If you plan on replacing the two oil cooler hoses, they are best
attacked from the underside of the Van.

You'd have to be Houdini to get to the two hoses from the top.

Subject: Coolant leak below A/C compressor

Went out today to verify that the van's left head had a blown coolant
seal. It appears from closer investigation that there is a leak above
the left head, from a hose (or the pipe it connects to) just above it
(oil cooler hose???). I guess tomorrow I'll move the A/C compressor out
of the way and check into it more thoroughly, since it is directly below
the compressor and very difficult to see.
Any tips/tricks/prayers anyone can offer? There is no coolant in the
oil, and it appears that there is no oil in the coolant, so I may have
just lucked out. Could a leak in the hose going to the oil cooler have
caused the water temperature to be reading high lately? It doesn't peak
the gauge, but it has been running about 2-3 needle widths higher than
in the past, and it had been using/loosing some coolant (I had thought
that I hadn't bled the system correctly after changing the expansion
tank - guess that wasn't it!).
Don in Reidsville, NC