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Date:         Sat, 30 Mar 2002 16:44:03 -0800
Reply-To:     mike <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         mike <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Questions from a Vanagon Newbie
Comments: To: SpaceKommander <jboldway@bee.net>
In-Reply-To:  <3.0.32.20020330192905.03b01464@bee.net>
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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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