Thanks everyone for the responses. Certainly prompted my brain to
recall some stuff and gave me some ideas. Like maybe I'll have to get
new cooling parts anyways for my conversion anyways!

I'm looking forward to closely inspecting the hard lines from rad
hoses to rear. With any luck I can at least use them for templates,
but they appear to have pretty minimal surface rust. (he say's with an
optimistic tone..... ;^)

Thanks again,

Neil.

On 11/21/07, dylan friedman <insyncro@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have opened up engines that have had a stop leak added to the coolant.
> It seemed to hang out where you would like it too.
> Kinda looked and felt like Jello.
> I have seen a dark purple and an orange, yummie.
>
> dylan
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 5:34:01 PM
> Subject: Re: Coolant sludge? (link to pics)
>
>
> Could also be "Stop-Leak" residue.............
>
> Mike B.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allan Streib" <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 5:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Coolant sludge? (link to pics)
>
>
> > "neil N" <musomuso@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >> Blue/green coolant mix came out.
> >
> > I don't think you're supposed to mix anything different, especially
> > "the green stuff" with the OEM blue coolant.  That might well explain
> > the sludge.
> >
> > Allan
> >
>

--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia -
"Jaco"  (Bustorius) http://web.mac.com/tubaneil

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