Hi BJ, when you write that the "temp gauge rarely passes over that led
in the center, even when really hot," are you talking about driving on the
flats, or climbing mountains?

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

On 10/6/2007 5:21 PM BJ Feddish wrote:

> I feel like I'm at an AA meeting but I will confess I still have the green
> stuff in my van that was put there in 1996. I am a 100% believer that the
> problem with the Vanagons is air in the system. To make an extremely long
> story short that's what killed my ol' '84 GL in '95.  I bled every ounce of
> air out of my 83 back in '96 and that temp gauge rarely passes over that led
> in the center, even when really hot. OK, sure, I could have catastrophic
> failure soon but I got more years out of that motor than many people that
> bought these vans new.  Why haven't I changed the fluid? It's one of those
> "if it ain't broke don't fix it things".  Sure, I'm ruffling a few feathers
> with that but I've gotten many good years out of my van.  I'm convinced 1%
> of the mechanics out there, and that includes VW dealers, know how to bleed
> the air out.  VW could have saved themselves allot of new heads and rebuilds
> if they only taught their shops how to bleed a Vanagon. It takes hours, not
> many people want to do that.
>
> Fire away.
>
> Bryan
>