Date:         Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:26:13 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dex-Cool . . . I hesitate to ask this
Comments: To: RAlanen@aol.com
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The original message has been quoted below, including a meaningless
attribution to "LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM," no quoted text in the
original, and your signature.

If you don't properly attribute messages, trim them, and do not use the
standard convention of quoting the message you are responding to (">"
in first column of quoted text) to make it clear who is speaking, then
such confusion is bound to continue. The AOL client should support
that.


>In a message dated 24/10/2007 4:36:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
>
>Most  every 'bad' story I've read thus far, including the links you
>quote, was  related to a GM product failure. Hmm. Inferior quality
>materials, a  trademark of GM products in the US. Another thing common
>to
>many of these  'failures' is the fact that the owners allowed coolant
>levels to go  unchecked and were found to be extremely low. Boiling
>coolant would not be  good in any vehicle, no matter what the make or
>coolant used.
>
>I've  seen the innards of many VW's using Dexcool for the years
>(including my  own) and there is absolutely no evidence of any
>problems.
>
>It's also a  well-known fact that VWs leak coolant eventually around
>all
>plastic  flanges. They warp and crack, then leak. It isn't the coolant
>causing this,  for sure.
>
>
>
>
>
>THANK YOU Karl, well said !
>
>Cheers,
>
>Frank  Condelli
>Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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