George Ruff writes: > > '84 vanagon camper, 103K miles, bought used in '87 at 33K miles. The only > problem is head gasket leaks between cylinder sleeves and heads, happened > at approx 34K, 66K, 102K miles. I have communicated with you earlier > about this. Am probably going to get the rebuilt engine VW is offering > currently, use only VW coolant, and flush/replace coolant each year. > > I would love to receive the results of this survey. My (non-authorized) > VW mechanic thinks *ALL* vanagons in these years have this problem. I > would be very interested in knowing the statistics for this and other > problems. > > Best wishes, George > My question is: is it really only the '83 - '85 Vanagons that have this problem? Or should those of us with later models pay attention to the concept of flushing the coolant each year? Neil Wigley U of Windsor <wigley@server.uwindsor.ca>
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