Date:         Fri, 6 Jul 2007 16:03:00 -0800
Reply-To:     Tom Salicos <Tom@SALICOS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Salicos <Tom@SALICOS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Burnt Van Photos
In-Reply-To:  <CAEOIPKOOCKNBBDDDMBPIEMCAEAB.vw.doka@gmail.com>
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Sounds like it's time for the periodic reminder that the original fuel lines
on most of our Vanagons are old enough to buy beer.

My daughter had a different, related problem with her '87 WBX.  She got a
slow coolant drip at the top of one of the small hoses that connect up to
the bleeder tube that goes around the engine bay.  It was at the clamp so I
thought I would just cut it and put it back on.  WRONG!  Each time I went to
push it on the brittle rubber just split.  Soon I had moved it enough by
futzing with it that it split at the BOTTOM and the coolant just proceeded
to obey our local gravity laws.

"Jet" got towed to our mechanic where ALL pressure fuel lines and any
questionable coolant lines were replaced.

Tom S
'87 Syncro Westy EG-33



> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Vanagon Mailing List
> >[mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of VW Doka
> >Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 10:47 AM
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >Subject: Burnt Van Photos
> >
> >It's getting hot out here....
> >
> >http://www.vanagonparts.com/images/burn1.jpg
> >
> >http://www.vanagonparts.com/images/burn2.jpg
> >
> >
> >Got extinguisher?
> >
> >