VW sells Autobahn phosphate free coolant (what I use) other mfr's sell some also, I believe Prestone sells some, check the label, it should explicitly say "Phosphate Free". Bleeding the system in a Vanagon is a fairly involved task. I've done it myself before, but it is really a 2 man task. The bently has an excellent procedure for bleeding the system, I believe someone posted it a while back, it should be in the archives. The only odd tool / difficult part is raising the front of the van some 15" or something like that, I used a hydraulic lift last time, a floor jack and a jack stand also works well. David Filcoff dave@v-dub.musa.com Volkswagens! www.251.org ------------------------------------------------------ 87 Vanagon, 88 Fox ------------------------------------------------------ St. Louis / Columbia, MO LiMBO - Gateway VW Club - VWoA VW Club - Missouri Micros
>1. What is an example of a phosphate free coolant? >2. Is bleeding the coolant from the 2.1liter Vanagon w/o getting the air >bubbles a difficult task? |
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