Awake: 6:14am Temp 35 sleep 6+26 sun...clouds, then rain overnight @ Heyburn,
Idaho.
I tried to take a picture of this neat & well planned campground but couldn't do it justice...so we left the Country RV Village @ 10:48am & continued following I-84 northwest. Pleasant scenery, blue sky, & smooth roads, gosh, this is great!
For the last few travel days now, I've been getting an alert on the Glass Dash in our motorhome telling me we are low on coolant. So I called Creslie @ Newell; he surmised that it might just be a bubble burp & to add more coolant so the alert will be satisfied. I did just that & the next morning, that alert was there again. Besides that, our tow car was plastered with spots, like an oily chemical on the hood & windows, which I surmised to be coolant.
I could not find any source of leaks so another call went to Newell & this time Mike suggested that maybe the reservoir cap rubber has deteriorated & to find a truck stop or auto parts store & replace the cap.
Meanwhile, I continued looking for clues on leakage...non visible; but I filled the anti-freeze reservoir to continue traveling the next day.
Before leaving Heyburn, Idaho, I had selected a Caterpillar service dealer from our "Pure Support" book. So, now, with some cell phone coverage along the way, Kathy, not only called ahead & made reservations for a campground for the night, but also arrangements to visit the chosen Meridian full service Caterpillar dealer nearby the campground.
In the meantime, as we merrily rolled along the interstate, I sensed that we had a rare wind syndrome; we've heard of this oddity but rarely experienced it. I believe they call it a "tailwind!"
Up ahead, we see the Caterpillar service bldg & (2) left turns later has us right in front of some (6) service doors. Inside the service bldg, I talked with Dan, a nice young man whose coveralls are very clean. We discuss the odd & mysterious problem I've been having & then he introduces me to Rob @ the service desk. After I fill out some paperwork, Rob also listens to my woes of mystifying & disappearing coolant & then suggests that they do a pressure test on the anti-freeze reservoir. Rob tells me he can bring our motorhome inside within the hr.
Well, as I aimlessly sauntered around the parts area, I got to thinking: maybe it is only a weak coolant cap like Mike suggested. Why not start troubleshooting with the little things & work my way up! I went back to Rob, canceled my pressure test for now, & then back to the parts dept to ask for a # 15 reservoir cap. The parts guy only had a # 10 cap but could get a # 15 cap by tomorrow. I gave him our cell # & my name & asked him to call me when the cap was available.
Next we drove the motorhome about (1.5) miles to the Boise Meridian RV Resort LLC arriving @ 2:34pm. Nice campground, big rig friendly & great location.
Today's travel: 171 miles 3+18 time 23 gal used 7.6 mpg 52 avg speed.
After extending the slides, again, I do the 50/50 anti-freeze mix & top off the coolant reservoir before the rain moved in.
Dinner: chili with noodles & chips.
Sometime after 7:00pm, rain...heavy @ times, moved into our area.
Evening movie: "Thunderball." We watch ½.
Lights out: 12:16am.
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