Date:         Wed, 8 Sep 1999 10:19:06 -0400
Reply-To:     Michael Townsend <townsend@RTP.ERICSSON.SE>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Townsend <townsend@RTP.ERICSSON.SE>
Subject:      Coolant Again
Comments: To: Coby Smolens <cobys@WELL.COM>
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Interesting . . .

That is the first negative comment about the Prestone Orange Phosphate Free
that I have heard.  Do you have any information, because I am using the
orange stuff now in my VWoCanada rebuild.  I'd hate to lose my head gaskets
in 2 years!

Thanks,
Michael Townsend

-----Original Message-----
From: Coby Smolens <cobys@WELL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: vanagon Digest - 7 Sep 1999 - Special issue


>In our shop we use ONLY the Autobahn coolant from VW. I have seen too many
>new cylinder heads leak due to corrosion after VERY short periods of time
>(like 2 years!), the installer having used other phosphate-free coolants
>such as the famous orange stuff that's out there (Prestone?)... The VW
stuff
>is not just a sales gimmick. It is formulated for the particular alloys
used
>in the heads and case of your waterboxer. It's expensive - $15.00/gal - but
>it doesn't cost so much if it _stays_in_the_engine_.
>
>Coby
>
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