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• Re: Coolant questions
  Historical mailing list - DAVID MOST
  Sun, 8 Mar 1998 22:36:46 -0800
  ...any of you have any experience with Texico Havoline Extended Life > coolant (dex cool)? The info on the bottle looks like it might be...
• Re: 5-cylinder swap update (kits are ready!)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 23:29:02 EST
  ...can this be at the rear license plate door? T >> well, there would be no reason to change the location of the coolant tanks.
• Re: Head leaks & a GM mechanics suggestion.
  Historical mailing list - THE NOW SWINGER
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 18:14:27 -0700
  The best way to prevent head leaks is to use phosphate free coolant at all times. Any other coolant will damage the aluminum parts...
• coolant pipes
  Historical mailing list - Shaggy
  Mon, 6 May 2002 15:02:53 -0700
  I was wondering if anyone out there has modified coolant pipes from a later model Vanagon to fit the Diesel? I have an 82...
• temperature of coolant and of atf...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 23:42:16 -0700
  temperature of coolant and of atf... is there any correlation, in general, not factoring in the connection at the atf cooler??? in other words...
• Re: Flashing Coolant light when cell phone plug into cig lighter
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:52:29 -0400
  ...not gone away...even though the temp gauge reads below half....weird!!! Dave 85 GL "Baby Bus" 85 "No name" blinking coolant indicator "Blinky"?
• Re: running hot....any ideas?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 3 Feb 2006 09:02:40 -0800
  ...If they blast out copious amounts of heat, you're know you're getting good coolant flow so you probably don't have a...
• Re: Coolant hose tape
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:27:17 -0700
  ...a link to some emergency tape you can carry > for > patching coolant tubes. I can't find it in the archives. Anybody have a...
• Quick Audi Question - NVC
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:37:09 -0500
  My wife's 98 A4 is a little low on coolant. Can I just add some water to top it off or do I...
• Radiator performance and replacement
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Thu, 6 Oct 2011 11:19:06 -0400
  ...I don't have the exact numbers but the return coolant was significantly cooler than the coolant going to the radiator, as expected. However...
• Re: Engine running COLD
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:14:46 -0800
  you won't loose much coolant at all replacing the t-stat on a 2.1 wbxr engine. if it's got VW Blue...
• Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 10 Jul 2015 22:57:36 -0400
  ...Leaking pumps also add the chance of the coolant contaminating the pump bearings. Sudden bearing failure means a tow home and some creative epoxy...
• Re: 2.1L coolant light problem
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 09:13:05 -0500
  ...the coolant system. Something he might want to do himself......park it downhill on a steeeep grade, back end up the hill. with the...
• Re: Coolant sludge? (link to pics)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:54:37 -0800
  ...I started pulling stuff off my 1.9 WBX. > > Found this stuff: > > http://vanagonlinks.googlepages.com/coolantsludge > > in the coolant reservoir. > > Is it a...
• Re: 85-H20 loss of coolant mystery
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:25:45 -0500
  Of course, it is certainly possible that BOTH exhaust gas leakage into the coolant AND a partially blocked radiator are at fault for the...
• Re: Coolant disappearing
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright, SMUS Network Analyst
  Tue, 19 Dec 1995 08:37:52 PDT
  ...His coolant keeps >disappearing. No leaks on the floor and he could not find any around >the engine. He replaced the water pump with...
• coolant off the oil filter
  Historical mailing list - Marcus Elia
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 09:23:46 -0400
  ...The coolant pump! It was giving up the ghost and increasing amounts of precious coolant with it. The way to tell if your pump...
• Re: Coolant Alternatives & carpeting replacement
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Tue, 4 Aug 1998 17:37:05 -0500
  I believe Texaco and Prestone both have phosphate-free type of coolant available in auto parts store. I knew our BMW dealer use the...
• Wierd coolant overflow problem......help needed.
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 04:59:47 -0500
  ...First thing i did was test for exhaust gasses in the coolant using a Snap On tool i have. None present. Previous owner had...
• Poor-man's coolant bleed...
  Historical mailing list - Mike D.
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 15:38:16 -0800
  ...Help! Problems on the road! Smoke! or something that smells like > it, a... > >>>>cover and make sure the main coolant tank (the one >you...
• Re: Oil slick in expansion tank
  Historical mailing list - DAVID MOST
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 12:12:56 -0700
  ...The new oil cooler finally arrived in the mail, and since its installation (and replacemtn of the coolant), the oil slick hasn't returned...
• Help with coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - Jim Preysz
  Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:07:03 -0500
  ...an 89 2.1L tintop (Wolfsburg Blue Start) with a robust coolant leak. I had the dreaded red light and pulled over and let...
• Re: Traveling Tips ...
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Larsen
  Tue, 19 May 1998 08:28:09 -0500
  ...at least a gallon for topping off after coolant leaks. Buy a > purpose-made bottle, or reuse a screw-top plastic gallon jug like...
• intermittant coolant leak resolved
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 13:17:43 -0700
  ...I am beginning to resent that sweet coolant smell. There was a little crack in the rubber elbow at the heat exchanger. It possibly...
• Vanagon Content - Need Advice CORRECTION
  Historical mailing list - Terrence Tickle
  Mon, 30 Nov 1998 08:14:20 -0500
  ...When she got home, I could find no evidence of coolant anywhere, but the coolant level in the OVERFLOW tank was slightly down. The...
• Syncro Westy FS w/new tires, oil, coolant and propane tank! (F)
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 16:21:55 -0500
  ...Therefore, > out goes: > oil; tire; tires; coolant (I'd love to know how many "coolant" messages > are > getting bagged!) > > my $.02 > > Michael Townsend > Durham...
• Re: Coolant Overflowing!
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sat, 27 Dec 2003 10:11:30 -0500
  ...When I drive on hwy overflow tank eventually fills up and spits coolant everywhere (the van is not overheating I can drive for long...
• Re: low temp gauge reading need ideas...
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:38:28 -0600
  ...A drain pan/ old dish pan underneath will save most all your coolant. Release the pressure or do it while cold, the put the...
• Re: care of our Wasserboxer/WaterLeaker engines
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 20 Aug 2000 14:12:00 EDT
  ...The time to failure in a stock engine depends on coolant type, time until coolant is flushed with new and HOW the engine was...
• Oil filter flange Coolant/Oil heat exchanger...works.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 17:58:32 -0700
  Not long ago I queried the list about the oil filter-incorporated Oil/coolant cooler that many VW seem to have. My old 1...
• Re: No heat at stoplights.
  Historical mailing list - David Prendergast
  Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:19:35 -0500
  The coolant bottle is full with no leaks anywhere, someone earlier said it may be the thermostat and the symptoms do match (thermo is...
• Re: Help, my 84 is burping coolant
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 26 Feb 2000 11:24:55 -0600
  ...There are definitive ways of determining if he has an internal leak - including the testing of coolant for hydrocarbons - which can be done at...
• Re: 90 cooling problem
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:02:26 -0700
  If the cylinders had a crack causing coolant to leak into the exhuast then you will see coolant vapor int the tailpipe. That's...
• Re: Expansion tanks
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 20 Jul 2016 21:55:22 +0000
  ...net> wrote: > Have you checked for combustion gasses getting into the coolant? What > brand of tanks are you getting? > > Ken > > On Wed, Jul 20...
• Re: Filling the coolant reservoir...
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Tue, 26 Apr 2016 14:08:30 -0400
  ...While maintaining the coolant at those levels the temp gauge needle sits at the center of the led light. Sent from my iPhone > On...
• Re: Oil Temperature??
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 16:45:06 -1000
  ...when cold, coolant warms up faster than the oil ... and thus helps warm the oil . when hot ...when oil temp is high, cooling system...
• Re: '84 Coolant pipes question
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:21:47 -0400
  ...http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=251121397FPR We also sell coolant hose kits, but not for the auto-trans '84 because some of the...
• Problem: 88 Auto Front Radiator Fan comes on when I turn on the van.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:21:32 -0400
  ...All temp sensors on the engine and coolant system were replaced 1 year ago as well as all coolant lines and a coolant flush...
• Re: 1990 Blinking Coolant Light Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Mon, 6 Feb 2006 08:43:08 -0700
  mark drillock wrote: > The blinking light can be caused by either a real drop in coolant level > in the main tank, a false reading...
• Re: Replacing the Temperature Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Sat, 25 Apr 1998 17:09:03 -0500
  ...I lost about 1 qt of coolant. But be careful, don't have your face under the sender, coolant hurts your eyes. I didn...
• Re: changing coolant
  Historical mailing list - Steve Manning
  Fri, 3 Apr 1998 07:37:59 -0600
  ...I said this before, you do not need to use vw coolant specifically. A coolant safe for aluminum engines (yes it is still green...
• Re: Help! Blown Headgasket in Va.
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 9 Aug 1998 23:25:18 EDT
  ...My new AVP engine is gushing >coolant out of the driver side head. Not sure what to do. Can anyone >suggest somewhere near Charlottesville...
• Re: head electrolysis cure?
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Wed, 23 Sep 1998 22:42:36 -0700
  At 09:03 PM 9/23/98 -0700, you wrote: >>Perhaps some dissolved zinc in our coolant would work, I suppose that would make...
• Re: couple of questions
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 2 Jan 2000 19:37:57 EST
  ...1> Lower coolant pressure means a lower boiling point. 2> Combustion gases cause the coolant to become acidic. Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis...
• Re: Coolant Question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 19:50:45 PDT
  Even if my flush is less complete than your flush, I'd still rather change my coolant once a year rather than once every...
• Re: [DIESEL] 3 part numbers needed
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Tue, 10 Apr 2001 19:43:25 -0700
  ...the gasket between the head and the coolant-intake flange 037 121 687 > 3. the gasket between the head and the coolant-out flange...
• water pump failure
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 19:04:57 EDT
  ...Bentley demands that the coolant system be flushed and only fresh anti-freeze be used. At first I thought this a ploy to vend...
• Re: Needed: a GOOD Procedure for Bleeding Air from Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Various
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 21:23:13 -0300
  ...a GOOD Procedure for Bleeding Air from Coolant Hello all.... I've been searching the archives for hours...reading one opinion after another (and...
• Re: Air Getting into Cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Sun, 2 Apr 2006 14:36:53 -0500
  ...If water/coolant "Spits" out of the plug holes, the head gasket on that side is leaking! If there is no water/coolant at...
• Re: Wondering about coolant physics
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 1 Jan 2016 17:03:24 -0500
  ...In summary, with my '82 diesel conversions, I switched the primary coolant reservoir to the '83 version, added a coolant level sensor and then...
• Re: Looooooong Coolant pipe replacement (not too long message)
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 16:43:52 -0400
  ...Looooooong Coolant pipe replacement (not too long message) > Well after delaying the inevitable for about a year, I finally have come > down to replacing...
• How can this be?
  Historical mailing list - Wognacious
  Sun, 5 Jun 2005 12:36:18 -0700
  ...So I go out and get new coolant, Mercedes yellow type. The local FLAPS used to carry the Pentosin Blue and when I inquired...
• Re: Coolant leak found but parts question
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Nov 2022 14:23:00 +0000
  Hi Eric.The correct clamp to use on coolant pipes is the spring clamp.  It can expand and contract as the system heats up...
• warm up and coolant pressure on head gasket seals
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 20:49:51 -0800
  ...VW coolant may have contained an additive to maintain pliability. It's the pliability of these gaskets that keeps sealing qualities when the engine...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:24:07 -0700
  Helps a lot -- thanks! On Tue, 2011-07-19 at 16:38 -0700, Jake de Villiers wrote: > The coolant pulls heat from the heads...
• fizzix ?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 18 Jul 95 11:23:17 PDT
  ...The operative thermo interface is the coolant to radiator material boundary. The higher the delta T at this interface the more heat will cross...
• Re: Leaky valve cover tip of iceberg
  Historical mailing list - Cecil Eastman
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 21:52:38 +0000
  ...I'm not sure that it's not coolant that's coming out of the head cover, but on the other hand I don...
• Re: stainless steel coolant pipes
  Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
  Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:57:22 -0900
  ...On Wed, 2010-05-05 at 16:41 -0800, Troy wrote: > Hi folks: > > About to order some stainless steel coolant pipes for my 89...
• Re: Flashing Low Coolant Light (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Tue, 13 Apr 1999 10:39:34 +0200
  ...Some shops have test tools to check the coolant for combustion gas residues. > ... > 2. Incorrect composition of coolant solution - see 1 above Sorry, I...
• Re: Bleeding question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 31 May 2001 11:37:22 -0700
  Believe it or not, the system will purge itself after small amounts of coolant loss. I've done it many times--after rear heater...