Face it, it's already bad. Procrastination could leave you with nothing to rebuild or even use as a core to trade in. Park it or fix it, those are your only good choices. BTDT. Good luck! Stuart '85 Westy -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Tom Carchrae Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 10:08 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: coolant overflow fears and thoughts Thanks Larry! Sadly, when I checked my van the other day after going up a somewhat serious hill and I saw some small amount of bubbling in the tank behind the license plate when it was idling - so I suspect there are combustion gasses coming through. :/ I'd like to do the sniffer test again. Is there any chance this could be coming from anything natural - eg, like steam/water vapour from the coolant? Engine was probably on for about 15 minutes in total - warm enough to get up to full operating temperature, but not for any length of time. I'm torn on what to do. I really don't have the time on my hands to do a full engine removal and disassembly ala http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=286798 - so do I keep driving it gently with this knowledge and wait until it gets so bad the engine overheats?... I suspect it'll get worse over time and force me to fix it. Tom |
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