Your water pump lasted that long? Aren’t you lucky? Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of dylan friedman Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 7:20 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Coolant recommendations I have well over 100k miles total on DexCool orange without any issues.
dylan John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM> wrote: On 10/6/07, Benny boy wrote: > 2002, heads done at the dealer, 2 new/rebuilt head from VW. > Coolant was the VW stuff PF. 4 years later i had to do the heads back, the > customer had coolant change every 2 years at the dealer and asked for PF > coolant. The scelant use on the head is unknown to me but look like the OEM > VW prouct. > > The heads had one of the worse pitting i have seen. > > So you make your own conclusion about coolant quality VS that bad head design. > > I use Prestone and hope for the best. > > Ben > http://www.benplace.com/ >
Thank you Ben !! Finally someone has used the "P" word. You are after all "The Corrupter" I' m sure the Prestone formulation has evolved over the years to comply with manufacturing changes in the auto industry. Aluminum is common now in engines and radiators and the green stuff is advertised as SAFE for aluminum. I've used it for most of my '91 2.1 WBX's 200,000 mile life and have no leaks or other coolant issues. -- John Meeks Vanagon Rescue Squad http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74.htm '91 Multivan, '85 GL Northern Michigan KC8ZFN |
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