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• Re: Having one of those days..................
  Historical mailing list - ZUMBRENNEN JOSEPH CORY
  Wed, 6 Mar 1996 23:33:24 -0700 (MST)
  Um.....isn't GREEN antifreeze a no-no? Just wondering because I just spent all day yesterday trying rid my Westy of it...replaced...
• Re: What coolant is currently being used? Recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 8 Nov 2008 16:22:49 -0800
  At 11/8/2008 02:38 PM, Ken Wilford wrote: >Today all modern engines have aluminum components (heads, >block, or both) so all antifreeze...
• flashing coolant light
  Historical mailing list - SpaceKommander
  Mon, 9 Apr 2001 17:17:42 -0500
  Might be simple. Coolant light will flash when proper antifreeze/water level strays too far from norm . . . .
• PROTECT YOUR ENGINE!!!! Do not use tap water for your engine
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 17:08:18 -0500
  ...with your anti-freeze.......You need to use DISTILLED water and antifreeze........the factory stuff is preferred to prevent electrolysis in the motor.......you...
• Re: What's wrong with my 1.9 WBX engine?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 2 Jun 2010 09:06:33 -0500
  ...The new long life antifreezes from the regular antifreeze makers like Prestone and Zerex are cheaper than Dexcool, and they are formulated without phosphates...
• Re: Changing Antifreeze
  Historical mailing list - Carlen, Gregg
  Fri, 28 Sep 2001 10:04:37 -0400
  ...Changing Antifreeze I need to change my antifreeze and was wondering how critical it is to get all the old stuff out of the...
• Re: antifreeze from diesel engine block
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 25 May 2004 03:59:56 -0700
  ...While driving my 82 diesel vanagon, antifreeze started pouring out of the crankcase. The leak is coming from one of the three sealed ports...
• Re: extraordinarily bad engines
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Sun, 29 Mar 1998 18:09:57 -0500
  ...87 Westy-PO only took it to dealer, only autobahn antifreeze-new heads at 55K mi. in 1995. another 87 Westy- PO didn't...
• Rear heater and antifreeze odor
  Historical mailing list - Brian Walch
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 08:44:32 -0800
  ...When I turn it out it blows out a kind of sickly sweet odor that I think smells like antifreeze. It will kind of...
• Q Re: bleeding thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 14:42:24 -0400
  Hi volks, I replaced my oil cooler seal and some cooling hoses the other day so I had to top off my antifreeze level...
• Re: VW antifreeze ?
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Sun, 23 Dec 2001 21:24:17 -0500
  ...VW antifreeze ? Has anyone ever heard of or used Neo products?I found some interesting info on antifreeze by this company that may be...
• Re: About coolant
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:49:30 -0800
  I think the concern with electrolysis and VW coolant is mainly to use no phosphate antifreeze because that phosphate enhances the electrolysis between the...
• Re: Oops - I let the engine freeze
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 15:54:30 -0700
  ...From Wiki: "Antifreeze was developed to overcome the shortcomings of water as a heat transfer fluid. In most engines, freeze plugs are placed in...
• what to do?
  Historical mailing list - Jay & Kim Schmidt
  Mon, 29 Nov 1999 15:20:40 -0600
  ...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: pressure testing for internal head gasket leak..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 07:52:51 -0400
  Don, At the point that you can get antifreeze into the cylinder area, you have a fairly large leak. This needs to fixed ASAP...
• Re: Ethylene glycol can self-ignite at 782 degrees?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:21:25 -0400
  ...leak in a radiator or heater hose can spray antifreeze on > hot engine parts. Antifreeze contains ethylene glycol concentrate and > water. When the water...
• Re: Maple Syrup smell from rear heater
  Historical mailing list - - Lauren Pelzer
  Thu, 21 Dec 2000 18:11:33 EST
  ...I ignored it, until one night I was driving home in an antifreeze sauna...literally. The van was full of steam and everything was...
• 83 Watercooled Antifreeze
  Historical mailing list - Alan S Gondry
  Fri, 10 Oct 1997 17:49:11 EDT
  New Owner. What coolant does it take. Where do I get it if I live next to the boon docks?
• Antifreeze opinions from Dennis
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 6 Apr 2017 05:14:53 +0000
  ...After all Dex-Cool was the long life antifreeze darling at the time. My antifreeze education was about to begin. Fast forward to 2004...
• Re: Goofy Coolant Refresh Idea
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 00:11:09 -0600
  ...so that's also 1/29th of the 9 liters of pure antifreeze ... so we added what? 0.31 liters of antifreeze? so how...
• Re: Coolant??
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 27 Jun 1995 15:33:59 -0400
  Jim Arnott says: > >Does anyone know if any nationally distributed antifreeze >is phosphate free? I live in an area where I would have >to...
• Re: Anti-freeze & phosphates
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Aug 1996 07:02:05 -0400
  ...The teenage Goober behind the counter hasn't been much help. >> All of the "Long Lofe" antifreezes are phosphate and silicone free. Prestone, Zerex...
• Re: water pump R&R
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 9 Oct 2003 12:45:31 -0700
  Another reason to NOT use straight antifreeze, it will actually freeze in cold temperatures. The automobile and antifreeze manufacturers know what they are doing...
• Re: Where do you get your coolant?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 14 May 2014 10:07:02 -0400
  ...We have the blue stuff for $24 a gallon which is a lot for antifreeze but way cheap than what you are paying. Some...
• Re: water cooled head leaks???
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:02:59 -0500
  ...The owner says "Hummmmm", and adds antifreeze as needed.As the days pass, the wiff of antifreeeze gets more common as the van is...
• Re: good cooling article
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Fri, 1 Nov 2002 20:45:31 -0800
  ...jimt On Friday, Nov 1, 2002, at 13:24 US/Pacific, 80 Westy Pokey wrote: > What is antifreeze? > > Thanks, > Chris Gronski > 1980 Vanagon Westfalia...
• Re: 20 hours later and a new water pump and a few other things...
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 20 Sep 2004 08:21:44 EDT
  ...On the web page describing their product, one manufacturer mentions that the orange antifreeze is less erosive to seals and such because the particulate...
• Re: coolant smell
  Historical mailing list - Betsy Webb
  Tue, 14 Dec 1999 20:31:59 -0400
  ...Actually I just pulled the cover to find the source of the antifreeze smell from the rear heater. First discovery was the lack of...
• Re: Antifreeze opinions from Dennis
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 6 Apr 2017 23:41:23 +0000
  ...After all Dex-Cool was the long life antifreeze darling at the time. My antifreeze education was about to begin. Fast forward to 2004...
• Re: weak coolant - winter's approaching!
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 2 Dec 2009 22:43:04 -0500
  I'm not an expert but 20F is not really that cold when it comes to antifreeze. A 70/30 ratio of water to...
• Filler spouts for large-mouth bottles of oil, windshield washer and antifreeze jugs
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 09:28:46 -0800
  Go to your FLAPS or Wal-Mart and find the on/off spouts for antifreeze bottles that you twist to operate. Get three, one...
• Coolant, Bentley 18.6qt, I can only drain 10qts
  Historical mailing list - Vince P.
  Mon, 22 Feb 1999 10:32:00 -0800
  ...My dilemma is, when I go to replace the antifreeze do I assume there is half of the water trapped in the system. If...
• Fwd: 87 Vanagon- Antifreeze smell
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 24 Oct 1996 00:46:25 -0400
  ...The antifreeze level has slightly dropped over the last couple of months (approx 0.25 inch in the overflow tank). Has anybody else experienced...
• Re: Antifreeze ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Fred Younger
  Fri, 12 Feb 1999 09:56:59 -0600
  Robyn Rudisill wrote: > > I seem to be missing the boat on antifreeze. > > First why Ehtylene Glycol? Is it because of toxicity or the lack...
• Re: Antifreeze opinions from Dennis
  Historical mailing list - Roman Haag
  Thu, 6 Apr 2017 08:19:08 -0400
  ...After all Dex-Cool was the long life antifreeze darling at the time. My antifreeze education was about to begin. > > Fast forward to 2004...
• Re: Where do you get your coolant?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 17 May 2014 08:34:24 -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...
• cleaning carpet in-situ
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 May 1997 11:44:07 -0500
  Greetings and happy friday! Does anyone have experience cleaning antifreeze out of carpet/soundproofing without removing the carpet? My under-the-seat heater core...
• Re: it will actually freeze
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 10 Oct 2003 06:59:16 -0700
  ...Interesting problem, gary --- David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us> wrote: > On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, gary hradek wrote: > > > All other things including antifreeze shrink when...
• hose clamp question, Prestone water
  Historical mailing list - Bill Urban
  Sun, 28 Feb 1999 22:30:18 -0600
  Hello all, I'm planning on changing my antifreeze next weekend and had a question about the method described in the Bentley manual. It...
• Re: Sierra Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Steve Frisbee
  Sun, 9 Jun 2002 16:42:39 -0700
  ...Very low toxicity is the hallmark of PG antifreeze. Two ounces of EG antifreeze can kill a dog, one teaspoon can be lethal to...
• Re: Re; Da Pink Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 09:13:26 -0800
  ...Re; Da Pink Stuff > I have noticed that no one has mentioned Sierra antifreeze, which is > phosphate free, and ozone friendly. > I use this...
• Re: it will actually freeze
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Fri, 10 Oct 2003 09:41:07 EDT
  ...If straight antifreeze worked well, (not even best, just well), they would tell you to use it straight and would be selling you twice...
• Re: Antifreeze WAS: stainless steel coolant pipes
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sat, 8 May 2010 05:59:04 -0700
  I use the water from my dehumidifier. maniacal laughter here as topic now morphs into long discussion about distilled water.....
• Re: Rear heater leak - coolant soaked carpet/pad
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Sun, 3 Jun 2012 15:00:25 -0500
  ...Is there any way to get all that antifreeze out of the carpet > and the pad underneath? Squeeze the pad and antifreeze runs out...
• Re: Simple Anti Freeze ?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Crooks
  Tue, 2 Jul 2002 23:16:58 -0400
  ...The following is plagiarized from the Prestone website: "Dispose of the used antifreeze/coolant according to local laws and regulations. Be sure to label...
• Re: good cooling article
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 1 Nov 2002 22:57:44 EST
  In a message dated 11/1/02 1:27:37 PM Pacific Standard Time, pokey@VANAGON.ORG writes: << What is antifreeze? >> Long underwear? BenT
• Re: cooling fluid capacity of 84 vanagon w/ 1.9?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:52:05 -0400
  ...To get a 50/50 mix, you need 2.5 gallons of antifreeze.My vanagon uses Sierra brand(pep boys $6.99/gallon). The...
• Re: Antifreeze opinions from Dennis
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 6 Apr 2017 09:55:35 -0400
  ...After all Dex-Cool was the long > life antifreeze darling at the time. My antifreeze education was about to > begin. > > Fast forward to 2004...
• About coolant
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:06:00 -0800
  ...The point is when I asked him why he hadn't been running a 50/50 blend of water and antifreeze all year 'round...
• Re: Anti-Freeze opinions
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Sun, 2 Apr 2017 19:26:01 -0400
  How do you volks feel about vr12 coolant additive? It replenishes the additives in the antifreeze and maintaines the pH of the coolant if...
• Bars leak, I was reading
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:09:46 -0800
  ...By the istructions, I would have to empty the antifreeze coolant and flush the whole system, including the heater cores and only then use...
• Re: What coolants are ok?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Wed, 16 Jul 1997 08:57:30 -0500 (EDT)
  I saw "Sierra" antifreeze at the local auto parts store the other day. It is clearly marked "phosphate-free". Paul Henderson '84 Vanagon (138K)
• '90 Vanagon: Hose leaking antifreeze
  Historical mailing list - Don Oldenburg
  Sat, 26 May 2001 11:32:29 EDT
  Hi Everyone-- My '90 Vanagon blasted out a load of antifreeze the other day soon as I parked it after driving it a while...
• Re: ANTIFREEZE - NEED ADVICE! !!! HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:46:04 -0700
  ...On 4/21/2013 11:39 AM, PB wrote: > Need to know if there is any antifreeze I can use that is readily available...
• Re: Winterize Water Tank & Sink??
  Historical mailing list - Normand Gagnon & Sylvie Brunet
  Sun, 21 Sep 1997 13:09:24 -0400
  ...For wath I know, here in Quebec the people with Eurovan Westys have to use water line antifreeze, so I planned to use anti...
• vanagon antifreeze
  Historical mailing list - Michael Meuser
  Thu, 9 Jul 1998 00:34:07 +0000
  Hi - Wondering if anyone has any thoughts or experience with Prestone's phosphate free anti-freeze as a low-cost alternative to VW autobohn...
• NO-ROSION COOLING SYSTEM CORROSION INHIBITOR
  Historical mailing list - Vince P.
  Fri, 12 May 2000 12:43:24 -0700
  ...If you use antifreeze, over time the glycol slowly breaks down to form weak acids that lower the pH of the coolant, and cause...
• Re: antifreeze and stop leak
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 28 Sep 2001 15:16:33 -0400
  ...VANAGON.COM cc: (bcc: Jay L Snyder/AE/DuPont) Subject: Re: antifreeze and stop leak Green stuff is a no-no. Use either VW...
• (Fwd) Temperature Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Bobby "Butch" Stokes
  Wed, 20 Dec 1995 08:49:08 CDT
  ...I called the mechanic and he said that I had misunderstood him and that I had to dilute the antifreeze in the system - that...
• Re: drips of antifreeze off head
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:24:21 -0700
  Ditto what Ken recommended. Aluma Seal or Bars. I've used both. Follow the instructions and proceed down the road with confidence. Great results...