I must admit, I agree with Eric.  Radiators usually give some advance warning of failure. 
As the sayig goes, Don't fix it if it ain't broke.
Dave B.the Boston one

-----Original Message-----
From: John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Thu, Feb 23, 2023 2:04 pm
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Subie engine on-off-on-off-on-off at speed

Ok, thanks.

On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 9:22 AM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> Call me crazy, but if your original radiator is not leaking and cooling
> well.  I’d leave it until it drips or doesn’t hold pressure.  That is
> unless we find a unit that we know last more then 3 years and 16,000 miles.
>
> I don’t know the brand name on the one I have as I didn’t purchase and it
> is not listed on the receipt.  I’ll try to look with a friend when it is
> out.
>
> Eric Caron
>
>
> > On Feb 23, 2023, at 9:54 AM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > Will do.
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 8:44 AM ddbjorkman@verizon.net <
> > ddbjorkman@verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Be sure to mark it as a "Good shop" in VanAlert!  That would help all of
> >> us out.  At least when we are in Alabama.
> >>
> >> Dave B.
> >> the Boston one
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
> >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >> Sent: Thu, Feb 23, 2023 1:43 am
> >> Subject: [VANAGON] Subie engine on-off-on-off-on-off at speed
> >>
> >> I'm old and crippled up and could not get under my van. Nobody in this
> big
> >> city - biggest in Alabama - wanted  to even put it on a rack just to
> look,
> >> much less work on it. It would run, just had to keep speed low on an
> >> interstate and you know how hazardous that can be with everybody going
> 90
> >> mph with their hair on fire. Found a shop specialized in these old vans
> but
> >> they were over 100 miles away. Really didn't want to go that far. T
> >> discovered a specialty shop whose work was mostly on exotic foreign
> cars -
> >> Jaguar XKE, Maserati, Bentley, Rolls Royce and the like. They agreed to
> >> take my van in. Had to have the fuel tank resealed as well. 3 hours
> later
> >> it was a done deal. And the problem with the on-off of the engine?
> Awire to
> >> the VSS was rubbed through and broke the circuit. Spliced it  together
> and
> >> the engine ran great. I want to give a shoutout for HESCO Automotive in
> >> Birmingham, Alabama.
> >>
>
>