

| Subject: | Re: Is this coolant pipe position correct? (Pic included) |
| From: | azsun99 |
| Date: | Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:00:40 -0700 |
Neil, I haven't been following your project/progress too closely, so I don't know what tranny you are installing, but here is my 2 cents. On my '90 Westy with MT, when I was changing the coolant two years ago, I also installed the GoWesty pipe insert kit. Everything seemed to line up and lay correctly, but when I was done and drove it, there was some resistance to the transmission going into 4th gear. I discovered that the linkage at the rear was coming over and hitting the side of the hose on the inboard pipe. I smeared some silicone grease on the hose as a temp fix, but finally got under again and loosened all the clamps and hangers and twisted the pipe so the slight bend in the rear was away from the center line. Took all of the strength I could muster (not much :)) to twist it with the hoses still attached, but it worked. Now shifts smoothly into 4th. Just something to be aware of. Good luck, Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "neil N" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:50 PM Subject: Re: Is this coolant pipe position correct? (Pic included) > Jetta 2.0 > > Thanks. > > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:39 PM, Scott Daniel - Shazam > <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > > The only really important thing about the pipes is that you have the coolant > > going through the radiator the correct direction. > > What engine are you putting in again ? I forgot. > > Scott > > > Neil.
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