What is coolant? ;-)

Thanks,
Chris
AIR-COOLED Westy

Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@HEWITT.COM>@gerry.vanagon.com> on
08/27/2002
03:36:55 PM

Please respond to Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@HEWITT.COM>
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To:    vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
cc:
Subject:    Re: FLUIDS for VANAGONS

A lot of listees swear by Redline MT90 for manual tranny
fluid (including me and, more importantly, Darryl of AA
transaxle). I thin you may have started the dreaded collant
thread again though.....  ;-)

Cheers,
Doug

>
>Hello all! Just wanted to clarify the fluids issues. I have
been
>scrounging
>through the recent archives because I had remembered that
there was some
>talk about oil and filter recommendations in the last week
or so. After an
>hour or so, I was finally able to extrapolate the need info.
I can't
>imagine what it would be like to search through months and
years of
>archives for this info. A lot of the time info it hidden
inside some
>obscure thread with an unrelated topic. Anyway, I was
wondering if one of
>our illustrious Vanagon guru List members could provide us a
simple list
>(not looking for debates on the subject, though hardly
avoidable) of the
>best fluids for a Vanagon (WBX) with 100K+ or 200K+ miles on
it. (mine has
>206K) Please fill in the blanks.
>
>ENGINE OIL: 20-50w (Brand?)
>
>OIL FILTER: Mann or Mahle (Bosch?)
>
>COOLANT: Halvolene Dex-Cool (phosphate-free, ethylene glycol
based,
>Orange), Blue Stuff? (what is it? who makes it?)
>
>MAN TRANS OIL: ??
>(for syncro, if different)
>
>AUTO TRANS FLUID: ??
>
>BRAKE FLUID: ??
>
>POWER STEERING FLUID: ??
>
>Anything else I'm missing? Anything to specifically avoid?
>
>This way, it will save me (and others) hours upon hours and
this thread
>might be more easily found at a later date.
>
>Many thanks!!
>
>-Steven Dodson
>Kneeland, CA
>"Inga" the 87 Syncro