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• Re: stainless steel coolant pipes
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Thu, 6 May 2010 09:12:45 -0800
  ...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: Another way to drain coolant
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:57:44 -0400
  ...In those few areas where recycling is available, both used EG coolants and SIERRA Antifreeze should be offered to recyclers for recycling and reuse...
• Re: '90 Vanagon: Hose leaking antifreeze
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 29 May 2001 13:50:09 -0700
  ...bleed the > cooling system. > > > > > On Sat, 26 May 2001, Don Oldenburg wrote: > > > Hi Everyone-- > > > > My '90 Vanagon blasted out a load of > antifreeze the...
• Re: Engine Coolant Corrosion Inhibitor?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Stichweh
  Mon, 14 Apr 1997 20:22:15 -0500
  Dennis Haynes wrote: > > Antifreeze has inhibitors in it already. Never hurts to add more. The new > Long life Anti-Freezes should really help. New...
• Head (gasket) fix
  Historical mailing list - Bob Berkemer
  Fri, 3 Apr 1998 17:50:24 -0600
  ...First is the bad water/antifreeze camp. Second is the bad grounding of anything/everything camp. Shouldn't our instrument allow for these two...
• Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 20:20:02 -0400
  ...transmission. > >Any ideas what could be happening? Er...you got the antifreeze mixed up with the muriatic acid? Did a radiator flush and didn...
• Re: Which is the best coolant to use? Part II
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sun, 3 Dec 2006 20:39:58 -0500
  ...Animals are attracted to antifreeze for its sweet smell and usually will drink a lot more than a teaspoon-full. Enough said. There are...
• Re: EVANS NPG
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 6 Oct 2007 13:18:08 -0400
  ...the higher boiling point, since it would have to get hotter to transfer the same amount of heat as a traditional water/antifreeze mix.
• Re: G12 Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:07:44 -0700
  ...G12 Coolant > G12 is VW OEM antifreeze, the successor to G11 which was used from the > beginning of time to 1997. I don't...
• Re: Antifreeze smell with heat
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Jan 1995 15:05:08 -0500 (EST)
  Things to look for and another price point. The Wolfsburg edition had a special trim package and other options not available on a standard...
• RE: Outrageous oil change prices
  Historical mailing list - Fast, Timothy
  Mon, 12 May 1997 13:42:24 -0500
  ...Vanagons require a phosphate-free antifreeze that most places do not stock. Good luck Tim 88 Westy (The Battle Bus)
• Re: Need more help - the dreaded flashing red light
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 29 Sep 2002 22:19:10 -0400
  ...to find that the problem was that I >had too much antifreeze in the mixture. The mix is very percise and too >much or...
• 1990 vanagon heads
  Historical mailing list - Reggie Rainard
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 18:40:14 -0700
  ...i managed to put everything back togather, oil water (in place of antifreeze to check that it was water tight) and the car turned...
• Re: Not tires, not oil... but anti-freeze!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017 16:41:08 -0700
  Peak Global Final Charge is the state of the art in antifreeze today (phosphate and nitrate free). Even Dennis Haynes uses it, and that...
• Re: Bars leak, I was reading
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:32:03 -0800
  ...I think, it is only good for conventional engines, but I could be wrong. > By the istructions, I would have to empty the antifreeze...
• Re: ???-Antifreeze: Is Orange OK-???
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 12:46:34 -0800
  ...Unlike silicone brake fluid, it is compatible with existing systems since it has the same base as conventional antifreeze. Silicone based brake fluid has...
• Re: More questions pertaining to my 88 model Bluestar project
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Tue, 10 Dec 2013 18:08:27 -0500
  Well today I bought antifreeze and started putting it in. I was able to put in 2 quarts and about 2 quarts or water...
• Re: Phosphate free coolant
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Aug 1996 20:40:15 -0700
  ...I am supposed to use only phosphate free ethyl glycol based antifreeze. Is >the VW dealer the only place to get this or is...
• Re: HELP-antifreeze in oil
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Jan 1999 14:36:12 EST
  Could be a cracked head or a blown head gasket. Probably a cracked head since the water is coming out of the exhaust port...
• Removing Rear Heater
  Historical mailing list - Munga Correa
  Thu, 20 Jan 2000 08:08:02 EST
  ...to have been leaking for sometime..I have the chalky dried antifreeze on the front of it...Could anyone give me a step by...
• Re: Antifreeze Experiment
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 16:15:10 -0800
  Good Job! Nothing like a little science. I wonder if you were'nt measuring specific gravity at room temp, vs. actual freezing point depression...
• OT: FS:T2 panel for sale in Colma
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Mon, 23 Apr 2001 23:43:11 EDT
  ...No antifreeze leaks = ). Vanagon trades considered. Anyway, a friend of mine is selling his 1971 Type 2 panel van for $3500 in primer. Never...
• Re: fluid, fluid everywhere
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Sat, 5 Jan 2002 17:54:24 -0500
  > just wanted to ask everyone if they have ever experienced >antifreeze leakage due to cold weather. I am in Buffalo! There was no >previous...
• Rev limiter????
  Historical mailing list - Airic
  Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:47:28 -0600
  I was driving my 1983.5 vanagon 1.9L after changing the antifreeze, it is starting to look like winter down here. I was...
• Re: water pump 1.9 ....is there a preferred one?
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Fri, 1 Sep 2006 21:56:18 -0700
  ...don't spin the water pump until you have lubricating fluid (antifreeze) running through it. a very quick way to damage bearings. ;) Sudhir On...
• Re: replacements for phosphate-free coolant
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:32:48 -0600
  ...Whether it is equivalent to VW blue antifreeze, I could not say, but I do know that some vanagon owners use it. If the...
• Re: another coolant question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:09:49 -0400
  ...He said "We don't know why VW think their antifreeze (that we make for them) should be without phosphates. We don't think...
• Re: Antifreeze smell with heat
  Historical mailing list - J. Meade
  Thu, 19 Jan 1995 20:18:51 -0600 (CST)
  Tom, The 87 will be well past the tech update of the hose connector and bleed screw, so they might be the culprits but...
• Re: what else to replace along with head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 14:06:30 -0800
  ...be completely drained and replaced with the phosphate free ethylene glycol antifreeze/distilled water mixture of your choice. You may want to toss in...
• Re: What's going on in my Engine...
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 09:12:56 -0500
  ...Try adding a couple of bottles of gas line antifreeze. -Larry Richard Bias wrote: > All, > Please, someone point me in the right direction... This...
• Re: Engine running hot
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sun, 28 Aug 2005 18:10:17 -0400
  Have you added any coolant recently? It seems to me that this could indicate too high a antifreeze/water ratio... (since conductivity/heat capacity...
• care of our Wasserboxer/WaterLeaker engines
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Sun, 20 Aug 2000 10:59:44 MDT
  ...Use the factory antifreeze! Most of the antifreezes today are phosphorus free which is >mandatory. The factory antifreeze also has Electrolysis inhibitors in it...
• Coolant Indicator LED is Flashing at Normal Temperatures
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Coolant Indicator LED is Flashing at Normal Temperatures
  February 29, 1992
  ...mixture of 50 percent water and 50 percent phosphate free coolant antifreeze, Part No. ZVW 237 104. (In Canada, use Part No. G 001...
• Coolant Indicator LED is Flashing at Normal Temperatures
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Coolant Indicator LED is Flashing at Normal Temperatures
  February 29, 1992
  ...mixture of 50 percent water and 50 percent phosphate free coolant antifreeze, Part No. ZVW 237 104. (In Canada, use Part No. G 001...
• Re: Q Re: bleeding thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 22 Jun 2003 03:00:56 -0700
  ...I bled the van - worked fine for the rear >heater bleeder and the front radiator bleeder, but couldn't get any >antifreeze to bleed...
• Coolant Temp Sender Gasket
  Historical mailing list - Ed Henckel
  Thu, 4 Dec 1997 09:00:18 -0800
  ...But after pulling the sender you said *only* a cup of antifreeze would come out. I've ended up draining the whole expansion tank...
• Re: Da Pink Stuff
  Historical mailing list - t
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 22:39:35 -0800
  ...tim o'brien > Dave Baker wrote: > > Anyone know of a less costly source for VW antifreeze? You know, the > phosphate-free pink stuff. > > Dave...
• Re: VW antifreeze ?
  Historical mailing list - Brad Estergaard
  Sun, 23 Dec 2001 21:30:15 -0800
  Well I can at least back up the safety claims of propylene glycol (I hope anyway). I just got back from grocery shopping, had...
• FW: 1.9 wasserboxer for sale
  Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
  Thu, 20 Jan 2005 21:02:26 -0500
  ...There is no antifreeze leak. > > Make an offer via P-mail. > > Dana
• Re: NVC - F**d water in oil
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:57:41 -0700
  ...Especially if he > neglected the antifreeze concentration this winter. > > Shawn
• Re: waterboxers in Mass./ coolant redux
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 16:45:19 -0400
  ...I think the Global antifreeze, by Peak is about $5.99/gallon. I can loose it all day(and sometimes do) at that price.
• The light
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Sun, 22 Apr 2001 20:38:34 -0400
  ...It seems that the wrong kind of antifreeze eats the metal under the head gaskets breaking the seal. There is no solution to this...
• Re: Dex-Cool . . . I hesitate to ask this
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:07:48 -0700
  ...out some corrosive chemical with that ill-considered splash of OAT antifreeze. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia...
• Re: Heater pipe
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:40:26 -0400
  ...I went to Borders and as I got out of the van, noticed that antifreeze smell. Looked near the left rear tire and antifreeze...
• heater core change-out
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Sat, 20 Jun 1998 11:47:59 EDT
  ...core problem common, and is it related to the phosfate free antifreeze usage? secondly, I am considering just temporarily by-passing the rear heater...
• Re: AT speeds/rpm's
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Thu, 4 Jul 2002 16:08:58 EDT
  ...My old WBX ran for 250000 miles with no leaks or problems, no head problems, and using green antifreeze (gasp!) taking full advantage of...
• Re: Unusual Achilles heel discovered...
  Historical mailing list - mike g.
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 23:01:40 -0800
  ...me- the (PVC?) conduit that > under my van that carries the antifreeze back to the engine developed a slow > leak up front after I...
• Re: G12 Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:54:28 -0400
  ...G12 Coolant > G12 is VW OEM antifreeze, the successor to G11 which was used from the > beginning of time to 1997. I don't...
• Head / Engine questions
  Historical mailing list - Sharpe, Steven (Facilities Planning)
  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 09:01:54 -0400
  ...http://www.evanscooling.com/ Does anyone know what the difference is between their 100% "Non-Aqueous Propylene Glycol" and other Propylene Glycol antifreezes such...
• Re: Antifreeze opinions from Dennis
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 6 Apr 2017 12:43:00 -0400
  Awesome info! Chris Dnia 06.04.2017 o godz. 09:55 kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> napisał(a): > Dennis, could I use...
• Re: Capacitor for filter on AFM
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 13:15:37 -0700
  ...but hey, i don't use 20$ a gallon Cherman antifreeze manufactured by BASF. I use the famous Wallyworld brand, also manufactured by BASF...
• Re: Coolant Temp Sender Gasket
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Thu, 4 Dec 1997 11:36:00 -0600
  ...I too, lost more than the 'cup' of antifreeze. I think perhaps that, 1) I didn't shove the sensor back in fast enough...
• Prestone Antifreeze
  Historical mailing list - Rosebud
  Sat, 1 Jun 2002 14:31:15 -0400
  If the anti freeze doesn't say "phosphate free" do not use it, even if it is Prestone. I have seen three engines with...
• Re: Need grey front carpet and padding for '91 Syncro Westy.
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 11 Mar 2004 22:38:11 EST
  ...Since we had eaten our last one the night before, he dumped in a gallon of Autozone antifreeze instead. George
• Westy Winterising Wisdom?
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Wed, 3 Dec 2008 18:14:38 -0800
  ...Will I need to add RV antifreeze to the water system and run it throught the pump? I live in Michigan, and the van...
• Re: Zerex phosphate-free coolant/Engine Grounds
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 16:40:47 -0500
  ...He added that it doesn't matter what kind of antifreeze This suggestion of more, bigger, better grounds on the cooling system sounds like...
• Stuck in Albuquerque
  Historical mailing list - Larry Himli
  Thu, 1 Jan 2009 18:00:43 -0700
  ...off the water pump has sprung several holes and all my antifreeze belched out. I got about 16 miles east of Albuquerque and wasn...
• Re: 85 Heater & Coolant Line Question - and other non-tech Vanagon Love
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 8 Nov 2010 15:59:48 -0500
  ...Boiling point of 50/50 glycol antifreeze mix is 265F. I'd call that a definite never, myself. http://www.harvel.com/piping-cpvc...
• Westy water tank sender
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:06:03 -0700
  ...I was planning to get antifreeze for it but the darn RV supply shop was closed every time I drove by. Went camping last...
• Re: How long do I have?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 13 May 2009 21:07:42 -0400
  ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifreeze#Propylene_glycol Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL