Not true of all VW dealers everywhere fortunately. Like everything else you
have to shop around. I found two dealers in the San Diego area (Herman Cook
VW in Encinitas and City Chevy/VW in San Diego) who were excellent with
Vanagons. Both literally saved me thousands in money and more in grief. Just
do your due diligence and buyer beware. Ask questions of those who will work
on your baby.

William P.

> 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
>
>