It's newer than the tank. I know that doesn't mean anything. My next
move of course is a replacement tank just to get it driveable for
further testing.

Jim

On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote:
> Try putting on a new pressure cap--do the easiest things first!  Who knows
> what it does when it's hot, which is why driveway testing is meaningless.
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Jim Felder
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 3:28 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: 91 pops tank after tank
>
> My 91 2.1 has been acting strangely. I don't drive it much; my daughter
> drives it a lot though. It came down with Vanagon syndrome on Friday and I
> THINK I fixed it by doing what I have done before on other Vanagons, which
> is make sure the connections to the AFM cable were nice and clean. It's been
> raining for days, that does take its toll on connections..
>
> After I got it running again, I noticed the coolant was low, which is
> unusual for thise van EXCEPT for the times it has had problems:
>
> valve on the rear heater-popped the top of off the plastic housing.
>
> one of the hoses
>
> coolant tank--it has gone through two used ones a a new one in a little over
> a year, possibly 18 months but way to soon. The tanks all split at the top.
> I had this happen on my 90 years ago when it developed head problems. This
> one will be the fourth.
>
> Some time back I rigged up a pressure tester on a coolant cap to see if it
> was reading too high. In the driveway, the numbers look good.
> The trouble is, I can't see what the numbers are going to pulling a hill,
> etc.
>
> Car exhibits no other bad-head symptoms.
>
> But it's got to be something, four tanks in less than two years is not a
> coincidence.
>
> Advice?
>
> Jim
>