Hello everyone, I have been sitting here reading all the posts for the last
few days and trying to decide if I should look for an air cooled westy or a
water cooled westy. Now I dont remember where I heard this but I remember
hearing things like the hoses under the van for cooling can cost up to $800
to replace. but now Im reading things about people adapting 1/2" electrical
conduit and copper pipe and stuff and I'm like what a great idea.  Now
remember I dont know much about vanagons, but are water cooled vanagon
really as bad as the myths say they are? Can modifications like this really
work?  How bad is the head problem really?  And if the heads leak, and are
fixed and the coolant changed every year, how long should they last till
they leak again?  Are leaky heads inevidible?  What about the rads and water
pump, are they expensive?  I like the vanagons with the round light the best
but I would by a square headlight model, Is the cooling systems the same in
the pre 86 models as in the post 86 models.  I have also heard to only buy a
86 or newer vanagon, Is this true and why?
thanks

Julio
wannaawesty
93 Gmc Jimmy (for sale to buy a westy)