I'm gonna check the Bentley ans see where the gasket came from. Thanks. Michael in San Antonio 91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Gregory Smith <gfs@gregoryfsmith.com>wrote: > The coolant reservoir behind the license plate has a rubber gasket on > the *inside* of the cap. This keeps the coolant from draining out the > cap threads when things really heat up and the level is above the cap. > The protrusion on the top of the tank has holes in it for venting, so no > worries there. > > I left this cap a little loose once, not sure how, but was terribly > worried when I saw some coolant on the ground last summer. Tightened > the cap and all is well. > > Gregory Smith > Smith Design Studio > Small Building Company > Olympia, WA > 360-239-0429 > gregoryfsmith.com > > |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.