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• Re: Engine Still Overheating - Need Advice / Chapter Three
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:32:53 -0600
  ...The major > offender was a "impaired" Radiator. > >Replaced it with a new Behr unit. > >The shop did several idle and around town road tests...
• Re: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:54:19 -0600
  ...The same procedure works for my 82 diesel, however. >>I'll check the radiator bleed valve sometime. I realize that large >>amounts of air...
• Re: Cooling problems / engine swap
  Historical mailing list - Joe Beckham
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 15:38:45 -0700
  ...I've replace the >radiator, removed the thermostat, replaced the water pump, flushed air out >of the system, and checked for leaks but can...
• Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:59:11 -0400
  ...Some oil may also be > skimmed out of the bleeder on the radiator. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
• Re: Coolant Pipe Alternatives?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 6 May 2010 06:01:20 EDT
  ...All the plastic from engine to radiator pipes are gone for ever.<<<<<<<< Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada '87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for...
• Re: No coolant traffic
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:03:27 -0500
  ...As the coolant expands in the engine and radiators (include heater cores) and there is absolutely no air to absorb expansion some coolant will...
• Re: Subaru engine swaps
  Historical mailing list - John H. Fleming
  Wed, 1 Oct 1997 09:33:38 -0400
  ...The big differences in kit cost are if you buy their radiator, starter (recommended), and muffler/cat. John 85 Westy (155K) with a 20K...
• Re: want to buy a fox, (no on the Fox, BUY,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
  Historical mailing list - Pfunky
  Sun, 26 Apr 1998 07:02:08 EDT
  ...ps our fox just rolled 98K, with nothing but maintainence and a radiator! [message/rfc822]
• Re: cooling fan!! The fix, if too noisy.
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Mon, 18 May 1998 01:40:14 EDT
  ...The radiator fan switch has a low speed and a high speed curcuit. When the low speed doesn't work any more, the high...
• Re: Diagnosing cooling fan
  Historical mailing list - "David Beierl (by way of David Beierl )"
  Sun, 28 Mar 1999 17:23:42 -0500
  ...david At 13:32 3/28/99 -0800, you wrote: >Does anyone have a way to diagnose the radiator fan not coming on? >(3...
• temp sensor Q
  Historical mailing list - Rolf Pechukas
  Fri, 1 Oct 1999 12:47:47 EDT
  ...top of reservoir, in addition to the two switches on the radiator anyone run into this? can I remove any of the leads to...
• success , vanagon lives(temp II nightmare)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 11:43:59 EST
  ...Did the bleeding procedure but got little air from the radiator. I measured the coolant that i collected against what i put in and...
• Re: Water cooled AT 1980?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Sun, 26 Feb 2006 10:40:18 -0500
  I didn't think they got A/T, but this is a 1980 or early 1981 body (see the air scoops )with a radiator...
• Re: Need a gasket
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:44:37 -0400
  ...If there are any pockets of air lurkin in yer hookah they will collect at the radiator bleed bolt tube. You can crack open...
• Florida trip.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:55:06 -0500
  ...The radiator cooling fans run on high almost all the time so I think the fan control module is locking out the AC. Yes...
• Re: Overheating at idle
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:35:35 -0700
  ...It's not the fan since the radiator never seems to get hot enough to kick that on. I guess tomorrow's job is...
• Re: California help needed ! URGENT !
  Historical mailing list - John Fleming
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 23:00:46 -0400
  Does anybody know the size radiator hose required for this repair? I have an 85 Vanagon with the same problem and need a quick...
• Re: Is my radiator dead? aka cooling sytem woes
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 07:32:15 -0500
  ...Is this indicative of a poorly flowing radiator, or what? Feed hose is warm, return hose is not, temp gauge on the LED. > > Long...
• Re: Friday humour: Top 5 Reasons why you SHOULDN'T try converting Friday humour: Top 5 Reasons why you SHOULDN'T try converting Re: Top 5 Reasons why you SHOULDN'T try converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled (pic included)
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 19:51:34 -0500
  ...The bottom has two brackets > that bolt to the frame and the radiator. > Assuming that the Canadian model is identical up > front to the...
• Re: Radiator fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 27 Jul 2013 05:03:46 -0400
  ...Your radiator fan is rated 450 watts at (probably) 13.2 V, giving it a draw of 34 A and an effective resistance of...
• Re: oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 23 Jun 2019 09:16:07 -0700
  hi Mike, my Syncro Doka 1.9Tdi has a large oil cooler in front of the radiator, 2 long hoses from a sandwich adaptor...
• Re: Cooling fan issues
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 19 Jul 2016 11:16:10 -0400
  John, did you read this yet? http://www.vanagain.com/troubleshoot-your-radiator-fan/ When you turn in your AC your low speed fan...
• Cool it...
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Tue, 8 Jul 2014 17:32:13 -0600
  ...We have a tool box (Harbor Freight trailer tongue box) up front which partially covered the lower vent area for the radiator. We removed...
• Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 24 May 2012 14:10:20 -0700
  Hi all. Searched some. I know the info is there. It's just buried. There are two different switches available from Bus Depot: http...
• 86 Syncro tin top FS
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:01:32 -0700
  ...Engine oil looks fine, no obvious leaks from heads, coolant pipes/hoses or anywhere except radiator (as noted). Worst body damage is driver's...
• Re: Wheel Bearings
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 Oct 94 9:37:35 PST
  ...pipes running from the engine area under the belly to the radiator area. One thing I noticed poking around under there is that gravel...
• Re: Foglight Mania
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 14 Mar 1996 09:00:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...Aim it rearward, at the radiators of those who tailgate you in the slow lane. They would benefit from some contemplative time sitting by...
• Mexican buses
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Nov 1996 11:15:03 -0600
  ...The engine is essentially a rabbit with a radiator up front. Price, last time I checked is about 11,000 new, though you could...
• Re: Stopping Coolant Leaks with those "snake-oil" kits?
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Fri, 18 May 2001 07:50:50 -0700
  ...Summer temperatures exceed 110F here and the Vanagon doesn't overheat, so I think that I have not harmed my radiator. The only side...
• Bleeding cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Leo Lipert
  Sun, 27 Jan 2002 20:53:12 -0800
  ...At first I was unable to get anything to come out of the radiator bleed screw, so I used Erik V.'s idea of...
• Re: Radiator Fan Motor Low-Speed Inop
  Historical mailing list - Jay Roth
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 09:09:01 -0500
  A quick followup question re: AC. The idle of a 2.1 is supposed to jump up when the AC is turned on, right...
• Re: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 8 Feb 2006 18:03:49 -0500
  ...into the coolant, by cracking open the bleed screw in the radiator. I had to pull over and add coolant every 25 to 30...
• Re: New van Style
  Historical mailing list - Mary Creasy
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 19:32:49 -0500
  ...Just the fact that they made the radiator to pop out to change the plugs is a good indicator that they put 2.5...
• Re: Home Made version of "the easy-bleed" for de-airing your van's rad.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:58:49 -0700
  ...Renegade air bits will accumulate at the top of the radiator, it being the highest point of the system, yes no? If a liter...
• Re: overheating
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:56:36 -0500
  Put a Kennedy Engineering bleeder valve on top of radiator and connect outlet to a water-trap made of flexible plastic tubing and a...
• Re: common electrical problems in vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:16:59 -0600
  ...Fan Resistor - Radiator Fan > > 3. Fan Resistor - Rear Seat Heater Fan > > 4. Fan Resistor - Dash Heater Fan > > 5. Power Windows > > 6. Power Door Locks...
• Re: Hot Foot Mods -- what's the best?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:52:25 -0700
  ...Here's a pic of what mine looks like behind the radiator fan: http://xochi.com/vanagon/hotfoot The pipe insulation is mine. However...
• temp guage read-out
  Historical mailing list - Richards, Andrew
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:21:03 -0700
  List, In the last 25K miles, I've replaced my radiator, water pump, thermostat, and just last night, my temp sensor that sends the...
• Re: 85vanagon overheating (water cooled)
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Tue, 1 Jul 2014 12:22:49 -0600
  ...I suspect that the radiator needs replacing since it's the original 85 radiator. I'm near Redwood City headed to Los Angeles this...
• FS in NZ: 84 Caravelle and 93 Microbus 2.5i, or swap for Split-windshield
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:27:19 +1200
  ...An idea I had from an idle sketch I did of a VW 412 wagon with similar roof-mounted radiator is a likely candidate...
• Re: Diagnosing temp rise issue
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:13:37 -0800
  ...Radiator ..the only failure mode I have seen on these radiators ever is ..eventually they just don't remove heat that well. If the...
• Re: Bull Bars
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Thu, 8 Mar 2007 15:59:00 -0500
  ...I'll take the ding/dent of a brush gaurd vs a deer thru the radiator anyday.. at least i'd still be able...
• Re: Overheating? Something to consider
  Historical mailing list - mike stainbrook
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:16:41 -0800
  ...The radiator fan also would come on in stop and go traffic. The thermostat seemed to function and the radiator was warm/hot from...
• Re: Newb Gets Hosed -- Coolant Pipes Retrofit
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sat, 13 Jun 2020 04:13:39 -0700
  ...It attaches right to the hot head metal and carries hottest coolant from the head to the hose junction that feeds the radiator and...
• Re: Replacement of coolant
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 9 Apr 2016 13:46:03 -0400
  ...one to install it w/o dropping the gas tank? A radiator is male and the coolant manifold on a Subie engine is male...
• Missing coolant
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 28 Sep 2015 14:11:19 -0700
  ...No drips anywhere-engine plumbing, heads, transmission cooler, radiator, or front heater valve. No evidence of coolant mixing with either the transmission fluid or...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Bret Berger
  Wed, 20 Nov 2013 23:43:00 -0700
  ...Perhaps an alternator upgrade would also be in order? Any voltage drop across your headlight/radiator fan/blower motor supply wire implies waste heat...
• Re: Radiator fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:27:56 -0400
  > Last week the fan resistor in Fun Bus failed on the way to see my son in the > hospital. As many of us know...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:18:38 -0700
  ...I'd say if air scoops help with coolant temp, the radiator or coolant > itself is not working like it should. > > > > On 4/13...
• Overheating after on Road.
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 19:52:04 +0000
  ...My Radiator fan works but still the temp can climb when it is 95+ and in the sun. I do drive it around town...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 5 Mar 2009 21:17:48 -0800
  ...the thermostat opens up? Well, heater circuit is independent of the radiator circuit. If you're trying to heat up the front heater core...
• Coolant Change
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Oct 94 8:10:49 EDT
  ...I've also reviewed Tim Smith's techniques using a plastic tube from the radiator into a two liter coke bottle to remove air...
• Re: Purging Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
  Tue, 17 Jan 1995 17:05:30 -0600 (CST)
  ...pump pushes the air bubble to the highest point, typically your radiator... I had tons of problems (could hear the bubbles in the front...
• FS: My 86 Syncro GL Daily Driver
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Wed, 20 Aug 1997 15:26:17 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Has diff differential lock. * New heads & gaskets & radiator at 90k * New rotors @ 80k * New 1/3 exhaust @ 98k * New muffler @ 94k * New 6 ply...
• woes of the day
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 14 Sep 1999 19:50:12 -0700
  ...Since last night, I have lost my brake master cylinder, radiator fan, heater fan switch, and speedometer. Pedal slowly goes to the floor (sometimes...
• Re: Thermostat failed :-( , thermo-switch etc.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 17:17:16 EDT
  ...Keep adding until you get a steady stream from the bleed screw on the radiator (no bubbles). Close the bleed on the rad and...
• Re: Weep No More For Me
  Historical mailing list - John D. Stepto
  Wed, 12 Jul 2000 22:02:14 -0000
  ...strain on the waterpump to push coolant uphill to the >front radiator. Actually, the pump is straining to push coolant uphill because the coolant...
• Re: Last call for overheating help
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 11:18:41 -0400
  ...Flaherty <jflahert@MAINE.RR.COM> writes: > Hi all, > > Well the new radiator's in. And......STILL running hot. I'm stumped. .....> Thanks, > > John Flaherty...
• Re: aiding cooling system by turning on heater blower
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Wed, 16 May 2001 15:43:38 -0600
  > If you've got a serious overheating problem just break down and have a > custom radiator built. The rest of the world doesn't...
• Assistance needed
  Historical mailing list - HARRY OBER
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 11:17:27 -0700
  ...12 blew, causing the wipers, power windows, and (I think) the radiator cooling fan to stop operating. As part of trying to figure out...