[Austin87]

I am looking long distance now at an available 1988 924S that has been previously well maintained. I am over 4 hours away and have not seen the vehicle yet.

Current owner is a "young kid" working in a restaurant, and does not want to pay for tow to mechanic and put more $$ into the car. He is a car enthusiast and seems honest in talking with him. He only owned the car for a few months , and says it drove great until the hose broke..

So right now the situation described to me is that the lower radiator hose broke from it hitting the fan. ( it was not put on properly and there is little room for error.)

After the hose broke the car was driven maybe 1 mile to max 1.5 miles at 35mph or less.

He says there is "No coolant in the engine, but there is pressure going into the coolant from the engine, therefor he says he "cannot bleed the air pressure from the coolant reservoir".

Can anyone give their thoughts suggestions etc on what the damage may be based on this , or offer suggestions ......I am real interested in this '88 since I sold my 87 automatic a few months ago.

Loved driving the '87 Automatic , so '88 5 speed would be great to own.

.................Thanks, Austin

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