Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 20:10:31 -0500
Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@HIWAAY.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: John Rodgers <inua@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject: Re: how many people drive vw as daily driver
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It's an additive to coolant that aids the water in the coolant to make a better
contact with the components of the engine so effiency of heat disipation is increase
....from engine to coolant. At the other extreme is the disipation of the heat from
the water to the radiator to the cooling air.
Redline makes a number of different products including the synthetic lubricants that
are finding their way from the racing circuits into our vehicles and others.
HMM! Interesting thought just occured.....! Moving AIR is what really takes the
heat away from our vehicles, therefore are our wasserboxer's really water cooled,
or are they just air-cooled engines with a little liquid glory?
John Rodgers
88GL Driver
Alain Pierre Hovasse wrote:
> 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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