----- Original Message -----
From: "Blake Heinlein" <blakeheinlein@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 2:01 PM
Subject: Help! - Coolant spilling on long drives

When I pulled off the freeway right by my house, and slowed the van down,
the light
> started flashing and the needle pegged.  I pulled over and the expansion
> tank was low on water.  The reserve tank was full and the water had all
> dumped out somewere on my trip.
>
> So I release the air in the expansion tank and then topped off the empty.
> I'm bleeding the system right now.
>
> To me all this sounds like air is getting into the system some how.

-sigh- welcome to the club. I'm in the process of removing my heads for the
same reason.

> Any advice or experiences would be appreciated.  Do you guys think that
this
> is a head leak problem?  If so what are the best fixes?  If not what else
> could it be? :)

Have a radiator repair shop test for combustion gases in the coolant, you'll
know instantly if that's the problem. And if that's it, you'll have to
remove the heads end reseal them.

Hector