Date:         Tue, 15 May 2001 11:57:26 -0700
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>
Subject:      Re: Thermostats and coolant additives
Comments: To: Marshall Ruskin <mjruskin@home.com>
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Marshall, you are such a fuddy duddy!  How are we supposed to advance
the state of the art with attitudes like yours?  <G>

Hypercool is not for the novice, I'll agree with that.  That's why I
could never be a professional mechanic, I've got too many wild ideas!
(But they all work!)

Marshall Ruskin wrote:
>
> I stand by my comments, bro. ;>)
>
> We are not driving racers, we are driving waterboxers with congenitally poor
> water circulation in their cylinder heads.
>
> If YOU want to run water as a summer coolant, that's fine - but there are
> new listees here who cannot judge advice for technical merit.
>
> They are advised to "stick with the program" of using the regular approved
> coolant as recommended by VW.
>
> Marshall Ruskin
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Stuart MacMillan
Seattle

'84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1
'65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969)
'74 MGB GT (Restoring sloooowly)

Personal mechanic for:
'70 MGB GT (Daughter's)

Assisting on Restoration (and spending OPM):
'72 MGB GT (Was daughter's, now son's)
'64 MGB (Son's)

Stripped and gone but their parts live on:
'68 MGB, '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT