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Date:         Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:27:36 +0000
Reply-To:     dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET
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From:         Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject:      Re: mean greenie Coolant pouring from tail pipe
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The orange coolant give you orange meanies and I've seen the VW blue make big lumpy messes that actually blocked off hoses. The real problem is not the coolant. Over years, I have not seen any real differences in coolant problems in maintained systems. As for the meanies after a gasket or hose connection seeps, the problem is the gasket or hose. If the gasket didn't seep, the coolant coolant residue wouldn't be there.

Probably the biggest problem will cooling systems is the quality of the water. If you are using hard tap water, then phosphates and silicates will bind with them and settle out of solution. The problem is compounded in areas of little flow or slow leak sites. All the heavy duty trucks and many diesels demand distilled water.

All antifreeze when mixed with air and heated become corrosive. Add some road salt and other road stuff and you have a real mess at any leak. The other thinks is whatever type of antifreeze used, Don't mix types. I would even be careful of the newer "universal" formulas.

Dennis

----- Original Message ----- From: Frank Condelli Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 6:47 am Subject: Re: mean greenie Coolant pouring from tail pipe To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> In a message dated 29/01/2007 6:17:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > > Mike, > You have an exotic e-mail address. > Here is what I think happens. A van with green > antifreeze is a coolant leak waiting to happen. It > happens faster sitting around than if you would have > been running it each day. > It says on the back of my coolant tank something about > phosphate free coolant. There is a reason for this. > The green coolant in the liquid form is ok but it is > when it drys that it turns into the mean greenie. It > turns alkaline or strongly basic. When the gasket > begins to leak it will leak first just after you turn > it off as it cools. When you run the van it may seal > up but it will leak a bit each time you shut down. > It is the seaping coolant that drys and turns into a > mean greeny. When it sits it seaps more slowly but > it never gets purged by a push of coolant so the mean > greenie turns into a mighty mean greenie. I would > suggest the orange coolant if it sits around. > Gives us some feedback on the corrosion of the heads > when you do the job. good luck, gary > > > > > > > Gary, that is by far the best description I've ever read on the GREEN > coolant. I'm saving it to show my customers who show up here > with GREEN coolant in > their waterboxer engined Vanagon ! Thanks ! > > Cheers, > > Frank Condelli > Almonte, Ontario, Canada > '87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg (Forsale) & Lionel Trains > (_Collectionfor sale_ > (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/trainsal.htm) ) > Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley > _Frank Condelli & Associates_ > (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html)_Vanagon Stainless > Steel Exhaust Systems_ > (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm) > _BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm) a VW Camper > camping event, Almonte, ON, June 07 ~ 10, 2007 >


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