Scott, I had been fighting the same problem on my '84 until last July, when
I decided to fix it right.  I bought a rebuilt 1.9L from Boston Bob, all the
trimmings from Ken Wilford, and four gallons of Autobahn coolant from my
local VW dealer.  Did the entire job myself in my driveway as I couldn't
find any shop in Middle GA that would touch a water-cooled vanagon.  By the
way, I am no mechanic.  I hadn't even done my own tune-ups before.  In any
case, all the coolant system problems of the past have gone away.

John Lauterbach
Macon, GA
'84 7-passenger

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott W." <smorewhisky@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 10:41 AM
Subject: oil in coolant-cracked head?

> So I have found that I have grease in my coolant,
> inside of the overflow tank cap is coated with it, and
> if I drive it more than 20 miles, I will have coolant
> coming out the top of the overflow tank. So I am
> wondering what the collective wisdom of the list
> thinks would cause this to happen, cracked head, or
> other problem? It is obvious to me that combustion gas
> is getting into the cooling system, I am just
> wondering how. Thanks for any advice you may have.
>  Scott w.
> 85 van 1.9L
>
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