Date:         Tue, 23 Apr 2002 20:11:48 -0400
Reply-To:     Myron Lind <mdlind@RICA.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Myron Lind <mdlind@RICA.NET>
Subject:      Re: coolant pipe repair (long)
In-Reply-To:  <001001c1eafa$9641c1e0$e6cffea9@oemcomputer>

Hi Bob, Bill, Max, and all

I have a set of coolant pipes robbed off a dead 86 or so Syncro. They are
the sort of clear plastic but don't have any metal ends or sleeves. They do
have the small barb or lip on each end to help hold the rubber hose on. Were
these original or did VW do several different hoses? Any reason I shouldn't
use them? They look like "good plastic" to me.

Myron Lind
82 Diesel getting a mechanical TDI

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Bob Whitby
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 3:11 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: coolant pipe repair (long)


Condition: Three of the four ends of the long, plastic coolant pipes on my
'87 Westy had separated from the pipe and were sticking out between 1/2 and
3/4 of an inch from the pipe. As I understand it this is how these pipes
fail. The metal sleeve/flange insert at the very end rusts, and slowly gets
pushed out of the pipe due to cooling system pressure. When they fall out
altogether, the hose then shoots off the pipe and all your coolant makes a
break for it. This could be bad when driving down the highway.