Either this owner/mechanic is BSing, or the one at the Lehigh Valley
VolksWagen (the dealership is owned by the former service manager there)
is too careless.  I was shy about using the stuff until I asked him, and he
said it will not harm the '87 vanagon's cooling system (I specifically
asked about Bars' Leaks -- I do not know about other stuff).
Cetin

At 02:02 PM 9/25/96 -0500, David E Most wrote:
>Since discovering my little head gasket leak, I've been trying to gather a
>bit of info.  The owner/mechanic at a garage here who has worked on VWs a
>long time emphatically stated that bars leak should NOT be used in the
>vanagon coolin system.  It has something to do with a plastic core 
>radiator and/or other plastic parts.  The improtant part is that he 
>insists that this can cause the entire system to be clogged leading to 
>the demise of.....well, you get the picture.
>
>My leak is sufficiently negligible that I can hold off for now anyway, 
>but this guy has made me thing twice about adding anything to the 
>coolant.  Meanwhil, I plan to be the next victim to call VOA to see what 
>they can do for me.
>
>david
>
>
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