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• Re: Coolant hose wearing due to AC belt
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:17:25 -0400
  ...I now drive with a spare hose.Once again, I never have to worry about keeping my antifreeze too long.Roger
• Re: Water Wetter
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:44:01 -0700
  ...Likewise anything that lets you use more water rather than glycol or alcohol antifreeze is an improvement. > I think this stuff will be yet...
• Re: Things to put under the driver's seat<-- Kill this thread!
  Historical mailing list - Markus Mumper
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:27:20 -0700
  ...were to be > >> attracted by the sweet odor of > >> the spilt antifreeze and lap it up, I am > >> ***certain*** it would be harmed. > > I...
• Re: Filling cooling ( PART 2)
  Historical mailing list - Debi
  Sat, 1 May 1999 13:41:40 -0700
  ...Have someone at the front watching the front valve, and have them close it when they see antifreeze coming out. Then you can top...
• Re: what to do?
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:02:48 -0800
  ...Along the way, my torque >converter fell into a bucket of antifreeze(don't ask). I flushed it with >water, but I have no...
• Re: Antifreeze smell with heat
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 19 Jan 1995 13:03:41 -0800 (PST)
  So Jerry Huff says: > > Due to the absorbant characteristics of the fiber floorboard used in the > Vanagon I still smell coolant from the rear...
• Re: Cooling System Capacity
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 14:35:29 -0800
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: <no subject> > > > Volks, > > How much antifreeze does the system take in an '85? > > > Mike >
• Re: Cooling strategies, color coded, etc.
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:25:45 -0400
  ...Dad operated an 83 Cadillac with an aluminum block engine and heads for > 18 years without damage from using standard old glycol based antifreeze.
• Re: Motor or repair for 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:57:04 -0500
  ...They say phosphate in the antifreeze causes it, but all heads go , eventually.VW fixed this in 85 by changing the antifreeze and adding...
• Re: Coolant capacity
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 19:12:59 -0400
  ...Coolant capacity Problem is the last guy to refill it used one gallon of antifreeze and filled it with water. So how much do...
• Alternative Vanagon heaters - Zodi's, Tankless Water Heaters
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 2 Mar 2007 12:17:58 -0600
  ...System was filled with water and antifreeze. Outside was a drum fitted with a coil of copper tubing down inside and the drum was...
• Re: Antifreeze
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Oct 1995 10:07:11 -0700 (PDT)
  And Gerald Skerbitz thus wrote: > > So, with all that propaganda, do you come to any conclusions? > It sounds very non-definitive. In fact, it...
• Re: water pump R&R
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 9 Oct 2003 08:57:56 -0400
  ...Undiluted antifreeze will not cool as well as the 50/50 mix you're supposed to use. Ethylene glycol just doesn't have the...
• Re: Some potentially stupid questions
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 4 Nov 2010 14:09:49 -0400
  ...Place your used antifreeze well out of the reach of animals, perhaps with a screen over it, in saucers in the sun. In a...
• Re: replacements for phosphate-free coolant
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:14:34 -0600
  ...http://www.valvoline.com/products/brands/zerex/antifreeze/42 I have read, but have no knowledge beyond rumor, that it is sold by Daimler...
• Storing Westy for 8 months
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Fri, 4 Dec 2009 15:36:52 -0800
  ...Recommendations on how to prepare the van? (From the recent thread on antifreeze, it would seem the standard 50-50 blend is adequate for...
• re: Flush kit woes
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Sep 1996 20:11:40 +0000
  ...Tech 2000 antifreeze has the same chemical composition as >the "phosphate-free" Pr#st*n# brand. > Is that good or bad? ---- I've seen...
• Re: engine conversion question...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:41:42 -0400
  ...the waterboxer and now I don't care what kind of antifreeze is in it now, but it being a vanagon, I still wonder...
• Re: antifreeze from diesel engine block
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 25 May 2004 10:12:24 -0400
  On Tue, 25 May 2004, Eric Zeno wrote: > Markus, > You have a freeze plug that went bad. Cheap and easy fix, if it > went...
• Re: Too hot or not?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Feb 1997 09:28:36 -0800
  ...Water, with normal contaminants in it, is a fairly good conductor, but antifreeze is not, even mixed with water. It is possible that the...
• the many colors of the archives
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 15:57:15 -0800
  ...About antifreeze we have the orange stuff, the green stuff and the blue stuff. With regards to power steering fluid we have Dextron III...
• Leaky Heater Valve
  Historical mailing list - Roger Barkley
  Wed, 1 Feb 2012 23:22:07 -0500
  ...My front heater valve is leaking again. (dripping antifreeze on to the spare tire/ground). Replaced it last year shortly after I bought the...
• TOP 10 Best Things About Leaking Heads!!!
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Fri, 12 Dec 1997 21:47:48 EST
  ...10- Keeps antifreeze companies from going bankrupt. 9 - Gives your van that wonderful sweet fragrance 8 - Job security for VW dealership mechanics 7 - Good...
• Re: Engine won't rev up
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 14:18:26 -0500
  When that happens to me the first thing I think of is moisture in the gas ----- dump a bottle of Heet (gas-line antifreeze...
• Re: Another way to drain coolant
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 19 Oct 2008 09:28:24 -0700
  ...Yes, I would definitely agree recycling is the best option. > Antifreeze, specific gravity=1.12, will move right through > a treatment plant. No, it...
• More Car & Driver coolant stuff ... :)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 23:29:22 -0500
  ...David Turcotte, the good-humored antifreeze guru at Zerex. I asked him to write a presciption for keeper cars, those wheeled time capsules some...
• Re: Blue goo question
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Mar 95 11:04:49 PST
  ...Are you sure you got the right one from your dealer or your mechanics indeed ripped you off? Mine has big "Autobahn antifreeze & summer...
• Re: Air in cooling system
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Apr 1995 17:20:12 -0300
  ...with the head >gasket/cooling system? TIA Blue/green drops of antifreeze under the engine by the cylinder heads, or blue white encrustations in...
• Re: Excess Air In Coolant System
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Jan 1997 19:28:59 -0500
  ...I added antifreeze to the resevoir to fill it up, but what what you said about pressure and air, I'm scared. How can...
• Re: Zerex phosphate-free coolant
  Historical mailing list - STEVEN G WACKER
  Tue, 10 Mar 1998 18:47:23 -0800
  ...I have heard that Zerex is the manufacturer of "Autobahn" antifreeze. Is this where the thread has been or going? I have been using...
• Re: Which is the best coolant to use? Part III
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Sun, 3 Dec 2006 14:05:41 -0600
  ...David Turcotte, the good-humored antifreeze guru at Zerex. I asked him to write a presciption for keeper cars, those wheeled time capsules some...
• Re: Availability of VW Blue Coolant (one for Vanagons)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 Nov 2011 23:27:34 -0500
  ...Availability of VW Blue Coolant (one for Vanagons) Some good stuff why Diesels need special antifreezes. Most notable is that the Waterboxer being a...
• Re: Coolant Leak
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Wed, 4 Sep 2019 21:09:41 -0600
  ...He could see no sign of a leak anywhere so told me to just carry some 50% antifreeze with me. We're at Flathead...
• Re: Thermostats...question(s)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 15 Sep 2015 13:02:01 -0700
  ...lately....I have had some other issues with >> > > Put it in a pan of vegetable oil or 100% gycol antifreeze (caution: both > are flammable...
• Re: [Re: Antifreeze Sauna]
  Historical mailing list - - Lauren Pelzer
  Wed, 29 Mar 2000 19:53:48 EST
  Folks, it's two clamps and two or four nuts as I remember. I'm a clutz who didn't know how to change...
• It's better than nothing d00d
  Historical mailing list - Bret Berger
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 22:31:22 -0700
  ...and refill with 50/50 mix of distilled water and whatever antifreeze they are selling at Costco. I've done it about 10 times...
• Re: Mixing anti freeze
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 16:28:14 -0600
  ...and list, > > I inadvertently put some green antifreeze, Sierra brand, in my van when I > had filled it last time with orange, Havoline. My...
• Re: coolant system trivia
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 21:00:27 -0600
  ...What I find intersting about the vanagon > >coolant system is that the flow rate for water alone > >is much faster than with antifreeze added...
• Re: Leaky Oil cooler 89 GL
  Historical mailing list - Beth & Jere Hawn
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 15:46:58 -0800
  ...The whole thing will cost you about $10 max until you buy the antifreeze. My first experience took 3 hrs (I was on the...
• Re: Friday, update on Prius electronics rant
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:14:51 -0500
  ...And that antifreeze is half water, so you paid the equivalent of $80 per gallon, or at least that is the case here. No...
• Re: T/S blown head gasket
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 21:09:06 -0500
  ...Sometimes the red blinking light > is on, sometimes it goes away. > When I turn the heat on, there is a slight smell of antifreeze...
• Re: Antifreeze WAS: stainless steel coolant pipes
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 7 May 2010 08:24:41 -0700
  I'll see you that and raise you (and maybe get a bite from the "hungry water" theory crowd). when i had access to...
• Syncro Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Ram�n Celaya
  Thu, 7 Feb 2002 13:53:18 -0800
  ...in the syncro, but not impossible, with out any fluid leakage (antifreeze, power steering, freon ) The tranny is now in the floor I want...
• antifreeze for Vanagon's - revisited 2006?
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Sun, 27 Aug 2006 04:59:32 -0400
  Vanagon folks know, but may not always remember, to use phosphate-free, aluminum compatible coolant (orange/environmental coolants are OK, correct?) with distilled water...
• Re: A response from Prestone about Stainless Steel Pipes
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 2 Nov 2010 08:11:21 -0700
  ...Your next conclusion: "Also, even if this is the case, if you have good antifreeze in place, this should stop this from happening." you...
• Re: Where do you get your coolant?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 22 May 2014 14:30:45 -0500
  ...For those consumers who would feel more comfortable using a > > phosphate-fre= > > >>> e antifreeze, our Prestone=C2=AE LongLife=C2=AE Premixed > > Antifreeze/Coolant...
• Re: stainless steel coolant pipes
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 6 May 2010 09:22:12 -0500
  ...Change away with your antifreeze/coolant mix...your > motor is still attacking itself.still it is probably the best thing to keep > the fresh...
• Re: Loss of Coolant
  Historical mailing list - tbill
  Sat, 24 May 1997 15:32:23 -0500
  ...The antifreeze was almost up to the top of > the bottle (or tank). After waiting a minute or so, the leaking stopped > and the...
• Re: Westy water-trap Antifreeze
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 5 Oct 1998 12:52:05 -0400
  Sorry to keep this thread going, but I have read all of these and PLEASE don't forget to put some anti-freeze down...
• Flushing cooling system
  Historical mailing list - David Menche
  Tue, 6 Jul 2004 09:53:01 -0700
  ...will be needed to assure all the flush chemical is removed antifreeze) I was thinking of putting the hose connection in line with the...
• Re: does antifreeze degrade over time?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 23:40:26 -0500
  If the container were sealed they have not degraded. If they have been exposed to any type of steel, the rust inhibitor may have...
• Where do I go next!
  Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:22:12 -0600
  ...I have got the new hoses and Sierra Antifreeze (no phosphate) to change the antifreeze. I have gotten the radiator repaired and it is...
• Re: Bluestar project progress
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 1 May 2013 20:30:38 -0400
  ...Does this sound = >> like the right kind of antifreeze? Is the pink VW antifreeze that I = >> use on my Tdi ( G12) suitable for use...
• Re: Distilled Water
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:14:18 -0800
  ...When > you used to see a lot of antifreezes containing phosphates, these were put > in for corrosion control, as well as to sequester minerals...
• Re: Coolant capacity
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 15:52:00 -0400
  ...Coolant capacity Problem is the last guy to refill it used one gallon of antifreeze and filled it with water. So how much do...
• Top off the rad
  Historical mailing list - Bob MacDowell
  Sat, 7 Sep 2013 12:50:52 -0400
  ...of antifreeze between the mirror and the side window. Then get a piece of plastic tubing that fits in the bleeder bolt hole. Next...
• CHEAP Silicate/Phosphate free anti-freeze
  Historical mailing list - Steve Elfelt
  Thu, 2 Dec 1999 19:27:18 -0500
  A local store is selling pre-diluted 50-50 antifreeze by Texaco called Havoline. It is phosphate/silicate free and uses carboxylate as its...
• Re: Expansion Tank Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 12:21:36 -0800
  ...People say it will blink if your > antifreeze/water mix is off, but I'm not sure it is that smart. When they > leak...
• Temp gauge or heating problem?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Sarriugarte
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 22:12:55 -0800
  ...There is no antifreeze smell. This is an 82 Westy with a 1.9 TD. Anyone give me some help on this?
• coolant hoses
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 09:54:15 EST
  ...At the very least buy them and have them with you in your VW along with at least 2 gallons of antifreeze and some...