Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 19:31:00 -0600
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: Questions from a Vanagon Newbie
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For Mike Miller first.
So what kind of stinking manual you looking for?
I've got an 85 Water Pisser manual, kinda ratty but the cover and all
pages are still there.
Yours for $7.00, that is split like this
Engelope $0.60
Postage $1.50
My Time $3.00
Fuel surcharge $ 1.90
Yo want it?
On Sat, 30 Mar 2002 16:44:03 -0800 mike <mwmiller@CWNET.COM> writes:
> Been looking for an owners manual but that darn BenT got the one that
> came
> up.
>
> Mike
>
> > From: SpaceKommander <jboldway@BEE.NET>
> > Reply-To: SpaceKommander <jboldway@BEE.NET>
> > Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 19:29:07 -0500
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Questions from a Vanagon Newbie
> >
> > Here's my 3 cents - drain coolant and replace with VW coolant
> (yeah, it's
> > almost $20/gallon but worth the extra insurance over stuff like
> sierra.
> > Strange that they don't have as many head gasket problems in
> Europe. Also,
> > tucked in the owners manual is a secret to the life of the VW head
> gaskets.
> > It says never stop the engine immediately after a highway drive.
> Worst you
> > can do is pull off highway in to rest area and turn off engine -
> let it run
> > for 2 min. The earliest car engines did not even have water pumps
> - cooled
> > by convection. The VW is a horrible cooling design as there is no
> natural
> > convection flow. What happens is that you have very hot engine and
> turn off
> > engine means there is NO coolant flow any more. Super hot heads
> have no
> > coolant flow over them, and coolant temperature can exceed the
> coolant
> > boiling temperature - pressure goes sky high locally and head
> gaskets go
> > "pop." This is called "heat soak." Don't belive me - just read
> your owner's
> > manual. Ok, to avoid questions from list members I went outside
> and got my
> > owner's manual(s). Here goes - PAGE 25 (1985 manual, PAGE 28 1986
> owner's
> > manual) "DO NOT STOP ENGINE IMMEDIATELY AFTER HARD OR EXTENDED
> DRIVING.
> > KEEP ENGINE RUNNING AT INCREASED IDLE FOR ABOUT TWO MINUTES TO
> PREVENT
> > EXCESSIVE HEAT BUILD UP."
> >
> > Interesting, huh?
> >
>
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