Where do you live?  It cost me $100.00 to have the old coolant flushed and
new autobahn installed.

Dan Moy
danmoy@cynet.net

On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, Dane Tessler wrote:

> 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
>