George Ruff writes:
> 
> '84 vanagon camper, 103K miles, bought used in '87 at 33K miles.  The only
> problem is head gasket leaks between cylinder sleeves and heads, happened
> at approx 34K, 66K, 102K miles.  I have communicated with you earlier
> about this.  Am probably going to get the rebuilt engine VW is offering
> currently, use only VW coolant, and flush/replace coolant each year.  
> 
> I would love to receive the results of this survey.  My (non-authorized)
> VW mechanic thinks *ALL* vanagons in these years have this problem.  I
> would be very interested in knowing the statistics for this and other
> problems.
> 
> Best wishes,  George
> 
My question is: is it really only the '83 - '85 Vanagons that have this
problem? Or should those of us with later models pay attention to the
concept of flushing the coolant each year?

Neil Wigley
U of Windsor
<wigley@server.uwindsor.ca>