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Subject:Re: Prestone Flush'n Fill Kit
From:Max/Joyce Wellhouse
Date:Wed, 12 May 1999 05:26:41 -0700

I put mine way up front and no rock will find thiss location, but then not
many arms and hands will either.  Not sure how e=ffecti
-----Original Message-----
From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: Prestone Flush'n Fill Kit

>Jason,
>
>I had a F&F on my 1.9.  Also had a couple problems with it.
>It was installed on the heater line about a foot toward the front of the
>vehicle from the right head.  Had a rock fly up and break the cap on a dirt
>road in the middle of nowhere.  Also, the main through tube warped from the
>hot coolant coming off the head.  No longer round, but had a dip in it
which
>allowed coolant to escape.  Finally took it out just last month.
>
>
>Karl Wolz
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Jason M. Yasment <jyasment@HOTMAIL.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 8:16 PM
>Subject: Prestone Flush'n Fill Kit
>
>
>> Fellow Vanageeks,
>>
>>     Has anyone else installed the Prestone Flush'n Fill Kit on a 1.9l
>> vanagon?  If so, where?  If not, conceptually where is the best spot?
>There
>> are adapters for 1/2", 3/4" and 5/8" interior diameter hoses.
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Jason M. Yasment
>> '84 Westfalia (up for new trans and brakes)
>> '98 Jetta TDI (in the shop with US$3600 worth of rear end damage)
>> '98 Ford Escort (rental car)
>>

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