Daryl,

Just pulled mine today, and you're right, it weighs about 3x the new Jetta rad I have here,
which is similar in surface area. I noticed the water from inside was clean, so the crud must
be well stuck. But spraying the fins let loose an amazing amount of crud, so that could have
been part of my problem. I may never know, since I have a new one coming anyway... I'll put
them on the scale and compare, just for fun...

On 27 Aug 2006 at 10:34, AATransaxle <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM> wrote:

> 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/
> >

Shawn Wright
http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels
'88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed
'85 Jetta Diesel 1.6NA