A couple months (or low amount of miles later) after getting my '88
Westy cooling system pressure tested at one shop, the next shop found
a small weep at that coolant tower.
(this is part of what prompted me to rebuild most of the cooling system which
included a stainless steel coolant tower. So many hoses!)

At the OP: if possible, make sure shop that pressure tests and
inspects the cooling system is Vanagon aware at the very least.

Neil.

On 7/11/15, SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> most cars  front engine have maybe ..say 8 to 10 hoses. .
> in a vanagon the cooling system parts are spread throughout the entire
> vehicle.
>
> here's a fun one ..
> VW cleverly hid the Coolant Distribution Tower behind the firewall on
> 2.1 waterboxer vans.
> A few times I've seen a  plastic hose nipple for a heater hose just
> crumble.

--
Neil n

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