In a message dated 96-02-23 16:47:15 EST, JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu (Joel Walker)
writes:

>
>On Fri, 23 Feb 1996 09:18:53 -0600 you said:
>>regarding what to do when and I couldn't find anything that said that
>>the coolant should be flushed and replaced every two years. I checked
>>the owner's manual, the maintenance manual, and the Bentley shop manual.
>>Does anyone know where this "recommendation" came from?
>
>that's the really wierd part ... VW never says it!!! but if you call the
>number for the tech help of BASF, the people who make the coolant, THEY
>tell you to replace it every two years. also, Robert Sikorsky says to do
>it in his several books about "How to Drive Your Car Forever" (and some
>other books i can't remember the title of).
>
>joel

Wow.  I'd heard this so often, I assumed it was one of the items listed in
the maintenaince booklet that comes with the car.  I'm gonna double check
mine.

87 GL Syncro
88 GL Wolfsburg