safety and took a peek under the hood -- half way down the radiator was lots of moisture, and I could see where the water had fallen out of the engine compartment. Resiorvoir was empty. The lady said they just had the car serviced a few days ago which included filling the coolant... sounds a bit suspicious.
She started it up a few times and I definately heard knocking... but she said it'd been pretty gutless above 20mph when she was driving it around through the past few days. That one really stumped me... does anyone think A. over filling could have caused the radiator to blow, B. a slowly leaking radiator could cause power degredation without the car blowing up, and/or C. she could have cracked/warped the head?
I'll probably never see them again, but I'm curious what could have happened for my own knowledge base.
Side note -- the lady's son pulled up in a very nice white 850T, and I couldn't help feel out of place without my brick! I'm definately a committed brick-er!
Thanks in advance, Mike