Date:         Sat, 28 Dec 1996 16:47:49 -0800
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Todd Francis <tbf@pacifier.com>
Subject:      Coolant manifold leak

Hi all,
         Well I finally crawled under the Westy to find out which water
hose broke that ruined my drive home from a Christmas Eve party,and left
me stranded on I5. It turned out to be a split in the plastic manifold
that 4 hoses attach to just ahead of number 1 cylinder. I have read many
times on the list about a plastic part in the coolant system that fails
and that VW made a metal replacement for. Is this the part that everyone
has had trouble with. If it is then something someone said sometime back
is wrong. I remember it being said that VW changed this part to metal on
the Syncros. Mine is a early Syncro and the part is still plastic. I
wish it would have been metal. If this is not the part that has been
discussed on the list, exactly wich part is it?  Thanks

Todd Francis
91 Tristar
86 Westy Syncro on the to being fixed again