[josephsc]

A friend of mine visiting from Sweden (userid: sweanders) is stuck with my car far away from my location due to coolant leak.

Does anybody know of a good mechanic (or nearby enough to assist) near his current location? He is at Newbury Park, California (Southern California, very close to the city of Thousand Oaks)

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[Mark]

wrong side of the country for me but best of luck to both of you

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[bva]

SCHNEIDER AUTOHAUS
2703 De La Vina Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
(805) 962-8015
(805) 563-0677

maybe not close enough for an emergency repair, but i trust him with my ride.

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[S_Cal968]

I'm about 30 minutes from TO and unfortunately there are no shops that will touch a 68. There are a few shops that work on 911's, but they don't service 68's.
The only option in Ventura Co. is the dealer, [see Rusnak Westlake], which is about 10 minutes from Thousand Oaks.

This is why I do most of my own work. For major repair I use Schneider's listed above. Schneider's is over an hour from Thousand Oaks. I'm less than an hour from Santa Barbara and it cost over $200 to tow the car up there.

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[josephsc]

Thanks for the recommendation.

I got my friend out to Rusnak in Westlake. And he got there on a tow truck at 5:15pm (45 minutes before closing). And fortunately, I managed to catch Flash on the phone and he diagnosed the problem right away (and I'm ashamed that I didn't catch it -- because the symptoms were exactly that, but I was too preoccupied with another potential problem).

Anyways, the problem was a broken Heater Control Valve (HCV). And after a briskful drive highway 1 on a warm summer day, that would be the main culprit. A mechanic (Mark) at Rusnak was kind enough to put in a bypass with a piece of hose over the HCV, and got my friend (Anders) back on the road within one hour.

Problem solved -- and it was easily solved thanks to the knowledge available at communities like this!

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[flash]

happy to have been able to help

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[bva]

Joe / Flash,
what are the symptoms when the HCV gives out? not having a problem, just adding to the field triage database...

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[flash]

coolant puking out on the ground n the passenger side

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[94SilverCab]

Brian,

My solution was to go ahead and change the HCV, and keep the old one as a spare. I hate breaking down when I'm out for a joy ride...Just like the DME relay, a simple easy spare to keep you rolling with a grin.

Regards,

Jay

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