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Date:         Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:15:41 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Coolant pipe *REPAIR* kit,
              was: Coolant pipe kit and distributor kit from GoWesty
In-Reply-To:  <49c85ce4.070fc00a.7b27.ffffe1e7@mx.google.com>
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> Aside from the corrugated bit I like your theory.

I just checked mine again and sure 'nuff, like yours, it's NOT corrugated. There's a pattern of rust on it that gives it the APPEARANCE of an uneven surface. I clearly didn't look very closely before I tossed it into my toolbox, cursing VW engineers righteously as a lay on a piece of cardboard under my van at a gas station off US-101 on Malibu Canyon Road....

Looking at that, I feel I must amend my theory slightly. I suspect that it's not just cooling system pressure, but also that the clamp is squeezing the soft tube, pushing the steel insert out, like toothpaste out of a tube. That fits better with the nature of the GoWesty fix, I think.

-- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Lastwagen" '90 Vanagon GL - "Wiesel"


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