I recently posted a question regarding taking care of a head gasket problem
on my 90 van.  One of the responses to my questions asked about all the hoses
etc being checked before I was sure what the problem was - I trusted a
mechanic who is not specifically a vw mech and he said all was well with the
exception of the head gasket problem.  Today driving around the block, I
threw a belt and a hose toward the back blew off - actually the connection
was obviously cracked and just completely broke off - hose is actually fine.
Could this be the culprit - or is it an unrelated problem.  The connection
carries coolant and rests at the back of the engine compartment to the left.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated - I have to have the van towed back to
the same mechanic and want to be able to get the right work done.
Thanks so much:)
melissa
BTW to those of you writing about my husband - he seems to be comoing around
- perhaps the long illness of "rollergirl" (the van) is working on him...