I had one customer call me furious that his brand new rebuilt engine was
leaking coolant.  I asked him where the coolant was coming from and he told
me the exhaust system.  It was dripping from where the exhaust doughnut
connects the J-pipe to the cast iron Y piece.  I asked him if the van had
been sitting for any length of time.  He said yes.  It was just pure water
coming out of the exhaust system because of condensation.  It sure threw him
for a loop.  He had the van towed here and had me look at it before he would
believe me though.  I hope yours is a false alarm too.

Thanks,
Ken Wilford
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Vanderzanden Michael (BetP/ESE1)
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 1:35 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Coolant pouring from tail pipe - 1987 2.1

I purchased this 1987 camper in Fall of 2005 and only drove it about 200
miles. It ran "fine" at that time. Parked it last November (2005) and it sat
until November 2006 at which time I decided to start it up. Prior to doing
so, I drained the gasoline from the tank, put in fresh fuel and purgedthe
fuel lines. Once I put in a new battery, it started right up however it
immediately began pushing coolant out the exhaust pipe. Probably not a good
sign..... I will drop the motor and overhaul the top ends and hope to not
have to split the cases. Anyway, my question at this time is is there a
logical reason why this would happen after the car sat idle for year or is
this just a coincidence and I was just lucky on its last drive (one year
previous)?

Thanks for any comments related to my situation.

Also, by way of introduction, I have owned my 1984 GL since 1990. Have put
alot of work into it over the years and it is my daily driver to this day. 

Mike V.
Lehigh Valley, PA
'87 Westfalia
'84 GL