We were about to part company with Julia and Konstantin when a large cloud of white steam issued from under the hood.
We struggled to figure out where the fluid was coming from but in the end we called a tow truck with Gabriel’s help, the custodian of the beach.
GANNET2 it turned out was too big for the bed of the truck, so after that scary interlude trying to load onto the truck we settled on…
…on a tow.
With front wheel drive you can’t tie far or fast so at a sedate 15 mph we trundled the ten miles down the PanAmerican to Caldera.
What a great Sunday afternoon. The mechanic took out the radiator and on Monday Konstantin and I will go to the radiator shop in Copiapò and see what we can do.
If it can’t be repaired we will have to order a replacement from the States or Mexico. The radiator is a Promaster specific part and when I broke it in Belize we had to order a new one so we may be here for a couple of weeks.
It could be worse. It could be better too. We’d have a new radiator for $139 in two days if we were in the United States. On the other hand no one would have torn down our radiator on a Sunday in the US.
I’m not feeling lucky but you never know. We shall see. And we have our friends with us so that feels good.
