---"Kevin J. Turinsky" <turinsky@JUNO.COM> wrote:

>  Well, the problem looks like it could be: Old hoses, Coolant pump,
Oil
> cooler, Plastic coolant tank. I'll check them all out later today
after
> work. Now, Darrell Boehler wrote saying that maybe my coolant
shouldn't
> be GREEN!!!

WRONG! The shop owner that serviced the bus for my PO put some real
expensive phosphate-free stuff in my system; he even showed me a
bottle of the stuff and recommended it to me. After my big heater-hose
blowout (feel free to ask about it) when I put some Prestone (which is
orange) in the system after the hose replacement, when I put the front
of the bus on axle-stands and bled the radiator, the stuff came out
green.

>
> Anyway, what color is the proper coolant for Vanagons?

Considering the lack of a standardized color for phosphate-free
coolant, I don't think it's an issue, except to identify different
brands. When in doubt, change it out, even though the draining part is
a real PITA. I am leery about mixing different brands at this point,
too- I just put some different stuff in to fill the system to keep
going before I changed the water pump (ask me about that one, too).

Have fun (I know you will)

Sam
"Just as original as the original=just as many ideas appropriated from
VW as the first time"
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