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Subject:Re: Mysterious Coolant Drip 2.1
From:Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Date:Sun, 5 Oct 2008 16:22:22 -0700

if you just can't find one, let me know.
I have several.
Scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allan Streib" <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: Mysterious Coolant Drip 2.1

>I noticed a leak on the pipe on the left (drivers) side of the engine in
> my van.  This is a large pipe that runs from the thermostat housing back
> around the left side of the engine.  There's a "tee" in it (more like a
> wye), where a smaller tube runs off to I believe the under-seat rear
> heat exchanger.
>
> Anyway -- I have a pinhole leak at that junction, and it looks like it's
> either been welded or brazed already -- poorly.  There is a huge globby
> pile of filler metal surrounding the joint, and there's a drop of
> coolant clinging to the pipe at that location.
>
> My plan is, when I next change coolant, to remove that pipe and either
> try to make a better repair, or just replace it.  Anyone happen to have
> one in good condition?
>
> Allan
> --
> 1991 Vanagon GL