Date:         Mon, 8 Nov 2010 05:51:57 -0800
Reply-To:     Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Cooling System for Various Conversions
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Greetings,
To make a long story short, we were driving home from a weekend in Orlando yesterday and I looked in my rear view and the guy behind me had his windshield wipers on and I had water on my back window.
I pulled over and there was a three inch crack in one of the long (front to back) white plastic coolant pipes.  I wrapped it in extreme tape, but that wasn't enough and I had to be towed home.
Anyway, I'm not sure yet if I overheated it badly enough to fry the engine, but before I replace the long coolant pipes, I want to ask the list about whether or not the various engine conversion options (Subaru, Bostig, in-line 4 etc) all used the stock cooling system.
I hope I don't have to replace the engine but want to be prepared if I do, and that factors in if I buy the stock cooling pipe now.  
Oddly enough we just had that long list thread about the stainless steel coolant pipes, and now I'm getting ready to call Bus Depot and buy them!
Thanks,Anthony'89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)