Hi Andrew,

My experience with this only occurs 6 PM Saturday evening in Saginaw MI as I
load the family to drive back to Cheyenne WY.

It is a fairly easy fix.  There is a small 90 deg reducing hose on the
cooler easy fix moderate to get to (I believe the part number is 025121058G
cost: about 5 bucks).  Having changed mine a few time it is easiest to
remove the oil cooler by unscrewing the threaded pipe that holds in the oil
filter.  The whole thing comes right out.  There is a newer O-ring since the
van was manufactured that goes between the cooler and the engine block.
This is more of an annoying leak than anything else.  The whole thing will
cost you about $10 max until you buy the antifreeze.

My first experience took 3 hrs (I was on the road at 9 PM) and I had to
build the hose out of good 'ol Michigan built car part hoses and it lasted 2
years.

Jere
90 GL
88 GL

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Dunn" <AndrewD158@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 8:23 AM
Subject: Leaky Oil cooler 89 GL

> Hey there folks, I have a 89 GL 2.1, and I am suffering a steady leak from
> under the oil cooler.  Its either the o ring seal or the seam on the oil
> cooler itself. I just can't tell.  Has anyone had experience with this?
there
> is no oil contamination in the antifreeze, so I don't think is faulty,
Sould
> I go ahead an replace the whole unit anyway, or is that just a waste of
bucks.
> Yours
> Andrew Dunn
> 89 GL
>