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• Need help indentifying 85 Vanagon hose
  Historical mailing list - Chris
  Mon, 19 Jul 2004 21:33:49 -0500
  ...That box seems to connect to the rear heater and of course also to a hose that goes on to the radiator. I wish...
• Re: Temps in the 100s today, need ideas on extra cooling
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 08:53:01 -0400
  ...The A/C puts a pretty decent load on the engine, plus it dumps more heat in front of the radiator, and when you...
• Re: Cheap infared gun
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Sun, 3 Jul 2011 08:58:59 -0700
  ...always > wanted one to check > > the temp in and out of radiator. http://tinyurl.com/6jn8dok� I > > ordered on-line, picked up at local...
• Re: no heat
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 20:35:18 -0800
  ...The Vanagon radiator is really effective, so long as it's not clogged. Sounds like yours is working VERY well. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon...
• Re: Vanagon vs. Toyota Van
  Historical mailing list - Damon Lowe
  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:25:49 -0500
  ...The main problems were radiators (x2), brakes went out fairly quickly, and the wheel bearings up front went bad. The 4wd wasn't too...
• rear heater core in front, was: New thermostat funky?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 10:35:02 -0500
  ...rear heater alone saved my bacon -- in a blinding snowstorm, my radiator clogged and the temp gauge spiked. I cranked the rear heater (my...
• Re: common electrical problems in vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Cullen Stewart
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:56:35 -0400
  ...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: Problem with customer van that is driving me crazy
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Thu, 15 Oct 2015 20:19:30 -0700
  ...I ran low on coolant from a leaking radiator and had it idling , that coupled with no air flow blew the o ring. > I...
• Re: Redline Water Wetter
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 26 May 1997 16:00:49 -0700
  ...The pipes running to the radiator remain cold until the thermostat finally opens, but it takes a warm day and climbing some big hills...
• slow power window and high? coolant temp
  Historical mailing list - Mark Schrope
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 09:59:00 -0400
  ...I was going to have him send the radiator off to be cleaned out, but he said that he looked inside it with a...
• Re: How I filled 1.9 with coolant, was; Roadside BREAKDOWN...Water Pump Belt
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:21:51 -0600
  ...Air comes out at the hose you fill, at the pipe you releasing it > at, > and at the radiator bolt that's open until...
• Re: Problem with customer van that is driving me crazy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 15 Oct 2015 12:20:29 -0400
  ...Next suggestion is to go to the 2.1 cooling system. > > On the highway the radiator fan should not be needed except for AC...
• Re: '91 Carat AC - again!
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Fri, 30 Sep 2016 16:12:31 +0000
  ...It is both a safety limit > and it operates the radiator fan intermediate speed based on pressure on > the high (condenser) side of the...
• Re: Source for small auxiliary coolant pump? (oil cooler idea!)
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 9 May 2000 11:40:31 EDT
  ...Install a small radiator in front of or >below the current factory unit (van has no AC), and use a small pump to flow...
• Re: FOLLOW UP MINOR? COOLANT CATASTROPHE HELP NEEDED
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Thu, 31 Jul 2003 22:28:50 -0400
  ...With the valve open, a restricted flow of coolant passes thru the core (just a mini radiator)where it loses heat by means of...
• Re: Temp gauge reading to low
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 17 Oct 2019 19:16:54 -0700
  ...wrote: > thermostat stuck open? you have to check temp at the radiator using a > thermometer gun... > > I had a similar case... solved by adding...
• Re: AC 81 vanagon grill insert
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 6 Jan 2018 12:05:32 -0800
  ...as this is for an air cooled one with no radiator, I am not sure what the > purpose of these items are. But they...
• Re: Radiator Fan
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:45:35 -0700
  I've considered going to the larger motor ('85). How big a job is it to change the wiring? Karl Wolz Sent from my...
• Re: question on where to install alarm horn on 1990 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:01:49 -0700
  ...I didn't notice any access to the nose of the van where the radiator is > located and where I thought an alarm horn...
• Re: Dometic fire alert (at least for the 182B)
  Historical mailing list - R J Bellanca
  Mon, 07 Jul 1997 11:12:51 -0700
  ...redundant. > >It seems to me that VW sold vehicles with motor radiator fans that came >on too late and refrigerator fans that came on...
• Re: Head gasket FIX!!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Mon, 14 Jul 1997 18:59:16 -0400
  ...guage runs at about the point where the radiator fan switches on (around 85 deg. C?) I have stopped the van after a short...
• Re: Running Hot
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 2 Apr 1998 19:10:03 -0800
  ...The radiator fan will then come on and the temp will go back down. You should be able to hear the fan when it...
• Re: Loose Rad Fan Fuse Holder 90 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 09:38:23 EDT
  ...the wires at the back of the fuse block for the radiator fan and connect the breaker (fuse) with spade connectors. Or is there...
• Re: Head Compression Leak
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 20 Nov 2000 20:49:26 -0800
  ...It won't and next summer you'll be buying a radiator. BTDT too. Jim Arnott WetWesties Union, OR
• Re: Percolating coolant - was - (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 22:12:51 -0300
  ...don't turn off your motor for several minutes in order for your radiator to dissipate that heat. Hope this helps. JGS 84 1...
• Re: Coolant with Zero Pressure
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 12:47:26 EDT
  Radiator replacement is not that expensive ($175 or so at bus depot) and not that hard to do. Gets more complicated if you need...
• Re: Best flushing method - 2.1,and maintenance questions.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 25 Mar 2003 11:52:03 -0800
  ...If you wish to truly flush all the crap out of the radiator and heater core then the "T" is not a great method...
• Re: cooling system design
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 16:45:54 -0500
  ...The manual told you to leave an inch of air space in the top of the radiator when filling it, to allow for expansion...
• Re: COOLANT PROCEDURE AND AMOUNTS
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 17 Jan 2004 18:35:49 -0600
  ...water jacket in the head is about the same as the radiator. Not so with the WB. On Jan 17, 2004, at 4:22...
• Cutting Back Coolant lines?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Chameides
  Mon, 27 Dec 2004 11:55:21 -0800
  ...that then run under the length of the van to the radiator. I need to drop these lines down about 8 inches to make...
• Re: After market Temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 09:01:38 -0400
  ...The vent hole of the radiator comes to mind or the top of the cooling tower like you mentioned. Then select them with a...
• Re: How to empty a radiator?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:08:49 +0000
  What would happen if the front of the vehicle was raised a foot or so above the rear end? Would most of the coolant...
• Westy single center seat, AC, other parts For Sale
  Historical mailing list - CC
  Fri, 20 Jul 2001 14:12:21 CDT
  ...header pipes to "J" pipe) $40 Chrome front bumper $50 Radiator $60 Also radiator fan for AC-equipped vans. Alternator, 90 Amp $45 Westy...
• for the record water is not corrosive
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 29 Apr 2004 21:32:27 -0700
  ...Isolate the radiator at the big pipes and flush with hot water. Soak the radiator for a week with the enemia and flus with...
• Re: Don't cry for me Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:27:03 -0400
  ...I have heard people discourage others from using Bar's Leak because they say that it coats the inside of the radiator and can...
• Coolant hose blues, best replacement kit?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 8 May 2024 10:38:28 -0400
  ...If needing pipes again what are folks recommending? My radiator and the two hoses coming off it are new last year. So need all...
• Re: Coolant thoughts wanted
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sun, 6 Nov 2022 11:11:59 -0800
  ...It was very satisfying once the job was complete though! >> >> Be sure to pressure test your radiator cap, overpressure could be contributing to failing...
• Re: Coolant Hoses, Complete Set -- Remove and Replace
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Thu, 25 Jun 2020 22:44:37 -0400
  ...Then the temp will still climb a bit > higher until the radiator is saturated and the fan is turned on. I think > you are...
• Re: How hot is your van? Get a IR Thermometer and find out...
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:56:38 -0500
  ...sun, the shade, with the poptop open and closed, with the radiator on or off, on the top bunk the bottom bunk, anyplace I...
• Re: World parts Radiator Fan Solution. Again.
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Fri, 22 Sep 2017 16:14:07 -0400
  Will someone who can read Steve Meassick's message from the archives please reply and quote his message. Thanks. Ed On Fri, 22 Sep...
• Re: Radiator fan on without key
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Mon, 1 Oct 2012 19:23:43 -0400
  Other people have answered the question of what's wrong. I just wanted to point out that, although your situation is certainly not normal...
• Re: Pressure releife valve
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Wed, 7 Sep 2011 12:07:29 -0500
  The radiator cap is a pressure relief valve and it's more efficient than anything you might add because of the volume of steam...
• Re: corrugated plastic
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Tue, 2 Aug 2011 07:29:29 -0500
  Make and sell replacements for the NLA radiator ducting - paint them black. -- Alan Felder Austin TX 82 Diesel Westy On Tue, Aug 2, 2011...
• Re: Collant bleeder valve
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Nov 94 12:26:21 EST
  ...Take out the top radiator plug per > coolant bleeding procedure but then attach a fluid recovery jar and > a vacuum source to the screw...
• Re: Expansion Tank: don't have one?!?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 26 Jun 1998 14:39:29 -0700
  ...The consequences will be premature failure of cooling system components such as radiator, hoses, head gaskets, and coolant reservoir. Neither possibility is good. You...
• Re: Re[2]: 91 rear heater core-pulled it
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 23 Jul 1998 09:19:04 -0700
  ...This allows hot coolant to bypass the radiator and go right back to the engine. The valve assembly on the heater core has a...
• Re: orange coolant...who uses it?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Sat, 22 May 1999 12:02:02 -0700
  ...Have had enough hoses blow/radiator cleaning/new waterpump et al over that two years that the coolant stays pretty fresh. Still think I...
• Re: SA Grill removal (still wondering)
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 19:25:18 -0500
  If you wish to remove your SA Grill simply to access the bleeder bolt on the radiator, you may be able to do this...
• Engine temperature in winter
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 12:03:38 -0600
  ...Should I be placing a piece of cardboard in front of my radiator? Should I insulate the heater hoses. Obviously the thermostat works, I...
• Re: Build your own synchro westy - how hard is it?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 14 Feb 2000 16:33:55 -0800
  I actually thought about this a long while back, but the Syncro's mechanicals are so different it is equivalent to keeping the radiator...
• Re: Funky coolant behavior - revisited
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Kindlund
  Wed, 9 Aug 2000 18:20:07 -0700
  ...When I opened the engine hatch, it was coming from a crack in the double "T" between the overflow pot and the radiator pot...
• Re: Use heater core from different vehicle for front heat?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:36:26 -0400
  ...A good radiator shop may be able to make one but it will cost anyway. The front heater only takes outside air so the...
• Re: Mexican Water cooled loaf bus? what engine?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 19:47:35 -0500
  ...I4 engine? easy to find...radiator, plumbing etc? a little more challenging, but hey, Greg likes a challenge aka his Westfakia... http://www.pottsfamily...
• Re: As nice as, but better?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Witz
  Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:54:59 -0500
  ...But after replaceing engine- 120 Tiico,transmission, radiator, ball joints, breaks and master cylinder, Wheel cylinders, horn switch, ignition switch, muffler and exhaust header...
• Re: [Fwd: head electrolysis cure?] Re: [Fwd: head electrolysis cure?] Re: [Fwd: head electrolysis cure?]
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Sat, 3 Oct 1998 17:44:14 -0700
  ...Myers wrote: > Hello Ari, > > Better than on the radiator would be to connect a magnesium or other > cathode-protection chunk electrically to the engine...
• Re: Head leak again.... What next?
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:51:19 -0800
  ...In fact the radiator has a hose that rises out of the top radiator cap, and pours water into the tank. When the engine...
• Re: Custom Oil/Tranny Coolers for automatic vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 12 May 2009 07:09:32 -0700
  ...Then past that to the pump and into the 'radiator'. Out of the radiator and back into the tranny at the filler plug hole...
• Re: Wiring Challenge -- Bentley page 97.68 -- Wire H6 (Rad. Cool Fan Thermoswitch)
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 30 Jul 2019 16:14:26 -0700
  ...The switch kicked in the HIGH speed on the fan, and shut off the compressor clutch until the radiator temp dropped. Mine was wired...
• Re: Final stage of my long term fuel pump issue - what would you do?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:38:01 -0400
  ...And i really don't want to ruin anohter > > fuel pump (this one was new in June!). > > > > The guy at Seattle Radiator seemed pretty...
• Re: Upgrading coolant system to 86-91 on 84 WESTY
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:14:32 -0700
  ...Ken at VanAgain took the last mounts for a Diesel van getting a 2.1 radiator. i can pull more of them if people...