I'll stick my chin out aways and say I'm pretty sure all water cooled VW's
use the same coolant cap and I believe my local mechanic will back me up on
that.

Dimwitted Moose and Flying Squirrel
-----Original Message-----
From: Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: Eurospec conversion

>Mmm, well Ken I agree that the whole cooling system should be examined
>closely after a swap, for no other reason than it is probably old.
>I don't believe that there is faster coolant flow in a gas inline 4. I
guess
>you could examine the various water pumps and pulley speeds to
>prove/disprove this.
>
>If the pressure is increased by the action of the pump (mmm, skeptical!)
>then does an inline 4/5 have a different pressure cap on the expansion
tank?
>
>
>Alistair
>
>
>
>on 11/1/00 4:38 am, KENWILFY@aol.com at KENWILFY@aol.com wrote:
>
>> I don't understand fully why a inline-4 or 5 cylinder gas engine has a
higher
>> coolant pressure on the system but it does.  My friend tried to explain
that
>> it isn't a higher pressure problem but a higher flow problem and that
upon
>> decelleration this actually causes the pressure to go up (brain hurting,
not
>> really grasping concept).  Perhaps an engineer type could explain this
better.
>>
>> However in real world tests (brain feeling better) we have found very
>> consistantly that installing a inline-4 or 5 cylinder engine causes the
front
>> heater valve to leak if it has any age on it at all, and also can cause
the
>> radiator to die if it is at all weak.
>> We usually recommend replacing the valve (cheap), and explain the
possbility
>> of the radiator problem and let the customer decide what they want to do
>> (expensive but a good idea).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ken Wilford
>> http://www.vanagain.com
>> John 3:16
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