Jim , You want to go over every hose and every thing that looks old feels mushy or crusty your going to want to replace while your at it. Most will probly sugest replaceing all hoses, they could all very well be 15 years old. I replaced a few platic parts of the cooling system that croded. After I filled and bleed the system I found another hoses leaking. So I went over every inch of hose and now I wait for delivery again.......... Brian 87 Gl Pittsburgh Pa
I am new to list and hope someone can help me. I just bought a 1986 Vanagon Westphalia with 149,000 miles on it. Drove it from Baltimore to Wichita, KS, before I had the first break down. The CV joint went out. Replaced all four joint and she was running fine. > >Took off for an over night trip to Black Mesa, OK and several problems >developed, the worst being that the coolant light started blinking. The >temperature needle did not rise as long as I was moving. I pulled over and >shut the engine off. The fan was not running. I noticed on the driver's >side of the engine there was a black tube which runs the length of the >engine that had a pinpoint stream of coolant coming out of it. I will >replace the "black tube". I would appreciate any suggestion and what else >I should check or replace. > >Thank You Jim Fitzgerald Liberal Kansas _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com |
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