Yup , Eric is right. This seems to be a VW design problem that is
plagueing us vanagon owners. I wonder whether this was one of the reason
VW took the Vanagon off the market. 
>      OH NO,  This is a simptom of a head gasket. Having to much in 
>      there isn't a problem. How it got there is. Keep an eye on it.
>      
> 
>                  Eric Zeno
>                  emz@nauticom.net
>                  86 Syncro
>                  86 GL
>                  72 240Z
>                1936 Chrysler
> 
> On Mon, 2 Sep 1996 elks@top.monad.net wrote:
> 
> > Hi all, got back from the Lawrence MA VW show yesterday. It was okay,
> > seemed better last year. only 5 vanagons in the 80 - 91 class, don't know
> > if Siegfried won anything because we had to leave. Anyway, the coolant
> > overflow tank seems to be ove the cold fill line. I checked yesterday after
> > getting back and the tank was very full. Today it is about an 1/8th inch
> > above the line. Should I slurp some out or is this okay? TIA
> >         Mike Elkavitch
> > 
> > 
> > 
>