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Subject:Re: got to fix the cooling system again.
From:Daniel L. Katz
Date:Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:53:59 -0400

jerry:

type of leak not indicated, but orange stuff does have a great seeking
ability.

dan

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:45:55 -0400, Bike Florida
<bikeflorida@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:

>Funny how my van lets me know when I have done something wrong, I had a
>cracked coolant expansion tank last month, bought a new one and filled the
>system with prestone orange and tap water. I knew all along that I
shouldn't
>put tap water in my bus, and I was itching to remove it. But I figured I
>would wait 6 months and change it out then. Well, the little bitty hose
>going to the oil cooler sprung a leak, and I see there is no way to change
>it without draing half my coolant, so I went the the VW dealer and paid
$17
>for a jug of the blue stuff, I will put it in with distilled water after I
>change the hose. Only problem is, I want to flush the system. Do I just
>stick a garden hose in one of the hoses and flush it through?
>
>Jerry

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