Behind the firewall on the pass. side is a plastic unit that directs the
traffic of the coolant.  It fails in old vans and starts leaking then may
just blow the plug out.  Two screws hold it in place, with 10mm heads.
Need to put a new one in there.  Just hope, your engine was not affected too
much.
Zoltan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna Skarloken" <dskarloken@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 2:33 PM
Subject: Not Mine - Van Blew Up - 87 Wolfsburg (weekender)

> If anyone has advice for my son, could you email him directly - thanks.
> Stock motor, probably close to 200,000 on it but he would have to verify
> that.  He had a leak of some sort but did not appear to be coolant.
>
> : Ian Stewart [mailto:stewart.ian@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 2:07 PM
> To: Skarloken, Donna L.
> Subject: van blew up
>
> Looks like it was some kind of coolant leak after all. Started steaming
> on me at the Corral Hollow stoplight, I limped it home and the overheat
> light was flashing by the time I got to Tracy Blvd. Must have blown off
> a hose or something... the passenger side axle is covered in fluid with
> no perceptible scent. Coolant in recovery bottle is still halfway
> between min. and max. mark so I am thinking it is one of the hoses
> behind the firewall that leads to the radiator.

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