Michael
Well it is true that Vanagon and 914 prosches suffered from regular
antifreeze they did just fine on a phosphorus free antifreeze/water
blend. It was the phosphorus that corroded the aluminum.
I believe the earlier reference was a tongue in cheek reference to
air cooled VWs.
On 15-Jan-10, at 12:00 PM, triumphs-request@autox.team.net wrote:
> From: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
> Date: January 14, 2010 7:28:39 PM MST (CA)
> To: Kevin McNelis <kmcnelis@nmsu.edu>
> Cc: Triumph' <triumphs@autox.team.net>, '6 Pack list'
> <6pack@autox.team.net>, 'list
> Subject: Re: [TR] [6pack] waterless coolant
>
>
> Kevin McNelis wrote:
>> Maybe I'm being a bit dense here, but didn't old VWs use AIR as a
>> coolant??
>>
>>
> Oh, yes, true for the pre-1980 engines in Bugs and vans, but, I
> think the reference is to the so-called Wasserboxer engines in the
> Vanagons. Those engines initially used a water/glycol mix which
> encouraged corrosion in the aluminum alloy used in the block and
> heads, which largely showed up as erosion of the material in the
> seal lands and leakage around the coolant o-ring seals between
> block and head.
>
> Thus a revised coolant (and block material, I think) to correct the
> problem.
>
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
>
>
> Michael Porter
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