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Subject:Re: cooling system failures
From:Joel Walker
Date:Mon, 8 Jun 1998 12:40:46 CDT

On Mon, 8 Jun 1998 10:36:27 -0700 =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn?= said:
>Let's start a thread where everyone can summarize which parts of the cooling
>system have failed when (at what age of the car and what mileage).

ok, my 88 bus has had the following failures (not sure about the mileage
... i don't have my book here at work):

expansion (left) tank.      twice.   at about 40,000 miles, and 80,000 miles.

coolant bleed hose FLANGE (on right rear cylinder head). at about 80K miles.

coolant temp sensor. three times. about every 40,000 miles.

and that's it for the cooling system. the tranmission has been much more
costly on my bus. :(

joel