earlier models had all metal cooling loop, later models got cheap plastic cooling loop.. At 03:49 PM 12/12/2002 -0600, Erick Faith Jimenez wrote: >John: > If your van is one of the latest models then it has a small plastic >tubing that goes around the top of the engine bay. Mine has it and the same >symptoms, the culprit was a small hose that goes from the right half of the >engine to that plastic tube near the oil ckecking device. The hose was fine >but not the clamp, which I changed and it was solved. > >Hope this helps! > >Erick Faith '90 westy "ELKE" >San Jose, Costa Rica (central America) > >-----Mensaje original----- >De: John Runberg [mailto:jrunberg@MAC.COM] >Enviado el: Thursday, 12 December , 2002 01:54 PM >Para: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Asunto: Coolant leak in the far rear > > >Previously, I was leaking from the thermostat housing, and not that that's >fixed I'm leaking from another place, this time in the far rear / center of >the engine which only appears after the car has been sitting for about 8hrs. >I'll notice it when I go out to go to work and when I look underneath >there's collant on the rear engine cross bar. Looked from the top during >lunch today and saw nothing too odd. I'll dig into it this weekend when I >have some free time, but in the mean time, what are the likely culprits? >Last time I'd begin to see the leak soon after shutting the van off, but >this time is different. She runs fine and isn't overheating at all. > >TIA, > >john |
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