----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 =
3:56
PM
Subject: Re: '90 Vanagon: Hose =
leaking
antifreeze
I'm trying to understand what you're saying. Did you cut the hose =
and then
stick the ink pen piece (is this from a bic disposable?) into each new =
end of
hose and then tighten two clamps over each new end, so that now water =
flows
through the ink pen?
Also, for a leak like this would either plumbers epoxy or marine =
epoxy
work?
>From: KI
>Reply-To: KI
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: '90 Vanagon: Hose leaking antifreeze
>Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 13:04:13 -0700
>
>sounds like the same hose that burned right through on =
my
vanagon on my
>trip to death valley a couple of months ago. i had just =
come
over monitor
>pass and all of a sudden my engine started heating up. =
it had
been laying
>on top of my muffler. funny, the first
>thing i tried was duck tape too, didnt' work tho'. i =
did end up
taking
>the mouth piece of my camel back and plugging the too =
ends of
teh hose
>into it. filled the car up with coolant and made it to =
the next
town and
>it blew off, spewing all my coolant out again. luckily =
i made
it to a
>littel store and bought some hose clamps and cut a 2 =
inch piece
of an ink
>pen and jammed the two ends into it and clampled them =
down.
made it to
>death valley and then to taos nm and then all the way =
back to
san
>fran. i still haven't fixed it yet as i'm waiting on =
the tiico
engine and
>don't want to spend any more money on the current one. =
jsut did
a trip to
>umpqua nat forest in oregon and it held up fine. i =
would def.
bleed the
>cooling system.
>
>
>
>
>On Sat, 26 May 2001, Don Oldenburg wrote:
>
> > Hi Everyone--
> >
> > My '90 Vanagon blasted out a load of antifreeze =
the other
day soon as I
> > parked it after driving it a while. I checked =
around the
engine compartment
> > this morning and followed the hosing from the =
reserve
tank until I found the
> > leak.
> > Looking at the engine compartment from the back =
and on
top: Hosing from
> > the reserve tank sort follows around the top =
inside of
the comparment
> > opening; on the left side, there's a T-junction =
with a
black rubber hose,
> > about 1/2 inch round and maybe 14 inches long to =
where it
gets larger in
> > diameter (maybe 3/4 or an inch) for about four =
inches to
where it connects to
> > the left-side cylinder head on top.
> > Right before that rubber hose fits onto the metal =
engine
connection,
> > there's a break where the antifreeze leaks when
pressured. Got the part #:
> > 025-121-058-M (and maybe the same number ending =
in C
instead of M might
> > work)...
> > I tried searching the archive but for some reason =
can't
get in at all,
> > so....
> >
> > My Question: The hose looks easy enough to remove =
(clamp
on each end).
> > I'm thinking I could take it off, dry it good, =
and do
some heavy duty taping
> > over that rupture, and put it back on--so I could =
at
least drive it for a few
> > days until I get the replacement hose special =
ordered. Is
that adviseable or
> > not?
> >
> > Second Question: If I take that hose off, do I =
run the
risk of getting
> > air in the system (and if so, what's the trick to =
doing
this then and not
> > getting air in then system?), or will it just =
pull more
antifreeze off the
> > reserve once I hook it back up again and start =
it?
> >
> > It looks like a simple fix--but I've done simple =
fixes
before that ended
> > up causing bigger headaches. Any advise would be
appreciated.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Don Oldenburg
> > McLean, Va.
> > elevenhalf@aol.com
> >
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