Jeremy you should praize the gods that the coolant
leak is up front and not back where your engine is. I
dont know much about cooling systems but it also
sounds to me like you have bad radiator. I just bought
a  VW of South Africa radiator from Bus Depot it was
ALOT CHEAPER than OEM and they say they work just as
well.

But the Feed line(to the radiator) should be hot while
the return lines are cool.....this means rad. is good
no?

Phil

--- Jeremy Speer <jspeer@POBOX.COM> wrote:
> Listees,
>
> I just came home from cooking the first dinner down
> at lake Calhoun in the
> van... and i discovered a coolant leak up front. The
> leak seems to be coming
> from just above where the hoses enter the radiator.
>
> The hoses seem fine... not brittle at all, very
> pliable. The
> drip...drip...drip is coming more from the bottom of
> the passenger side
> radiator mount than anywhere else.
>
> Also, the incoming hot coolant hose is quite hot,
> but the return hose is
> still ice cold.
>
> I'm thinking it's time for a new radiator.
>
> Please p-mail with opinions... i'm on digest at the
> moment and i'm a bit
> freaked by this sudden discovery.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> -jspeer
>
> '89 Westy, "Mystery Machine"

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