Date:         Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:39:35 -0500
Reply-To:     The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
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From:         The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Steel coolant pipe repair ideas
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2005103111051176@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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> Some 85 vanagons were equipped with plastic
> coolant pipes for the 1.9.Try a junkyard.
> This pipe was installed for only 1/2 a model year
> and is somewhat rare. Gotta drop the gas tank
> to change them.The steel pipes corrode from the
> outside, to the inside.


As I recall the hoses that connect to the steel pipes to the radiator are
different for metal versus plastic pipes, so they'd have to be changed too
if you switched over.

If you have the earlier Vanagon with metal pipes, I carry German made
Stainless Steel replacements. Mine come as two pieces with a coupler hose
between them (and a lip on the pipes to hold the coupler in place), so you
can install them without removing the gas tank.  They are priced lower than
the non-stainless VW ones were.

Links:

http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=251121397F (to upper radiator
hose)

http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=251121399F (to lower radiator
hose).

I expect to have Stainless versions for later Vanagons and Syncros in a
couple of months.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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