Date:         Fri,  2 Feb 96 07:34:03 PST
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         mattd@Rational.COM
Subject:      FW: RE: My new purchase...'82 diesel Westfalia 


On Thu, 1 Feb 1996 10:54:59 -0600  Tom Forhan wrote:
>Tom Carrington  failed to note why he doesn't really want to
>*drive* his new Diesel Westy to Washington: the coolant is
>apparently a water/oil emulsion. 
>

Interesting note: The reason that I currently have the pleasure of
driving NuBus ('82 Dieseasal) is that the P.O. tried to sell the 
bus in the past, and when the Potential Owner had it "inspected" by a 
mechanic, the mech. swore it had a cracked block. The symptoms was the
water/oil emulsion. It turns out that, in fact, the block was NOT cracked;
some loser poured oil into the anti-freeze reservoir, which is very 
easy since they (oil and anti-freeze fill places) are right next to each 
other under the license plate.

md



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Matthew R. Drahzal
Rational Software Corporation
One Tower Bridge, Suite 225
West Conshohocken, PA 19428
(610)940-2105
E-mail: mattd@rational.com
Date: 02/02/96
Time: 07:34:04
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