William, there are a lot of people on this list (including me) that do all
of the work on their busses themselves. There are also a lot of people
on this list that do NO work on their busses themselves. As for coolant-
it is faily straight forward and easy to do, given you have tools, a slope
and patience. It may not cost a lot at a dealer, but i bet it's about
200$... money i'd rather spend on beer or tires. I dream about having the
$$$ to NOT have to work on my own cars :-)

cheers
matthew

Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
University of Idaho
www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356

On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, developtrust wrote:

> 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
>