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Date:         Wed, 5 Apr 2017 03:45:41 +0000
Reply-To:     Stephen Engel <sengel543@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Stephen Engel <sengel543@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Anti-Freeze opinions
Comments: To: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
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That link provided me with more than 200 messages. I read the ones with coolant related subject titles. I guess I missed some thing, what's Dennis' recommended coolant change interval? Hopefully the new Vanagon.com/archives will have a better search feature?

On Tuesday, April 4, 2017 10:57 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

                @ JeffP

        A "Dennis" response is in the Archives from Just 7Mos ago ~

http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A1=ind1607c&L=vanagon#12

On 4 Apr , 2017, at 5:19 PM, Jeff Palmer wrote:

> I'm waiting to hear from Dennis. I think he's still on his original heads. > > Jeff > Not original heads > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 4, 2017, at 6:15 PM, bernie <1234bjs@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >> >> *From Go Westy* >> >> *Two year service (regardless of mileage):* >> Cooling system flush >> -Phosphate-free coolant, any brand, any color >> -Distilled water - must be distilled >> Brake fluid flush >> Clutch fluid flush (manual trans only) >> >> On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 2:47 PM, John Lauterbach <john@jhl.mgacoxmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> We need facts, not opinions.  I know that some of you reapir vanagon >>> for a living.  How often should I drain and flush the cooling system on >>> my Vanagon;  The last time my Vanagon saw new coolant was August 2003 >>> What would you do if you were servicing my Vanagon? >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 2:23 PM, OlRivrRat wrote: >>> >>> On 2 Apr , 2017, at 11:35 PM, Gene P wrote: >>>> >>>> If your cooling system is operating properly, you could be running >>>>> apple juice or skim milk in it and the running temperature will be >>>>> determined by which thermostat is installed.  Exotic fluids do not >>>>> change the setting of a thermostat. >>>>> >>>> >>>>      Valid Point > To a Point ~ Let's consider this ~ If WW is able >>>> to create a Condition that Improves Heat Transfer From Eng' Metal to >>>> Coolant & Coolant to >>>> >>>> Radiator Metal & Coolant to Thermostat then the Thermostat Could >>>> Conceivably Sense Heat Changes More Quickly & Therefore Respond More >>>> Quickly to those >>>> >>>> Temp' Changes ~ >>>> >>>>      But ~ Also To Be Considered > Since Our Temp'Gauges & >>>> Temp'Sensors Only Supply Us with the Temp' of the Coolant, We can Only >>>> Assume that We >>>> >>>> know the Actual Temp' of the Eng' ~ Since We Don't have PistonTop or >>>> Cylinder or Head Temp' Sensors, We just have to have Faith that the >>>> Coolant is able >>>> >>>> to give Us & The ECU accurate info with which We & The ECU can develop >>>> an Educated Guess as to the Actual Temp' Conditions present within the >>>> Eng' ~ >>>>      Let's Surmise ~ If WW Actually Lowers Heat Transfer, thereby >>>> Leaving The Heat in the Eng'Metal & also Being LessAble to Transfer >>>> the Heat that it is >>>> >>>> able to collect to the Temp' Sensor, It Would Appear To Us, Via the >>>> Temp'Gauge, that WW Was Indeed Keeping the Eng' Cooler when in >>>> Actuality it Would >>>> Only be keeping the Coolant Cooler ~ >>>> >>>>      Yet Another Thing to Consider > The ECU makes Its Educated >>>> Guesses as to the Conditions In & Around The Combustion Chamber, in >>>> part, from Temp' >>>> >>>> Info It gets from the Coolant Temp' Sensor ~ So ~ If WW Does Alter the >>>> Heat Transfer Ability of the Coolant, Up or Down, That Temp' Info >>>> Could Indicate to >>>> >>>> the ECU that the Conditions In & Around The Combustion Chamber Are Not >>>> What They Actually Are ~ That Could Get Confusing to the ECU if >>>> Coolant Temp >>>> >>>> was Telling it it Needed to Go Rich & The O2Snsr was Telling it it >>>> Needed to go Lean (or VisaVersa) ~ >>>>      There is a Bit More Info & Ideas about WW in the Archives @ >>>> http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A1=ind1607c&L=vanagon#12 >>>> >>>> >>>> ORR ~ DeanB >>>> >>>


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