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Subject:Re: 89 Westy / $ of head gaskets
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Thu, 25 Mar 2004 18:41:09 -0500

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, MICHAEL POPE wrote:

> She NEVER overheats- I go on 2-3 hour drives
> all the time / she just overflows now and then- not even every time I
> drive it on the freeway. About once a week she will spit a little
> coolant out of the overflow tank / then the expan tank is low so I drain
> the tank behind the plate down to min mark and refill and bleed tank in
> engine.

Have you tried replacing the expansion tank cap?  Maybe it's bad.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon