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Subject:Re: Cooling System Flush
From:AATransaxle
Date:Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:34:51 -0700

Changed a few radiators in my time and always am amazed ant how heavy they
are with all the crap deposited in them for years...I mean 10 lbs of crud it
seems... even with no coolant at all in them...Daryl of AA Trans

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth Lewis" <kdlewis@NORTHSTATE.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: Cooling System Flush

> Jarrett,
> On the two occasions I flushed our Vanagon's coolant systems; both
> resulted
> in degraded results. Both our 85 and 86 ran hotter afterwards. I theorize
> that all the crud settled out in radiator.
> Just two data points.
> Ken Lewis
> http://neksiwel.20m.com/
>