Hi Finn,Oil in the coolant could possibly be due to a failed oil cooler. I have seen this before, where the oil cooler fails, then oil gets in the cooling system, then the oil weakens a hose and it blows. I helped someone clean out the oil from the cooling system by adding Shout to the system- then flushing it out.�I would swap out the oil cooler first, which is my guess of why the hose blew.�Robert1982 Westfalia

--- On Mon, 1/2/12, Finn Runyon <finnrunyon@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: Finn Runyon <finnrunyon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Oil in the coolant
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Monday, January 2, 2012, 5:56 AM

I have been off the list for some time.� I have had an 87 Westy for about
15 years that I moved this summer from Princeton NJ� to Taos NM.� The 87
has pretty bad cancer, and I got the itch to purchase a second, rust free
west coat bus, do either the Bostig or Subaru conversion, and give the 87
to my Daughter and Son in Law.� So I found the perfect project bus, an 89
with an clean body, clean interior, newly rebuilt 4 speed with
positraction, new Rhein rims and Nokian tires, but on a recent climb up a
Colorado mountain pass a hose blew and it over heated.� It starts and runs
smoothly, however there is oil in the coolant, but not coolant in the oil.
 Have any of you had this issue, and as I am not� in the position to do the
engine swap this winter, and what are the chances that simply doing the
heads would buy me some time on the 2.1?� The 2.1 had been recently rebuilt
and was strong I hear.

Glad to be back!
Finn Runyon
Blue 87 Westy, Pooh Bear (Named by my Daughter who will get Him)
Red 89� Westy, Roo (Have to keep the Christopher Robin theme going here and
a buddy of mine here in Taos owns a 90 named Tigger)