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• Re: '90 Vanagon: Hose leaking antifreeze
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 17:33:42 -0700
  ...Hose leaking antifreeze Even the higher quality epxies won't handle 200 degrees for long periods of time. Get specifics from the manufacturer of...
• Coolant??
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 27 Jun 1995 09:57:58 -0700
  Does anyone know if any nationally distributed antifreeze is phosphate free? I live in an area where I would have to drive 250 miles...
• Re: Coolant recommendations
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Wed, 3 Oct 2007 08:32:01 -0300
  ...Still in all, that's what I have done over the years and the antifreeze for the most part seems to have endured unchanged...
• Re: Winterize Westy? - another random thought!
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Mon, 5 Oct 1998 08:34:40 -0700
  ...Bill 90 syncro westy>>> Bill, Where do you live? Have you ever changed a cracked, water spewing pump or faucet? Yes, RV antifreeze is...
• Re: Availability of VW Blue Coolant (one for Vanagons)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 Nov 2011 19:51:06 -0500
  Some good stuff why Diesels need special antifreezes. Most notable is that the Waterboxer being a sleeve engine can also benefit from the Diesel...
• Re: VW antifreeze ?
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sun, 23 Dec 2001 09:06:08 -0800
  ...At 08:47 AM 12/23/2001 -0800, you wrote: > >VW/Audi warns to use antifreeze containing ethylene glycol. This is on the >ring...
• Re: removing rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:12:44 -0400
  ...Now that I have the core uncovered, I see no evidence of leaking but the antifreeze smell was unmistakable last time I ran the...
• Radiator Remove/Replace
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 07:13:26 -0700
  ...Also, where does one buy the "special" antifreeze?
• Re: VW antifreeze ?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:09:07 -0800
  ...the VW part number for the correct Autobahn <DIV></DIV>&gt;antifreeze to use. My local VW dealer said to use Prestone. <DIV></DIV...
• Re: Need grey front carpet and padding for '91 Syncro Westy.(f)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:52:32 EST
  ...Being underground we have no needs for Zone antifreeze, ours cant > freeze. > It sounds like your system needs some upGRADING. Are you still using...
• gasline antifreeze...
  Historical mailing list - Pierre A Lachance
  Sun, 30 Jan 2000 13:40:27 -0500
  I haven't followed all of these comments on gasline antifreeze, but I can add that a few years back, we had two diesel...
• Re: Stainless Coolant Pipes Endanger Engines
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:02:20 -0500
  ...You should change > your antifreeze every 2 years. Tom, does this include the new "long life" coolants? Of course, this does not apply to...
• Re: Smelly
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Williamson
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 12:48:26 +0000
  TonyD When warm/hot, ethylene glycol (antifreeze, coolant) smells sweet. There is probably a leak around your rear heater (fairly common) and may be...
• Re: '85 Vanagon Sunroofy 1.9L - Coolant BLeeding/Thermostat/FanSwitch
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 13:45:28 -0500
  ...40 baby! I hope the 60 is water and the 40 is antifreeze. Ethylene glycol does not cool as well as water. Larry A.
• Re: More questions pertaining to my 88 model Bluestar project
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 11 Dec 2013 07:33:42 -0500
  ...So can the undiluted antifreeze. Yes, antifreeze > > needs to mix water for at least a 70-30 mix or it can become a slushy...
• Re: Carpet and Flooring Repair - 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 22 Mar 2014 08:44:52 -0500
  ...They did a good job of removing the antifreeze. Cost $100 bucks. Jim On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 8:29 AM, JRodgers <jrodgers113...
• RE: Engine Coolant Corrosion Inhibitor?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 11 Apr 97 01:06:13 UT
  ...In addition to this, oxygen is absorbed into the antifreeze/water mixture which will rust steel parts and corrode aluminum. Corrosion Inhibitor shifts the...
• Re: it will actually freeze
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Fri, 10 Oct 2003 08:32:37 -0600
  You are correct, freezing antifreeze will not hurt your engine. Until you start it. Then your water pump can't turn, possibly breaking the...
• Re: Antifreeze smell when you turn on Heater?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 2 May 2008 06:40:55 EDT
  ...I'm having the same issue (antifreeze smell) in my 1991 GL. I'm also experiencing the dreaded "flashing red coolant light" because Air...
• Re: Fuel Line Freezing
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:21:42 -0500
  if you have put heet (aka gasline antifreeze) into the tank when filling up not sure if water is your problem have you changed...
• Preventing (or delaying) head leaks
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Sat, 08 Mar 1997 21:54:47 -0500
  ...on the wasserboxers? I have read conflicting things about the VW antifreeze, and about the problems caused by phosphate. I'm inclined to go...
• Re: Phosphate-free antifreeze
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Fri, 19 Dec 1997 16:45:18 EST
  I always buy the Wal-mart brand, something 2000. It is phosphate free. I think the big problem is not using distilled water when...
• Re: COOLANT PROCEDURE AND AMOUNTS
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 17 Jan 2004 17:49:44 -0800
  ...cold, or not, it >gets. > >50/50 will give you good antifreezeing and engine cooling. I premix using distilled water, I'm never sure...
• distilled water & wbx reliabilty
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sun, 17 Feb 2002 09:48:37 -0800
  I was wondering about distilled water with antifreeze. I'm sure my VW dealer did not and I did not when I added some...
• Re: What's a Joker?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 15 Jul 2005 17:15:14 -0400
  ...I put an antifreeze tester($2) into the overflow tank and draw out a sample. What , no antifreeze in the overflow tank!!!??? I then...
• Re: Some potentially stupid questions
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Thu, 4 Nov 2010 09:29:19 -0700
  ...If there was antifreeze in your engine, then no, there's no tin or foam seal. The tin and seal are part of a...
• Antifreeze smell with heat
  Historical mailing list - Ervolina, Thomas R. (Tom)
  Thu, 19 Jan 95 14:35:04 EST
  I looked at an '87 Vanagon last night (I'm still a wannabus) and smelled that sweet smell when I turned the heat on...
• Re: Engine Coolant Corrosion Inhibitor?
  Historical mailing list - Lee Tucker
  Thu, 10 Apr 97 08:47:01 -0400
  >Any comments? I have heard that the wrong PH (due to old antifreeze) will cause many problems besides just the radiator etc. I would...
• when to change antifreeze?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 2 Nov 2000 20:28:18 -0600
  just for info: one source of those test strips (litmus papers) is from Prestone. $2.99 at local auto parts stores. or check at...
• Re: recorded long term success of JB Weld
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:48:01 -0500
  ...Evidently JBWeld turns into a soft, spongy mass after being exposed to hot antifreeze. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
• Re: Redline Water Wetter
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 7 Jul 2013 11:01:35 -0700
  ...Yes, plain water does cool better than antifreeze mix. I am no chemist but I've been told that the Water Wetter works by...
• Re: Coolant question
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 3 Jul 2014 17:05:48 -0700
  ...Can't hurt, I guess...but at the track you aren't running glycol antifreeze/coolant...usually just water is required...so water wetter...
• Re: New Way to Bleed Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Tue, 15 Apr 1997 20:47:58 -0400
  ...When it came time to fill the system with antifreeze again, I poured as much as I could into the expansion bottle, then used...
• Re: Rear heater and antifreeze odor
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 13:57:35 -0300
  ...When I turn it out it blows out a kind of sickly > sweet odor that I think smells like antifreeze. It will kind of...
• Re: '90 Vanagon: Hose leaking antifreeze
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 04:15:16 -0500
  ...Hose leaking antifreeze I'm trying to understand what you're saying. Did you cut the hose and then stick the ink pen piece...
• Re: Winterizing the water system
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:58:22 -0700
  ...On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 4:59 PM, Richard Golen <rgolen@hotmail.com> wrote: > I also use RV antifreeze. I run it through...
• Re: Filler spouts for large-mouth bottles of oil, windshield washer and antifreeze jugs
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 12:50:57 -0600
  ...Get three, one for your antifreeze pre-mix jug, one >for your windshield washer fluid jug and one for your large mouth oil bottles...
• Re: coolant system flush ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Hotch
  Thu, 20 Feb 1997 18:56:48 -0500
  David Bayer wrote: > > Hello- > I want to flush my coolant system as the PO used regular antifreeze > which I believe has been in there...
• T/S blown head gasket
  Historical mailing list - t obrien
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 02:01:33 GMT
  ...151,151,155,155 No oil in the anitfreeze that I can see, no antifreeze in the oil. Temp goes up to midrange on...
• Re: Burning antifreeze 1987 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 30 Jan 2003 22:33:28 EST
  In a message dated 1/30/03 6:08:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, Jeanon@AOL.COM writes: << I can smell burning antifreeze outside...
• Re: Things to put under the driver's seat
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 10:37:55 -0700
  ...Anyway, why on earth would one have three bottles of > antifreeze beneath > his driver's seat instead of on a shelf in the garage...
• Re: Whiff of polyglycol
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Feb 1997 14:18:45 -0400 (AST)
  >on it is sending me a whiff of polyglycol (antifreeze smell) when I turn >left? Heads were done by dealer two years ago at...
• vanaholics anonymous?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 14:26:59 EDT
  ...Thank goodness for this List! Pat, Toto & the Tugboat ('90 Syncro Westy) may long-life antifreeze bring LONG LIFE
• Re: Re; Tristar Prices?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 09:06:40 -0500
  ...A repainted oddity could sell for half $14,250. -Larry (D, the only alcohol in my tank is Gas Line Antifreeze)
• Re: WBX bashing
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:10:05 EDT
  ...I swapped it for the Tiico, and it never leaked any antifreeze. Ever. Nor did it drip oil -- not a drop. I did the...
• Re: '90 Westy 2.1L Coolant System Concerns
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 14 Mar 2001 08:42:55 -0800
  ...It works fine as a coolant/antifreeze mixed this way, but will provide no extra life, you must drain and flush all old stuff...
• Leaking antifreeze
  Historical mailing list - Marie Whitehead
  Fri, 21 Sep 2001 05:45:48 -0400
  I have an 86 vanagon and it has started leaking antifreeze. My mechanic says that the right head is corroded and needs to be...
• Re: Things to put under the driver's seat
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 11:33:36 -0600
  ...Anyway, why on earth would one have three bottles of > antifreeze beneath > his driver's seat instead of on a shelf in the garage...
• Head Gasket Leaks
  Historical mailing list - Nick Young
  Tue, 9 Sep 2003 07:31:50 -0700
  ...I fixed this but NOW I realized that the antifreeze coming from the engine was out of the passenger side head gasket. There is...
• Re: Blood is thicker than Anti-freeze (or water)
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Wed, 12 Oct 94 14:42:50 CDT
  ...Besides, blood is thicker than antifreeze, and air. well said, young man. :) but you're supposed to let go of the wrench BEFORE it...
• Re: Phosphate-free anti freeze
  Historical mailing list - STEVEN G WACKER
  Sun, 5 Oct 1997 11:31:14 -0700
  Budd, there are at least three brands other than Autobahn, that sell phosphate free antifreeze. Prestone, Havoline and one I can't remember (off...
• Re: Double T Trouble
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 13 Oct 2001 11:43:34 EDT
  ...Answer is corrosion inhibitors in fresh antifreeze. Frank Grunthaner
• Mixing anti freeze
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 10:07:25 -0800
  ...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: More questions pertaining to my 88 model Bluestar project
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Wed, 11 Dec 2013 08:38:05 -0800
  ...So can the undiluted antifreeze. Yes, > antifreeze > > > needs to mix water for at least a 70-30 mix or it can become a slushy...
• Re: Winterizing the water system
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 14 Oct 2016 16:55:25 -0700
  RV antifreeze is probably cheaper than vodka, but don't drink the leftovers. Any parts store will have it. If you have the OEM...
• Re: G12 Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Jason Brand
  Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:50:41 -0400
  G12 is VW OEM antifreeze, the successor to G11 which was used from the beginning of time to 1997. I don't use non...
• Re: Bluestar project progress
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 1 May 2013 05:51:55 -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: Why no reverse lights? Why is coolant light flashing? 85
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 14:18:09 -0500
  > > Ryan, > > If you added straight water (or straight antifreeze), the concentration of > antifreeze may be off enough to cause the light to blink non...
• Antifreeze
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Fri, 6 Oct 1995 12:01:25 -0500 (CDT)
  So, with all that propaganda, do you come to any conclusions? It sounds very non-definitive. In fact, it implies that there's at...
• VW Camper Cooling problems
  Historical mailing list - Richard Fischer
  Sat, 9 Nov 1996 10:25:53 -0500
  ...The end of the tubing was placed beneath a 2 L pop bottle half full of 50:50 antifreeze/water. I went through the...