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• Re: Radiator fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Fri, 26 Jul 2013 21:33:20 -0600
  On Jul 26, 2013, at 8:56 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: As many of us know the Vanagon resistor is no...
• Re: How to get that (bleep) spare tire out (Part 3)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 12 Mar 2011 06:50:55 -0600
  ...Also the two hoses for the radiator are >different to make room. >The best I have done is getting a 215/65-16 tire...
• Re: Temp gauge question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:15:51 -0500
  ...a place that the pump could keep pulling water from the radiator and the area where the temp sensor is located received the normal...
• Re: Radiator Fan Speed HIGH only
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 13 Apr 1999 01:44:29 +0200
  EMZ wrote: > > Will not find it unless you have AC?? What do you mean? I have the > > resistor behind the headlight, and I definitely...
• rear gas can carrier ( winkler )
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 27 Aug 1999 08:52:23 -0400
  ...It could also just have been the hot air coming off the radiator. So I haven't found a good solution yet, but I...
• Re: Build your own synchro westy - how hard is it?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Mon, 14 Feb 2000 19:03:58 -0600
  ...s mechanicals are so different it is equivalent to keeping the radiator cap and putting a new car under it to actually do. Front...
• Re: Important tire saftey - AMERICAS TIRE CO
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 29 Aug 2000 19:08:46 PDT
  ...And this friend is cheap beyond belief, he can tell you his story about how he spent all week to fix his radiator with...
• Re: Bleeding question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 31 May 2001 11:37:22 -0700
  ...Charles Keeter wrote: > > Hi All, > > quick question, I just changed the radiator fan switch, I did it fairly > fast, lost maybe a cup of...
• Re: is it bad to take out t-stat?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 10:50:52 -0700
  ...Replace the t-stat and if you still have problems after bleeding the system then it is time for a new radiator. Note: You...
• Re: How can this be?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 5 Jun 2005 17:28:01 -0500
  ...I would suspect something is plugged slowing the input flow to the radiator, and causing backed up pressure to the rest of the system...
• Re: Coolant installation and bleeding idea
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 5 Oct 2005 13:09:31 -0700
  ...Since the > coolant lines are so long from the engine to the radiator I am thinking > about drilling a 1/8" hole in the...
• Re: Install radiator "cardboard" after rad in?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:21:37 -0800
  Thanks. Didn't know that the parts existed aftermarket. And thanks for the details on fasteners. I was perusing between Bentley's today figuring...
• Re: More questions pertaining to my 88 model Bluestar project
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:46:50 -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: Problem with customer van that is driving me crazy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 15 Oct 2015 13:35:18 -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: Creek crossing (rainy day) blues
  Historical mailing list - James Flanigan
  Fri, 2 Mar 2001 23:36:54 -0500
  ...And I still operate my radiator cooling fan manually (probably a faulty temperature switch on the radiator). It is only the BIG problems I...
• Re: Air cooled diesel Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:22:51 -0700
  ...If your talking into the air cooled you will >need to put a radiator and appropriate hoses in. the lower mounts for the >radiator...
• Re: New thermostat funky?
  Historical mailing list - GMac999
  Sun, 2 Dec 2007 17:54:49 -0800
  ...Even with the complete openings to the front of the radiator blocked off, it wouldn't run "normally" during the winter. It still stayed...
• Re: vannie info on cranks and radiators needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:59:56 -0700
  ...vannie info on cranks and radiators needed In a message dated 7/1/2010 8:56:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, scottdaniel@turbovans...
• Re: Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 7 Jul 2008 10:34:59 -0700
  ...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: Leaky rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 19 May 2020 22:58:55 +0000
  ...those small leaks will stay visible. -Alex (who sees some stainless cooling tubes and an upgrade to a late-model radiator in his future)
• Re: about this small amount of air at the top of the radiator
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:41:33 -0700
  My thought on this is that "perfect" may be impossible in any practical sense. Cya, Robert On Jul 29, 2010 8:34 PM, "Don...
• Re: What to soak radiator in to dissolve slime
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 15 May 2010 14:49:24 -0700
  citric acid is the beast. no citrus smell, just good cleaning action. I used it a lot for cleaning stainless bioreactors, and stainless winefermentors...
• Selling Various Vanagon Parts in Austin, TX
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Thu, 3 Sep 2009 12:48:49 -0700
  ...One automatic transmission & differential (trans won't shift into 3rd gear) Radiators, cooling fans & sheet metal mounts, AC condensers & evaporators, fuel tanks Front doors...
• Selling Various Vanagon Parts in Austin, TX
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:54:20 -0700
  ...One automatic transmission & differential (trans won't shift into 3rd gear) Radiators, cooling fans & sheet metal mounts, AC condensers & evaporators, fuel tanks Front doors...
• RE: Rt 66
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 04 Jan 1996 09:44:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...I'll probably put it in a Web page someday, if I ever get one, along with pictures of the V6anagon, its engine, radiator...
• water pump update
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Sat, 27 Aug 1994 17:30:43 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Do I have to rev the engine continually? Fluid starts pouring out of the radiator at which point I close that bleeder, but I...
• Re: A.S.A.P. ( battery)
  Historical mailing list - Jack Newton
  Mon, 11 Aug 1997 18:30:43 +1000
  ...BTW check the "fan" belt tension, a frequent cause of poor charging particularly when the belt is not being used to drive a radiator...
• help with cooling fan on 89' GL
  Historical mailing list - Zephyr2546
  Wed, 13 May 1998 18:42:46 EDT
  ...Problem is, it's cooling great, but when I move the temp level knob to cooler, the 2nd stage radiator fan comes on, and...
• Hope Lousy Luck comes in threes!
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sun, 9 Aug 1998 12:37:37 -0400
  ...the transaxle, and the '86 Audi 5000 I borrowed popped a radiator hose. Managed to get em all home w/out being stranded. Three...
• Re: Eurovan Radiator Fans not running
  Historical mailing list - Southard Family
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 20:32:33 -0400
  Blown fuses! Thanks Steve. Found both of these 50A fuses were blown. What to do? Turns out they are the same fuse used on...
• Re: Coolant flow question
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 22 May 2005 21:22:39 -0700
  ...Where does > the front heater get it's coolant from? Is it pulled off of the coolant > lines that go to the radiator, or...
• project 2: fuel lines done, now on to fan
  Historical mailing list - Brian W.
  Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:13:10 -0700
  ...My radiator fan doesn't seem to ever run. I know it works because it kicks on if I turn on the AC, but...
• Re: New van Style
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 14:58:20 +1100
  ...The whole radiator hinges forward out of the way and you can access what you like. Simple...and since the spark plugs only need...
• Re: Head leak - What is the process for using Bars Leak Head Gasket Repair
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 1 Sep 2008 21:40:46 -0400
  ...No >>> radiator/ >>> heater core problems came up. Also, just replaced the large driver's >>> side >>> water pipe in the engine bay this weekend, and...
• Rad flushing musings
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 14 Mar 1996 09:12:11 CST6CDT
  ...However, be forwarned that many cleaners foam and can create a headache for you as the radiator air-locks with foam. yes, this is...
• Re: Westy bumper motorbike carrier
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 14 Jan 2023 12:15:44 -0600
  ...You > also need to consider blocking of the radiator air intake and headlights. > > I do offer a hitch that can beefed up to carry...
• Re: Cheap infared gun
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Sun, 3 Jul 2011 09:49:00 -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: Radiator/Coolant/Overheating Issues
  Historical mailing list - Sunshine
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 18:47:44 -0500
  oh WHOOPS I should have figured you'd be ON HERE Karl. KARL MULLENDOR of WESTY VENTURES has been my own personal "on call...
• Re: Aircooleds and Airplanes
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Prichard
  Mon, 17 Jul 1995 16:59:23 -0400 (EDT)
  ...My radiator fan actually came on for the first time this > last week. Scared the dickens out of me. Now *that* is hot...
• Coolant Level Switch
  Historical mailing list - Jack Newton
  Wed, 16 Jul 1997 12:24:33 +1000
  A slow leak at a radiator hose was the cause of loss of coolant when I was driving yesterday but there was no indication...
• Re: SYNCRO RUNS HOT UPHILL
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Thu, 25 Sep 1997 15:18:25 -0700
  ...You should be able to see a line of dried residue snaking down to the bottom of the radiator if this is the case...
• calipers rattle
  Historical mailing list - db25
  Mon, 30 Nov 1998 13:20:00 EST
  ...This weekend while replacing the radiator and laying under the van I just started beatin around on stuff with a rubber mallet for the...
• Removing the rear heater, flusing tees, and heat in general
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 21 Apr 2000 09:06:29 -0700
  ...You are not bypassing the radiator however, that is a completely different circuit and is controlled by the thermostat. Contrary to common beliefs, coolant...
• Re: help! overheating with maple syrup smell
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Fri, 22 Dec 2000 19:08:03 -0800
  ...You've seen the truckers with cardboard covering the radiator, right? Consider adding a shield to deflect the winds blowing right on the exposed...
• Re: Subaru conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 29 Mar 2001 20:44:23 -0600
  ...I looked at their van ...had a box of a radiator on the front, yet the body was of the old air-cooled type...
• Re: '91 Westy Coolant/Fan
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 11:11:20 -0500
  At 07:22 PM 2/10/2002, Bob Stevens wrote: >Woops, forgot to mention that just after I got the radiator fan to come...
• Who Sells the Coolant Pipe Repair Kit?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 4 Nov 2002 23:09:45 EST
  ...Well, the only thing sweet about it right now is the coolant gushing out of the metal radiator lines where they kick up in...
• Re: Cold air always
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 21 Dec 2004 22:38:16 EST
  ...The fresh air intake can be blanked off at its opening behind the radiator grille or, if you do not mind pulling the heater...
• Re: Hunting and radiator fan
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:19:54 -0400
  William, Interesting theory. Watching my O2 sensor monitor gadget http://neksiwel.20m.com/photo5.html , I notice that rhythmic idle fluctuations correspond with changes...
• Re: 2.1wbx into 85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Dec 2007 22:19:15 -0500
  ...When the fan turns on, most likely it is hot as the fan sensor turns the fan on when the radiator return needs it...
• This guy again (3000 mi trip yada yada)
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 19:05:58 -0800
  ...My temp fan switch, radiator are functioning properly, all been replaced fair;y recently. The rear heater core I took out, after it cracked...
• Re: running hot....any ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 3 Feb 2006 10:25:20 -0500
  ...I put a new radiator, thermostat, and waterpump in it when I first got it and there was no change. I shrugged and have...
• go over for '91 camper, mechanical soundness and reliability
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 09:32:47 -0400
  ...No steering play, no vibration or bounce. > Wheel bearings good, newly greased. > New radiator, new radiator temperature switch. Complete flush. New > phosphate free coolant...
• Re: Do waterboxers have core plugs (freeze plugs)?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:14:54 -0600
  ...A bit of online shopping turned up nothing but inline coolant heaters which are installed waaay up near the radiator, and hot-plate-style...
• one last effort to get the temp control gauge under control
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:02:23 -0500
  ...New thermostat, temp sensors, water pump, radiator and fresh fill of coolant have NOT solved it. The mechanic who is doing the work for...
• Re: AC blower motor resistor? 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:30:02 -0400
  ...The RADIATOR resistor pack is behind the front left headlight. The AC blower fan is near the AC blowers. I.E. up in the...
• coolant advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Mon, 1 Apr 1996 08:28:03 -0500
  ...On my syncro the two main big plastic hoses to and from the radiator are on the passenger side. Do I disconnect and drain...
• trip report (short) odd vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Fri, 19 Apr 1996 16:12:20 -0400
  ...Anyway, it was odd to see the single radiator grill sitting just above the bumper and protruding forward a bit. Rick Koller '90 syncro...
• Re: Bleeder Valve, CV's, After-Market Filter
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 8 Oct 1996 06:37:56 PST
  ...One >thing that was mentioned was that the radiator bleeder valve looks >like >a brake bleeder. My bleeder is nothing more than an 8mm...
• Re: 85 GL Radiator Fan Problem
  Historical mailing list - t
  Sun, 4 Jun 2000 21:30:28 -0700
  While the coolant system pressurizes, that is because fluid as it heats increases in volume. Since this is a closed system, the coolant has...