Mmm What's redline water wetter?
THks Alain Pierre o n 9/10/00 6:12 PM, John Rodgers at inua@HIWAAY.NET wrote: > Like many I drive my 88GL as a daily driver. I too have put enough new parts > into it to feel realy comfortable with the vehicle. I know just about every > inch > of her and every little nuance it has. I have about 91,000 mi. since new and > about 5000 mi. since rebuilding the engine. When the engine blew a piston last > year, that was the beginning of an intimate knowledge of the condition of just > about EVERYTHING aft of the firewall. Engine runs fine now on Mahle filters > and > Havoline 20-50 oil and Havoline Orange coolant with Redline water wetter. The > tranny was gone through two years ago. Still runs good.....using Redline MT90. > On long trips has held up well since the rebuild. Been back forth between > Birmingham, AL and Santa Fe, NM several times now. No Problems. > > John Rodgers > 88GL Daily Driver > > Max/Joyce Wellhouse wrote: > >> I drive my 90 GL 12 miles to work each of the 4 days a week I work mostly on >> 4 lane roads. I've replaced enough parts on it to feel comfortable on the >> road driving it. BTW, only been late once in two years due to a dead >> battery and that wasn't te van's fault! Got an engine overhaul/swap looming >> though at almost 155k >> >> DM&fs >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tintman <Tintman@HOME.COM> >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> >> Date: Sunday, September 10, 2000 11:16 AM >> Subject: how many people drive vw as daily driver >> >> just vanagons are they very reliable? im looking at a 89 gl wolfsberg. for >> 3g the kbb says its worth 7.5g. what would u do? |
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