Date:         Tue, 28 Feb 95 14:11:30 CST
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Joel Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu>
Subject:      Re: Cracked expansion tank

On Tue, 28 Feb 95 13:41:49 CST Steve Johnson said:
So Joel Walker says:
> i think it is a case of using the wrong material for the tank. my 88 bus
> gets about 35,000-40,000 miles per tank. and i don't believe there is any

Then Steven Johnson says:
>You really change it that often?  I haven't really noticed a problem at60K
>miles.  Maybe I need to take a better look.  What are the tell-tale sigs?
>I don't have any leakage that I can see.

hmmm. maybe they got it 'fixed' and i've been getting the last of the old
inventory. symptoms are coolant level starts getting lower, chaulky white-
blue (depending on your coolant) deposits somewhere round about the tank
or below it.

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