Oh yeah...I forgot.  87 Vanagon 2.1.

Thanks,
Paul Impellizzeri
87 Weekender
82 Westfalia

 -----Original Message-----
From:   Paul Impellizzeri
Sent:   Thursday, December 20, 2001 8:41 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject:        extremely high coolant pressure

I got a quick question.  I have been having problems with hoses rupturing
and most recently the end blowing out of the big plastic tee on the right
hand side of the motor.  I am getting ready to order the replacement tee and
want to get all the parts in one order if possible.

Here is what I have going now.  I have gutted the thermostat so it is
running wide open.  It was bad and had to cut it out on the side of the
expressway...wasn't opening up.

I am thinking that the problem (aside from the thermostat) is the pressure
cap on the expansion tank not properly keeping the pressure.

Am I on target with this assumption or is there more I should look at.  I
have already blown 4 hoses and t-stat and a tee fitting and gallons of
coolant.

  All this just started happening in the last month.  The engine is a brand
new 2.1 rebuild from VWoA.  I have 10 month/10,000 flawless miles on it.