I had exactly the same symptoms on my '86 Syncro Westy. A fellow Vanagon owner at my previous employer smiledas I told him about the problem. Then he said convincingly: "It's the seal inside/underneath the heat exchanger. Pull off the oil filter and then pull off that water-to-oil water heat exchanger that the oil filter is mounted to. Replace the seal inside/underneath and your problems will be gone!" Guess what? He was 100% right! Best of luck. Mike Conlon 1986 Sycnro Westy "Fritz" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com |
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