What the mechanic was saying didn't sound right to me either, but he
doesn't have the experience of hundreds of other vanagon owners to counter
his theories.

Another mechanic told me the other day that you don't have to ever change
the coolant ever in a vanagon.  I ask him why, and he said that because
they're always leaking a bit thereby necessitating the addition of new
coolant, it's as if fresh coolant would always be in the system.  He was
quite serious about this.

On the same day, another mechanic insisted that that it's pointless to
completely drain and refill the vanagon cooling system unless you're going
to truly flush the system with water.  He said that leftover acid will
remain in the system otherwise.

Both of these guys sounded confident in their words, so what is one to do
without the vanagon list (not to say that there aren't differences of
opinion here, but usually something close to the truth can be distilled)?

David

On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, kenneth d lewis wrote:

> David;
>       From what I have read; the vanagon system is up to cooling a V8.
> When the radiator is in good, efficient condition that is.
>
> Drive Safely & Good Luck
> Ken Lewis    <Kernersville,NC>
> 86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 08:39:31 -0700 "MOST,DAVID" <most@ucla.edu> writes:
> >REgarding putting a 2.1 into an 83.5-85 vanagon, a mechanic I spoke to
> >yesterday suggested that this was not a great idea because the cooling
> >system in these earlier models is not as efficient. .....
>
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