Date:         Wed, 10 Mar 2004 08:46:56 -0800
Reply-To:     TinkerMan <tinkerman007@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         TinkerMan <tinkerman007@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Coolant hoses - replace them!
Comments: To: "Warren.K.Lail-1" <wlail@OU.EDU>
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I went through a similar experience.
Since then (after losing the motor), I have installed
a thermal alert ON THE MOTOR HEAD, as opposed to the
factory temp sender that is mounted inside the
thermostat housing (floating in air...No water = No
temp indication...(= lost motor...:-( )
It seems to me that VW's design guarantees them lots
of replacement motors...
Sure they have another water level sensor in the main
water reservoir, but it fails and then you know your
water is gone when the motor loses power or starts to
smoke, which is too late...
With my enhancement, a simple hose failure doesn't
turn a 10$ damage to thousands of $$$$$...
I wish you better luck in the future.

cheers, T-man

--- "Warren.K.Lail-1" <wlail@OU.EDU> wrote:
> I have a bit of recent experience with coolant
> hoses. In fact, the entire Billy Bones saga is
> related to coolant components.
>
> I purchased Billy back in the fall.
> When I got him he was leaking from several places,
> and so I simply replaced several hoses.  Then
> another one ruptured, then another.  Finally, on
> my way back to Oklahoma from North Carolina, at
> 3:30 am I ruptured that S-shaped hose on the right
> head, overheated the engine and got stranded in
> middle Tennesses.  After several days, I got the
> bus to my sister's home near Nashville.  A couple
> of more days passed before I finally borrowed a car
> and drove on to Oklahoma.  Two weeks later I
> talked a friend of mine into driving the 700
> miles to Tennesses to fetch my bus.  Now I've
> installeld a new engine (and EVERY dang coolant
> component there is that I could find!).
>
> Moral of the story.  I would be happy to go back in
> time several months and pay $500 for hoses.  That
> would be cheap compared to the thousands of
> dollars and countless hours I've spent laboring
> under Billy Bones for the past several months.
>
> Warren Lail
> 88 Westy "Billy Bones"
> 87 GL "Long John"


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Cheers, T-man.

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