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• Re: '91 Carat AC Inoperative.
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Thu, 27 Apr 2017 04:49:56 -0700
  ...On ol Rd, the > '88 GL, with engine of, but with ignition on, if the AC switch is turned > on, the radiator/condensor turns...
• Re: Need a shower? Got tools?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 9 Apr 2015 16:18:11 -0700
  ...75/15 bfg all terrain may be restricting air flow through radiator. Thinking on how to build my own swing away spare tire carrier.
• Re: 87 Westy overheating after coolant change
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 21 Dec 2014 16:11:57 -0800
  ...However, when idling and not moving the radiator fan keeps > the temps stable exactly at the LED. I have never just idled it long...
• Re: D17? See Bentley 80.14
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 6 May 2012 12:29:45 -0400
  ...Lucky devil. >Now I'm worrying that the bicycle pump cooling system pressurizing >trick I did yesterday to find the leak in the radiator...
• Re: Trans fluid in coolant system
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 4 Apr 2012 19:11:50 -0400
  ...I would think an external radiator type cooler would be cheaper and better for the purpose, as is used on other cars. Zoltan
• Re: Head Leak
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:46:07 -0400
  ...Still running OE radiator and front heater core so if you are worried about those getting plugged up I just want to say I...
• Bleeding system??
  Historical mailing list - Ben Jaffe
  Mon, 11 Jul 1994 18:56:50 -0700 (PDT)
  ...see of bleeding is to open both the screw in the radiator, and the valve in the engine when replacing thecoolant. Well....I don...
• RE: '73 Toyo-Westy (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Mark E. White
  Mon, 13 May 1996 19:02:38 -0500
  ...I am kinda interested to know where the >radiator is. > > >Hey, I also agree that the 22R is a fine engine. I have one...
• I've had it
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sanner
  Tue, 5 Dec 1995 16:42:23 -0800
  ...The pipes from the radiator show rust back toward the engine. I figure the cost would be around $2,500 for the engine/installation...
• Re: 91 rear heater core-pulled it
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Thu, 23 Jul 1998 11:35:35 -0700
  ...the rear heater core. > This allows hot coolant to bypass the radiator and go right back to the > engine. The valve assembly on the...
• Syncro Coolant Flush
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
  Sun, 25 Oct 1998 13:39:30 -0500
  ...I was going to manually, with a rag and a hose, flush from a disconnected line from the lower radiator connection. They also recommend...
• Synchro Power? 5 Cylinder!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 10:36:52 -0800
  ...isn't THAT > great, and the Westy syncro is hauling a radiator, AC components, and all > that drive-train stuff...how much does all...
• coolant pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 08:54:51 -0500
  ...I have had hoses, heaters, radiators give way at times. With a coolant pressure gauge one will know quickly when / if there is a...
• How to bleed the cooling system???
  Historical mailing list - Sylvain B
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 21:21:50 EST
  ...When the coolant gets hot and circulates, i alternatively open and close the bleether valve on the radiator to let air out. If the...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Air to water '80 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 17:46:55 +1200
  ...van, when I could drive it! Apparently the stock watercooled Vanagon radiator WILL fit your van, and the chassis cutouts are alreay there for...
• Urgent REQ: Service Garage in/near Charlottesville, VA 22902 ????
  Historical mailing list - Chasse
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 10:02:02 -0400
  ...hour away Current problems include Overheating (think I it is the radiator van - changed fuse=no luck) Bum wireing in front passanger door (speaker...
• master and slave
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:48:51 -0800
  ...Now if you'll excuse me, in preparation for my upcoming radiator high colonic, I need to spend a few hours oiling my petcock...
• Re: AC converted to 134
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 07:15:37 -0400
  ...It turns the radiator fan up to high, and if it still can't lower the pressure the compressor will turn off until pressure...
• Best placement for outside air temperature sender?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 3 Sep 2005 10:00:49 -0700
  ...I also want to avoid any heat sources like the radiator and such too. I was thinking maybe in the forward section of the...
• Re: Availability of VW Blue Coolant (one for Vanagons)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 4 Nov 2011 15:26:10 -0500
  ...FWIW, a radiator guy advised me not to use Dexcool. But I have noticed that several different coolants on the market are phosphate free...
• Re: uh-oh
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:47:56 -0500
  ...My feeling, if it can plug a leak it can plug > a radiator. Maybe not a lot, but probably at least a little. I...
• Front Blower Doesn't
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:14:32 -0700
  ...The front heat exhanger is working fine, as is my carefully burped radiator. The rear underseat fan/heat exchanger would do Marilyn Monroe proud...
• Re: successful 2000 mile road trip
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:31:37 -0700
  ...To test the fan I just short the wires (two at a > time) at the radiator sensor. this will test the high and low...
• Re: Air Conditioning Electrical Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 20:31:09 +0800
  Gordon, My guess is either the electromagnetic clutch is starting to short or your radiator fan is shot. Another guess, is You said " it...
• Re: Heat in an air-cooled Syncro (long, boring, self-involved)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 17 May 2000 12:27:23 -0400
  ...Also of course the radiator loop might never get to 160 -- but it has a bloody great radiator in it throwing away heat by...
• Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 11:55:52 -0400
  ...I >>also slipped a couple of fingers through the (upper) front grille and >>the radiator was cold. I wonder if it's half full...
• Re: Now It Is An Investment
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 9 Mar 2012 12:16:56 +0000
  ...Now, he "likes these better because the later years had cooling leak problems and the radiators are up front". Spoken like a true expert...
• Re: anti-freeze leak
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Dec 1995 11:03:30 -0500
  ...Some have posted that >it might clog the radiator works, but one of the other posters Steve T.??? >said he's gotten mucho miles...
• Re: buses in movies
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Sep 1995 17:43:04 -0800 (PST)
  ...complete with water cooled engine (cause it had this great > big radiator grill up front!), decides to pass the school bus ... but there > is...
• does squeaking belt cause high temp gauge reading?
  Historical mailing list - Vicki Derrer
  Wed, 10 Feb 1999 18:32:57 EST
  ...The radiator fan will kick in if (rarely) needed, and no red lights are flashing, so I kind of pretended this wasn't happening...
• Sydney club
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 21:26:26 +1200
  ...oil was used >instead of the GL/4 oil in the Radiator, all resulting in failure of the O2 >sensor ............AND THEN - there's...
• Re: 1.6L NA d- finding TDC & injection pump q
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 10:30:54 -0800
  ...Could be that, if the cooling system is doing its job, including a clean and properly functioning radiator and a quality German waterpump, the...
• Weird Stuff----
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sun, 10 Feb 2002 19:53:54 -0600
  ...firewall, down to the metal tubes that go forward to the radiator---I just loosened the cap on the expansion tank, and the loss...
• Re: Replacing coolant pipes - Drop gas tank?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:40:43 -0500
  ...Replacing coolant pipes - Drop gas tank? I want to replace the long coolant pipes going to/from the radiator, as the flanges have corroded...
• Re: Antifreeze Removal
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 05:38:34 -0800
  ...critical hose on > the underbelly? Open the connections to the large radiator hoses just in front of the right rear tire. Since this is...
• Help-Alternator bad, battery boiling
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Sat, 11 Oct 2003 08:35:41 -0400
  ...All electrics off/disconnected, of course, including the radiator fan. The installer (in ohio) says he'll send a replacement, though I may be...
• Re: Dan, Your Westy's name ... Enu
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:48:20 -0400
  ...We ended up leaving the bleed screw slightly open at the radiator (to release the pressure) and stopped about every 25 miles to add...
• Re: rear heater bypass ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 May 2013 17:22:04 -0400
  ...That flow capacity is lost to the front heater and also the radiator when really needed. Just cap them off or if the heater...
• 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 - Mike Collum
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 10:52:05 -0500
  ...conditioning and the > top opening allows for plentiful airflow to the radiator so that makes it > even easier. > > I am guessing that the anti...
• Re: FS: 1983 Westy Project for $350
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Jul 2008 16:55:22 EDT
  ...doors, no gas tank, no interior, no wheels, no spindles, no radiator..and it even had the front and rear clip cut off it...
• Re: Temperature gage in traffic
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:15:09 -0700
  ...net> wrote: > My 2.1L converted 84 Westy has a new radiator, new "larger" coolant pipes, > and frankly has ran great and cooler then...
• Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 11 Jul 2015 09:21:24 -0400
  ...Especially automatics that also have the ATF cooler as part of the radiator circuit. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• Re: More questions pertaining to my 88 model Bluestar project
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 11 Dec 2013 09:53:05 -0500
  ...The engine had cast iron cylinders in an aluminum crankcase and the radiator was brass. The radiator cap was solid brass too and had...
• Re: Engine running COLD
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:13:01 -0700
  With an inefficient radiator, the van should have a hard time losing heat, not gaining it. I'd suspect the thermostat either MIA or...
• Re: Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Jul 2008 13:13:21 -0400
  ...If you aim the beam at a radiator hose, I'm sure > > it's giving you an accurate reading on the rubber hose temp...
• Re: Milestone
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 Jan 2019 15:09:16 +0000
  ...Also keeping an internally clean radiator was necessary for stable overall cooling. Very impressive, Dennis. Ed 344,000 miles on my 1986 Subaru powered...
• Re: difference's between model years
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 26 Sep 2014 11:23:04 -0700
  ...engine and/or engine management - fuel tank and filler neck - WBX radiator on diesel Vanagon ?? - interior: become a Weekender! Become a Westy! etc. As...
• Re: geek heater info for watercooleds
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Tue, 14 Feb 1995 15:11:48 -0500 (EST)
  ...I have a piece of cardboard in front of the > radiator for previously stated reasons (I just FEEL better with it > there) but -and...
• Road trip
  Historical mailing list - Michael T. DeLessio
  Thu, 15 May 1997 12:30:42 -0400
  ...The only two possible problems that I can find are that it has a oil leak, and the fore to aft radiator hoses have...
• Re: What coolants are ok?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Jul 1997 08:52:00 -0600
  ...I'm not sure what coolant is currently in my radiator. Should I flush it and replace w/the recommended ones below, or add...
• 85 Vanagon engine replacement - While I'm at it?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Mon, 13 Apr 1998 23:06:54 -0400
  ...to be replaced? Other new stuff in last few years includes radiator, front and rear heater cores, starter, slave cylinder, and both CV joints...
• Re: Overheating
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 19:40:53 -0400
  ...new fan switch on radiator new 80C thermostat new temperature sensor new resistor (it was definitely burnt out) and bled the system Result? The...
• Re: My $%&$%& van
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Wed, 12 May 1999 00:11:53 -0500
  ...into the expansion tank, and unscrewing the bleeder screw on the radiator until the air has fully escaped. This is all covered in the...
• Re: Mo'details on FS 90 Syncro Westy: New Hampshire
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Mon, 16 Aug 1999 11:12:39 -0700
  ...Recently replaced timing belt and other belts, solar panel, battery, brakes and flushed radiator. Asking $16,500. Contact me at Mark_will@bigfoot.com...
• Zip Ties Everywhere
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 14:45:48 -0800
  ...The whole mess of coolant hoses from the engine compartment to the radiator is held on by zip-ties. Is this a factory thing...
• Spring cleaning Vanagon parts got to go (mirrors and heater)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 07:26:43 -0700
  ...the heater with air distribution housing, the motor/squirrel-cage fan, (quiet at all 3 speeds) the heat exchanger radiator, (leak free and hot...
• Re: bleeding questions
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 21:09:59 -0500
  ...Once or twice I bled air out of the radiator, never got a lot. Then it seemed to kind of bleed itself by getting...
• STILL stalling
  Historical mailing list - Debbie Walters
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 19:37:41 -0500
  ...Stalling only when idleing, only sometimes, maybe in connection with when the radiator fan and/or AC is running. No bucking or stuttering on...
• Re: Aux. Heater Problems
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 12 Sep 2003 10:20:08 -0700
  ...I called around to radiator shops and asked who would test the core for free. Most wantaed CDN$10, but one said 'sure, bring...
• 84 1.9 coolant plastic H-piece
  Historical mailing list - Bob Bolton
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 06:44:09 +1030
  ...Has anyone had any experience with fabricating these things? Or, as the radiator is aluminium, what about in aluminium? And since I thrive on...