[T3] I miss my Aircooleds in the winter!
Bobsnotch at aol.com
Bobsnotch at aol.com
Sat Dec 21 17:51:43 PST 2013
In a message dated 12/21/2013 8:38:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
jadney at vwtype3.org writes:
On 21 Dec 2013 at 20:01, Keith Park wrote:
> Now my poor winter car with its bulletproof 1.8L 8V has a bullethole
> sized hole in the block Under the timing belt! Man I miss the
> aircooleds. I hate to mess with coolant!
Yes, this is one of the clear advantages of air cooled cars. Are you
sure the rust-thru wasn't thru a "freeze" plug. That would be the
most common place, AND the easiest to fix.
That was my thought too. I've seen a lot of rusted out freeze plugs over
the years. Might be worth investigating Keith.
Bob 65 Notch S w/Sunroof and IRS aka Krusty
64 T-34 Ghia aka Wolfie
71 Square-vert under construction
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