Ditto to the blown head gasket response.  I just bought an '85 Westy 
     with the same exact problems.  It goes into the shop next week for new 
     heads and gaskets.
     
     
     Vince.
     '85 Westy GL
     '90 Eclipse GSX

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Subject: Re: VW Camper Cooling problems
Author:  Non-HP-vanagon (vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu) at HP-Corvallis,shargw1
Date:    11/9/96 9:50 AM

?1;0c> Then the next time back to near normal. 
> 
> On a trip last weekend, we had driven about 80 miles and the Oxygen sensor 
> and alternator lights lit up but very dimly (it was dark), about 15 seconds 
> later, they pulsated and became dimmer, then went out! I pulled over and
> found a mist of coolant on the rear bumper, and when I opened the inspection 
> door behind the license plate, again, the coolant was full to the top and
> apparently had blown excess out the top which the engine had apparently
     
    Sad to say, you have a blown head gasket. The combusion gas is leaking 
    into the cooling system, forcing the coolant out! 
     
    This last line you typed said it all!
     
                           Eric Zeno