John said:

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>Steve,
>
>My name is john and I have 2 1986 syncros. The only Vanagon repair
>manual worth a damn is the Robert Bentley (official VW) Vanagon manual
>for about $90.00. You can order it from LIMBO-its advertised in every
>newsletter or through any offical VW repair manual outlet.

If you look around, you can get it for a lot cheaper. Bugformance stocks
it for $95, but I got mine from amazon.com for 70-odd ....

>Personally I only use the VW engine coolant in spite of the price.....
>but I believe much of the bad rap about the wasserboxer cyl head leakage
>"problem" may be rooted in ..."just as good as" claims regarding other
>engine coolant products.

Possibly. My '88 boxer got a re-seal last week. I replaced the 100% water
that the PO used with that orange 5-year stuff.

>I don't know anything about the K&N filter system...........

Looking into this, too. Where I live can get seriously dusty & the stock
filter easily gets bunged. I believe the K&N filters are less restrictive
to air flow, too ...

>        JP

Pete C

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Peter Cassidy,                     pcassidy@apple.com
'88 Wolfsburg "Muriel"           *not speaking for Apple*