Date:         Wed, 17 Feb 1999 09:03:05 -0600
Reply-To:     Fred Younger <fyounger@AMFAM.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Fred Younger <fyounger@AMFAM.COM>
Organization: American Family Insurance
Subject:      Re: Autobahn coolant...
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Alan Bosch wrote:
>
> Forgive me if this has been discussed ad nauseum...(even if I can't spell
> it...)
>
> Went to one of my local VW dealers yesterday, to pick up a couple gallons
> of coolant.  What's the deal here?  Are these yahoos the only ones that
> sell a coolant suitable for my Vanagon?  I purchased 3 gallons, and left
> the dealer with $48 less in my checking account.  I fully expect the
> Autobahn stuff to be a little more expensive, but $14.50 a gallon?!?  Good
> grief!!  My wife was/is all p****d off that I spent the money, I'm feeling
> ripped off by the dealer...  What's the alternative?
>
> Alan Bosch
> '88 Wolfsburg (Phred)
[snip]

Well, you only spent about twice what you needed to.  Not bad for
vanagon stuff :-).  Prestone and Peak both make ethylene glycol,
phosphate-free coolants.  They also make other types, so read
the label.  I found Prestone at the local Tru-Value hardware
store.  Peak was at All-Car (auto parts chain store).  Price was
7 - 8 dollars/gallon.  Havoline also makes a suitable coolant,
but the label says it shouldn't be mixed with other brands, so you
have to do a thorough flush before switching to it.

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Fred (not Phred) Younger
91 GL