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• coolant in expansion reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 17 Oct 2015 11:43:54 -0700
  hi, I flushed and replaced the coolant in my 1990 Carat.. all went well, properly bleed, new blue pressure cap etc... but I need...
• unidentified coolant
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 00:10:45 -0400
  Folks, The Mudskipper is heading to my local Vanagon expert for a complete coolant flush-n-fill on Monday BUT the coolant is getting...
• Coolant Draining
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:34:12 -0700
  Does someone know how much coolant stays in the engine IF one does NOT pull the plugs on the engine water-jackets when doing...
• Do I drain coolant B$ removing sensor
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Fri, 26 Jul 2013 16:22:23 -0400
  The coolant light is flashing on my 1.9 when cold or hot. I want to remove the sensor but it looks like coolant...
• Coolant Refill Procedure
  Historical mailing list - George Gills
  Thu, 6 Sep 2001 18:29:31 EDT
  ...This resulted in a burst hose and loss of coolant. While I have replaced the hose and added coolant, the red light flashes continuously...
• Re: Coolant light mystery
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Fri, 16 Sep 2022 13:25:01 -0400
  ...All Models * refer to appropriate wiring diagram * disconnect coolant level sensor electrical connector * check coolant level in coolant reservoir *** MUST be between MIN and...
• Replacing coolant level sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 13 Apr 2003 21:19:07 -0700
  While checking over our '88 Westy before heading out next week, I found one source of a mysterious slow coolant leak - the coolant level...
• Re: No Coolant in Small Tank Behind License Plate
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:47:16 -0700
  ...loose cap on driver side bottle allowed coolant to spill, then coolant sucked from add bottle? Loose bleed bolt on radiator? (IIRC, it has...
• Re: expansion tank wierdness
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 20 Sep 1998 22:36:33 -0400
  ...Came out of the restaurant to coolant > under the car. Check it out and the coolant sensor switch is loose. OK. So > the system...
• Re: Where is temperature sensor & why does needle drop when heater is on?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 7 Sep 2015 09:16:44 -0700
  ...When you open the front heater, cold coolant in the heater core flows to the radiator, warm coolant from the radiator flows to the...
• flashing coolant light wzup?
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:43:27 EDT
  The coolant light in my 85 Westy is flashing long after start up and only goes out after the engine has warmed up. The...
• Re: Master cylinder leak and coolant leak at pressure tank
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Thu, 12 May 2005 07:20:28 -0700
  ...Coolant puddles around the coolant > level sensor on the coolant pressure tank. My coolant pressure tank is > two > years old and I just replaced...
• Continued Coolant Grief
  Historical mailing list - Colin Stanfield
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 10:46:50 -0400
  Volks, This morning I sprung another leak in my coolant system and was wondering if anyone could guess what's going on. I was...
• Re: Coolant - Have I screwd up my engine?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 3 Jun 2004 22:44:52 -0500
  ...I use Texaco Havoline Phosphate Free Biodegradable Orange coolant mixed 50/50 coolant/water! I also a a couple of bottles of Redline Water...
• Re: Coolant coughing up?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 May 2004 09:41:16 -0400
  ...Also, make sure the coolant ratio is the proper 50/50 mix. If the water pump failed causing a loss of coolant, both the...
• Re: Coolant Preference
  Historical mailing list - SyncroWesty
  Thu, 13 Mar 2003 08:07:52 -0700
  Genuine VW G-11 coolant $17/gallon. Part number ZVW 237 105. Dealer Only. Cory ----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin E. Beasley" <bbeasley@MIX.WVU...
• O.K., I admit it... I deleted the mail on coolants...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 Sep 94 23:28:19 EDT
  ...Would this have anything to do with the coolant level light? I am keeping the coolant level correct at the overflow tank, by adding...
• Checking if coolant replacement needed
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 00:33:05 -0400
  One of the house and woodworking magazines gave the following procedure to check if the coolant is too old and needs to be changed...
• coolant options
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 2 Jan 2006 21:10:59 -0800
  It is likely that the coolant last longer than two years when you drive less. I think the kind of coolant will influence cost...
• Missing Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Drew Bedford
  Thu, 17 May 2001 09:51:43 -0600
  I'm experiencing dissapearing coolant. Here's the scenario: I fill the cooling system, bleed everything I can and close it up. Then I...
• Coolant bleeding...
  Historical mailing list - - James Shinosky
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 12:52:32 EDT
  I tried to bleed coolant and the coolant spilled all over the radiator and vanagon front. It s kinda messy job...I wonder if...
• Re: Expansion Tank Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 15:49:07 -0800
  It's a coolant level sensor. It causes the LED to blink when the coolant drops below a certain level. It will also blink...
• Coolant Fairies - Another Q
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 11:03:31 -0700
  ...no leaking coolant & coolant level was normal & has remained so. *Is gurgling coolant, if that's what I heard, a warning sound? Thanks, Phaedra...
• Substitute Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Tim New
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 15:00:51 -0800
  What brand names of coolant can be used outside the expensive autobahn coolant? Tim New Los Angeles
• Re: Replacing coolant level sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Brassaw
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 08:58:07 -0700
  Shawn, Not sure if your van has the same setup in that the coolant level sensor is on tope of the coolant bottle. What...
• Re: Coolant - Have I screwd up my engine?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Fri, 4 Jun 2004 00:30:49 EDT
  ...Both the VW coolant and the Autobahn coolant are blue in color. Rodgers, fascinating stuff that news about the sensor sampling the density of...
• Coolant color?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 08:26:04 CDT
  What color is VW phosphate free coolant? How about Sierra? If the coolant color is green in a Van can it be assumed that...
• Re: 83 temperature gauge goes berserk
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 09:27:39 -0700
  There are 2 coolant temp sensors and 1 coolant level sensor. Which of the 3 were replaced? Mark Barb Cotton wrote: >mark drillock <drillock...
• Re: Coolant Draining
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 29 Jun 2015 22:49:26 -0400
  ...Coolant Draining To purge the coolant in the engine I would fill the whole system with plain water, run it a few minutes then...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Coolant Loss: Searched
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:54:16 -0500
  ...the only way to really confirm is to do a sniffer test on the coolant. Exhaust gases will show in the coolant. JOHN On...
• Coolant light 2.1L WBX
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 8 Dec 2016 21:49:25 -0600
  Driving down the road, all needles where they should be, red coolant light comes on. Stop the car, check the fill/overflow tank. It...
• How to find coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Mon, 3 Sep 2001 14:03:13 -0400
  I must have a coolant leak because my coolant reservoir keeps in filling with air. The only problem is I can not find the...
• Coolant
  Historical mailing list - tina canny
  Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:51:18 -0700
  ...I had my coolant light go on with the needle reaching the top line. I see no leaks. Coolant bottle in van was empty...
• Re: air bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 3 Jan 2008 14:43:05 -0600
  It's whatever color coolant you are using in your Vanagon. The reference to "solid coolant" means no air, just liquid. Jim On Jan...
• coolant pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Mon, 7 Jan 2002 03:16:32 -0800
  ...how about a coolant pressure gauge?... I know it sounds crazy, but after losing my motor due to driving without coolant (no, I wasn...
• Re: Peeing coolant at gas station...
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 15:41:58 -0400
  When we turn off an engine that is at operating temp, the engine part is HOT HOT HOT and the coolant in the engine...
• Re: mystery of the missing coolant
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:59:05 -0400
  I learn something this weekend! (I know, basic stuff, I should know better!!!!) The expansion tank will suck coolant from the refill thank until...
• Re: Fresh from a Westfalia campout
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 31 May 2004 13:05:02 -0700
  ...I could smell coolant but I could not see the coolant on the ground (coolant was vapourizing off the exhaust), but after 2 months...
• Re: Sierra Propylene Glycol Coolant?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 11 Sep 95 12:20:27 CDT
  ...Recommended coolant/anti-freeze: Autobahn ZVW-237-104 antifreeze & summer coolant Phosphate free formula for use in Volkswagen & Audi water cooled vehicles Ethylene Glycol...
• Re: Filling the coolant reservoir...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 26 Apr 2016 14:41:59 -0500
  Bring the coolant all the way up in the expansion tank, fill the overflow tank to the minimum line. If the water/coolant ratio...
• Coolant leak(again)
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Thu, 26 Mar 1998 08:05:40 -0500
  ...When I checked it the tank was wet on the outside, and there was coolant in the tank indent where the coolant level sensor...
• flashing coolant light wzup
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 13:57:52 -0700
  ...Light will cycle on unti coolant mixes. Try removing and refreshing coolant in the overflow tank. gary Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:53...
• Re: Coolant Problems - Texaco Extended Life Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Dana E Hager
  Sat, 21 Aug 1999 17:32:05 -0700
  I was just about to do a flush and fill with Texaco Extended Life Coolant. Is this stuff safe to use on our waterboxer...
• Re: How to find coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Tue, 4 Sep 2001 21:22:28 -0700
  Paul, The color in the coolant shows up, the leak that I had that was the hardest to find was under the air filter...
• Re: Which is the best coolant to use? Part I
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Sun, 3 Dec 2006 14:04:25 -0600
  i guess it's a good time to put all the coolant stuff back out on the list, and into the archives. here's...
• Coolant chemistry
  Historical mailing list - Roger Bowman
  Sun, 12 Sep 1999 20:27:48 -0700
  ...In the article, the author contrasts the "green" and the "orange" coolants. Bottom line: the 2 coolants, although they are 94% the same (ethylene...
• Re: Air in cooling system....or is this normal
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:33:48 -0600
  Did you not check the Coolant Reservoir level just to the left of the overflow tank? If the over flow tank is up, and...
• Re: was To buy or not to buy: 87 Westy NOW: Green Coolant?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Fri, 31 May 2002 08:52:18 -0700
  ...There coolant is NOT phosphate free! Only there "extended life" coolant is phosphate free, but I wouldn't use it. It is really very...
• Re: Mixing green and pink coolant
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:25:15 -0800
  ...If adding VW pink stuff, don't forget you need to pre mix the coolant with 50% water and 50% coolant. Never ever mix...
• Re: Mixing green and pink coolant
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 03:30:55 EST
  ...If adding VW pink stuff, don't forget you need to pre mix the coolant with 50% water and 50% coolant. Never ever mix...
• Re: How to find coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 5 Sep 2001 11:34:35 -0500
  ...How to find coolant leak > Orange? > > > tim > > > > That orange coolant is a pretty good leak detector all by itself!! Are > >you sure there's...
• 84 VVanagon GL: Coolant stays in Round Coolant Reservoir
  Historical mailing list - John Mendoza
  Tue, 12 Nov 1996 09:57:47 -0800
  ...Rather, the coolant stays in the main coolant reservoir (the more-spherical, less squarish-one on the corner of the engine compartment near the...
• bleeding a van - coolant
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 12 Oct 2001 11:15:52 -0700
  Van gurus, I bled the coolant in the course of another job on the van, thinking to kill two birds with, well, you know...
• Re: Help! Changing coolant of 91 Westy...
  Historical mailing list - james v
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:05:29 -0700
  ...Are you reving the engine as you're bleeding the radiator? This sucks the coolant out of the expansion tank. You should be filling...
• Wisdom for removing plastic coolant pipes and 2 mystery grounds???
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sat, 16 Sep 2017 21:44:39 -0600
  ...I got the Van Cafe silicone hoses, the Rocky Mountain Westy aluminum coolant tank, stainless steel coolant tower and stainless coolant pipes. Heater hoses...
• Re: Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:27:15 -0500
  Could you clarify a little? There are two coolant tanks. One is visible behind the license plate where you normally add coolant. The other...
• Re: bubbles in coolant
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 11:22:41 -0400
  This may sound goofy, but with Green coolant I have NO leaks, with the VW orange coolant, I get seepage at most joints and...
• Re: Mixing green and pink coolant
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 10:13:27 -0800
  They mix fine, but if the Prestone is supposed to be five year, 50,000 mile "new technology" coolant, it won't last any...
• Is John right about the temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 13:04:34 -0700
  ...In any case it can easily be tested by everyone by pulling the wires to the coolant sensor. My 87 clearly has the coolant...
• temp gauge-coolant level sensor questions
  Historical mailing list - Brian Jones
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 15:46:09 EST
  ...the van has no coolant in it right now, when i turn the key, the low coolant lite flashes like 3 times, and then...