I had mine changed at a local VW specialist for 35.00 plus the cost of the
coolant.  Seemed worth that to me not to clean up the mess!
Dane Tessler
87 Westfalia
http://members.aol.com/Dane714/westfalia.html
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Davis <sdavis@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 1998 9:23 AM
Subject: changing coolant

>Hey Volks,
>        I need some help.  I'm planning to change my coolant for the
>first time this weekend and I'm
>nervous because I don't want to overheat my 85 1.9 auto westie.  The van
>had 95000 miles on it and I can't
>afford a head job right now.  I looked at Bentley and that seems
>straight forward enough but does it work?  A
>friend of mine tried it but always ended up with bubbles (he followed
>the manual).  I looked in the archives
>and got only 10 hits or so.  Some people talked about putting in extra
>fittings, unhitching hoses, etc. that
>made me nervous because it is so far from Bentley.  So...
>
>        1. Any suggestions for search words for the archives would be
>appreciated
>        2. Suggestions from the list's vast experience would also be
>appreciated
>
>        Thanks in advance for your help,
>
>Later,
>
>Stephen Davis
>85 Westie