The expansion tank behind the license plate shows coolant under the minimum line when cold...I haven't checked when the van is warm and has been used for some time...

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> On 2014-01-18, at 19:33, "SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
> 
> Good thought..
> does the van use coolant at all ?
> 
> I have found MANY empty license plate bottles...'most' waterboxer
> vanagons use coolant slowly.
> 
>> On 1/18/2014 5:35 PM, Karl Wolz wrote:
>> Extensive white smoke could be a head gasket leaking coolant into the combustion chamber.
>> 
>> Karl Wolz
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>>> On Jan 18, 2014, at 6:21 PM, JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>> 
>>> White smoke on startup - oil and maybe some water. After warm-up -
>>> should be little or no smoke.
>>> 
>>> As a rule - white/blue smoke is symptomatic of and oil problem some where
>>> 
>>> Black smoke is indicatrive of a fuel problem.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> John
>>> 
>>>> On 1/18/2014 6:11 PM, Alain Thibault wrote:
>>>> Allo all
>>>> My van sits in the garage for most of the week and I drive it only once a week. When I start it, there is a lot of white smoke...I mean a lot of smoke. Alter 10-15 minutes, when the engine has reached normal temperature, there is no more smoke. I know that it is normal that there is smoke when the engine is cold but that much, I have rarely seen it. Being fairly new to the Vanagon world, I wonder it this is normal? I would appreciate any of your thoughts on the subject. I don't know if it is related to that, but when the engine has reached normal temperature, it will need  2-3 cranks before the engine starts again...
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Alain
>>>> 1986 Westfalia
>>>> 
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