Here in New York, the dealer will charge about 2 hours labor at
$80/hour. They will probably also messes it up. I've seen a dealer here
cook a Fox motor after a clutch job. They didn't know they had to fill
the engine block after it was drained. They destroyed the head. These
days, the dealers do not even want to touch the Vanagons.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of developtrust
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 1:40 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Replacing coolant

As a newcomer to this list I ache a question for those more experienced.
If
replacing coolant is such a problem why do people attempt to do it
themselves rather than go to a VW dealer where work is guaranteed and
they
have the proper tools. Does it really cost that much at the dealer?

William Polowniak
Vanagon site http://members.home.net/holisticdream/vanagon1989.htm