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• Re: 84 update/head job
  Historical mailing list - Tim Spotted Wolf
  Tue, 21 May 2002 11:37:37 -0400
  ...I checked the thermostat, water pump, hoses, radiator .. tried bleeding it numerous times with no positive results. Today I removed the Left head (facing...
• Diesel Vanagon for Sale cheap!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 27 Jun 2003 13:07:28 -0400
  ...It is supposed to have an overheating problem, but I haven't had time to check to see if the radiator fan is coming...
• Re: older cars get low balled in value, but VW's hold value
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 11:23:27 -0700
  ...Oil, sparkplugs,brakes at 100k, a radiator. Less than a grand in total repair cost for the life of the truck. Of course, we...
• Re: plastic coolant pipe diameter?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 Feb 2004 17:32:49 -0500
  ...So I was thinking about just cutting through it at the leak and slipping a rubber hose (radiator hose) in between to rejoin it...
• Re: plastic coolant pipe diameter?
  Historical mailing list - Herr Wibo Fichten
  Sun, 29 Feb 2004 21:17:39 -0400
  ...So I was thinking about just cutting through it at the leak and slipping a rubber hose (radiator hose) in between to rejoin it...
• Re: colder fridge
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Mon, 17 May 2004 13:39:15 -0700
  ...it outdoors instead of having the bare pipe acting like a radiator. David 1982 Westy --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG...
• Re: clean heater core
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:43:52 -0500
  ...My radiator shop says no to taking it apart. They would if it were brass. Al Brase 87 Vanagon, luke warm > >
• Re: Removing front heat exchanger
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Sun, 15 Jan 2006 09:50:31 -0800
  ...When the ground terminal corroded off my radiator fan we made it through LA gridlock with temps in the mid-80's by running...
• Re: Reached 100k on the 84 Westy-What now?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:19:27 -0700
  ...Keep the normal maintenece up, change the oil frequently (and the radiator > fluid if you have a waterboxer) and it will last a long...
• Re: Air Getting into Cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 21:01:14 -0500
  ...jonathan On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, John Connolly, Aircooled.Net wrote: > Sister In Law's 85 Vanagon is getting air buildup in the radiator...
• Unacceptable : Why you can't comply
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:00:12 -0600
  ...The other activities are employed in purging air from the radiator and removing the dash > > mocking or degrading any individual or social group Is...
• How I filled 1.9 with coolant, was; Roadside BREAKDOWN...Water Pump Belt
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:38:47 -0800
  ...And then I opened the bleeding bolt in the front on the radiator. Now, I started to fill the system on the top into...
• Re: 1.9L loss of power, stalling
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Tue, 1 Oct 2002 21:42:57 -0600
  ...usually, the radiator fan comes on about then. so, I think my radiator fan is not coming on when it is supposed to. and...
• Re: aftermarket instrumentation
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 May 1996 23:18:15 -0700
  ...at the radiator. With those long, undersized-for-their-length, twisty coolant lines, inadequate water pump flow at top and low/parked speed, and...
• Vanagon overheating on trip
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Sat, 18 Jul 2015 12:47:27 -0400
  ...No radiator fan. The van has gone 1,000 miles since the fan died and the temperature needle has stayed at the top of...
• Re: Temp Gauge -- why did this happen?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 9 May 2012 07:38:02 -0700
  ...Temp Gauge -- why did this happen? > > So we dropped the leaky radiator on my 1.9 and set the hoses to drooling > into a...
• Re: Plastic Ramps
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 3 Jun 2010 09:03:32 -0500
  ...Once I get my van in the air > and the new radiator shows up I should have a very funny and slightly > educational radiator...
• Re: Replacing Oil Cooler O-ring
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 6 Dec 2011 06:17:56 -0500
  ...If you know your radiator is leaking and you have the replacement replace it now. Counter intuitive but regular additions of coolant is not...
• Re: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 8 Feb 2006 10:15:35 -0600
  ...Jacked the back end up, bleed >>>> >>>> >the > > >>>>system, no more air from the radiator. Drop it down. Fill the tank >>>> >>>> >with > > >>>>coolant. Good to...
• Re: Overheating problem 91 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 5 Mar 2011 12:52:23 -0600
  ...middle through the 3.4 mark, no matter what. >> Top of radiator, which spews coolant and not air when opened, is cool >> to the...
• Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - Tobias Gogolin
  Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:06:58 -0700
  ...still overheats and finally I notice I used to hear the radiator fan even after parking! I havent heard that fan for weeks and...
• Re: Frugal Mechanic?
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:14:52 -0500
  ...in their catalogue (I was searching for prices for the Behr radiator and front heater core for a 90 vanagon). Just my experience with...
• Re: Temperature Gauge Going Crazy...
  Historical mailing list - Brooks Chapin
  Sun, 21 Jul 1996 16:19:26 -0400
  ...100 to NOT fix it... > >It's not the thermostat, the radiator, the hoses, or the instrument >panel. > >The only 'sure fix' I can...
• Air in my coolant - '86 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Felix Martel
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 13:45:44 -0400
  ...I regularly have to bleed air from the radiator and I have to bleed air from the primary coolant tank just about every time...
• Re: Coolant sensor O ring
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Wed, 27 Jan 1999 22:12:21 -0600
  ...Coolant sensor O ring >Micael; >FWIW, I was able to keep the coolant in the radiator and heater by making >some inexpensive clamps. Each...
• Radiator fan shutoff problem
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Mon, 6 Sep 1999 17:27:01 EDT
  I recently had the AC recharged on my newly aquired '87GL. At this point or shortly thereafter, I determined the double resistor for low...
• Re: Syncro's spare tire location
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 09:38:32 -0800
  ...storage, attached left side by bracket or in front, underneath the radiator. I have been to VW authorized dealer here in Thailand asking the...
• Re: Texas A/C Questions
  Historical mailing list - Donald Welch
  Sat, 26 May 2001 18:01:16 -0500
  ...my air is not working at this time (needs recharged after I replaced the radiator) and I am really debating the money it will...
• Re: Part # Help.. For 91 Vanagon/ new gas tank install?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 12 Apr 2003 16:18:18 -0500
  You might just take it to a radiator shop and have it boiled out good. They can add a rust inhibitor after they boil...
• '80?/bizarre van ebay
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 11:53:14 -0700
  ...Wednesday, March 03, 2004 8:34 AM Subject: '80? > If this is any '80, why does it have a radiator grille and square > headlights...
• Re: Ebay trade gone wrong...
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Sun, 8 Aug 2004 22:28:29 -0700
  ...Had it inspected when I got home, and the only thing wrong with it was a gunky, clogged radiator that needed replacing. That plus...
• Re: help with waterlines retro-fit
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 10:12:05 -0700
  ...diesel bellhousing, mounts, pan and all such parts. > >I have a radiator from an 87 syncro. > >what I need to know is for the...
• Re: Air conditioning keep it or leave it?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 4 Mar 2005 04:33:54 -0500
  ...Air Conditioning never worked and I have to change the > front radiator. (Read: spend lots of $$) My question could become very > subjective but here...
• Re: Cooling System stop-leak compounds
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 02:53:33 -0500
  ...of putting >something in the system that might possibly clog the radiator or >something. > >Anybody had hands on expereince with some of this stuff...
• Re: Vacuum Powered Coolant Changeout
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Thu, 16 Jun 2005 14:13:36 -0600
  ...introducing air into the system ( yeah, right!!!) Supposed to clean the radiator in the process. Anybody ever seen this done, or had it done...
• Re: Form Jay Leno's Garage
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Apr 2012 00:55:52 -0400
  ...Any leak in the top of the radiator will result in a lot of coolant loss, down to the pressure cap level. Plan on...
• Re: Broken down!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 9 Oct 2013 21:31:50 -0700
  ...That was it!!!! It was bone dry under the engine and radiator, but > when I crawled under to take a look at the connection...
• Re: Radiator cardboard and its replacement
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:50:15 -0800
  ...2008 9:02 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Radiator cardboard and its replacement > > > Thanks Evan. > > That sounds like a great solution...
• Re: Sick of overheating....Friday question and comment....
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 12 Dec 2015 00:24:37 -1000
  ...I got really good at topping up my radiator at gas > stations on that trip.....I could go along with my eye on the...
• Weird going-ons!
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Wed, 6 Sep 2023 13:55:13 -0400
  ...legacy, is laid up in the country waiting for a new radiator, so I’m having to drive the van for my job. Sucks...
• Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:21:23 -0400
  ...Shortly thereafter I replaced most of the hoses and the radiator. My coolant system was anything but robust at this point, I had several...
• Re: Expansion tank under pressure when cold?
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Wed, 17 Feb 2016 11:55:07 -0600
  Sounds like something leaking up front, heater core or radiator. Something higher than your expansion tank letting air into the system while coolant flows...
• Re: WBX Plastic Coolant Pipe Inspection
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 20 May 2014 06:34:16 -0700
  ...You've also > got to replace those thirty-something-year-old plastic fittings, tees, > junctions, bleed valves, housings, radiator and heater cores, etc., if...
• Re: Now It Is An Investment
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 9 Mar 2012 09:26:40 -0600
  ...Now, he "likes these better because the later years had cooling leak problems and the radiators are up front". Spoken like a true expert...
• Coolant Pipes and runs hot (150k miles)
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 16:23:50 -0500
  ...Has anyone had any experience replacing this?? i.e., has anyone cut off the rusty parts, and spliced in radiator hose?? It does run...
• overheating...but where's the antifreeze going?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Calder
  Mon, 22 May 2000 22:58:02 -0700
  ...Everything else in the system including radiator fan checks out. Great. So refill and everything seems cool, for now. But the shop can find...
• Re: wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 21:54:32 -0500
  ...going down the highway and getting a nice airflow through your > radiator and the RPMs are high enough that you have a good coolant...
• Re: LEAK
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sun, 15 Oct 2000 11:07:52 -0400
  ...Fortunately, I did not believe him as hot temps were from a dirty radiator. John Lauterbach Macon, GA '84 DL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn...
• Re: alternative powerplants for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Fetner Greg
  Fri, 23 Feb 2001 06:31:38 -0600
  ...it is air cooled and Subaru/Golf/Jetta transplants will require radiator and lines...which makes it really a pain. If you want to...
• Re: Subaru WRX ... front-engined Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 2 May 2003 18:35:42 +1200
  ...I suspect there's sufficient room under the van's front to install a boxer engine & trans (move the radiator and spare tire)... say...
• Re: Anyone widened a VW van?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 14 Sep 2003 06:49:12 +1200
  ...Dash, >windshield, heater box, radiator, grills, fuel tank area, etc. would be >left stock. Widening is harder than stretching and stretching is plenty >of...
• Re: purpose of air dam???
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Thu, 29 Apr 2004 18:51:49 -0600
  ...this, as well as extending the effect rearward o if the radiator is in the front and open to the underside of the vehicle...
• Re: manual thermostat / heaterflap control?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:04:24 -0500
  ...the van would hardly run going down the highway until I closed off most of the radiator with cardboard. At least that way I...
• Re: Need 1982 coolant reservoir
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:06:45 -0700
  ...Jon > So, looking at an early vanagon w/ lower front radiator grille would not > necessarily mean it was an 83.5 or later! > When...
• Cheap but reliable IR gun?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:39:14 -0500
  ...Remember that the fan switch is at the outlet of the > radiator. By the time the fan turns on, the coolant leaving the engine...
• Re: Which is the best coolant to use?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 3 Dec 2006 11:41:41 -0600
  ...Westy, and put in > Sierra Coolant. > > New larger coolant pipes, new radiator too! > > > > In the past I had always used Pentosin in my 1...
• Bubbles! Fun with cooling...
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:13:50 -0800
  ...Have replaces a series of failed parts located by observation (coolant leaking, etc...) - radiator, some hoses new and some reattached, main coolant and overflow...
• Re: Limited high coolant temps
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 23:16:56 -0400
  ...the vehicle is not moving so you don't have as much air flow over the radiator, and also the water pump is not...
• Re: Larger Audi a/t cooler fits transporter
  Historical mailing list - aka.bugle
  Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:35:23 -0400
  ...For the most part the transmission >>>> > cooler is in parallel with the radiator. The coolant going to it is >>>> > the same as that going...
• Re: bad ground on radiator fan motor
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Sun, 29 Aug 2021 17:00:26 -0400
  I was thinking that could be my other option. Thanks Mark On Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 4:52 PM vw_van_fan_Mark...