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• Yet another coolant hose bites the dust
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 13:47:49 -0400
  The N 901 666 01 hose that is one of the two main radiator hoses for the 1.9l Vanagon with metal coolant pipes...
• FS / trade: 90 GL in SE VA -- $2200/offer
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Mon, 4 Feb 2008 18:31:01 -0800
  ...little more. It has had a bunch of stuff recently, including: Radiator, coolant overflow + expansion tanks, gas tank + filter, complete exhaust, master cylinders (clutch...
• Re: More questions pertaining to my 88 model Bluestar project
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Wed, 11 Dec 2013 16:50:38 -0800
  ...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: cooling system hose clamps
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 22 Sep 2022 12:48:18 -0400
  ...my cooling system revamped with a new radiator, water pump, stainless steel pipes to the radiator, and many new hoses. Since then I can...
• Re: Aftermarket Radiator Fan Solution
  Historical mailing list - William D. Pool
  Sat, 11 Jun 2016 07:15:02 -0700
  A cheap solution for non-AC vans is out there. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=601997 About $70. Did it...
• Re: Free parts from 1985 Westy-you pay shipping
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 20 Oct 2014 19:56:58 -0400
  ...horn pad (all brown) > > Heater/Defrost control panel and all switches > > Radiator cooling fan > > Vent cover for under dash-center (brown) > > Instrument panel cover...
• Re: Used Radiator Inspection?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Mon, 6 Jan 2014 19:00:14 -0800
  people fabricate assemblies out of stainless steel quite commonly. more welding than drilling for sure .. but many custom parts are tig welded up in...
• Re: Blinking Temp Light
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:39:45 -0700
  ...Steel pipes, new radiator, new hoses, but also, if I understand, the other newer stuff that was original to later model years. Eventually, I...
• Re: How I filled 1.9 with coolant, was; Roadside BREAKDOWN...Water Pump Belt
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:48:10 -0600
  ...you can fill >> the coolant system, crack the valve on the radiator, then drive down the >> road until the low coolant warning light comes...
• Re: Need some assistance to see if my mechanic is overcharging me...
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:01:17 -0700
  ...You let the radiator do the work, as it is already in the airflow by necessity and has more than ample cooling capacity. You...
• Control arm bushings!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
  Thu, 5 May 1994 17:51:59 -0500 (CDT)
  ...it unless I had recently jacked it up to bleed the radiator and got curious about the wheels. Would I have any legal recourse...
• Vangon Fan Housing
  Historical mailing list - Dr. D.W. Carment
  Mon, 1 Aug 1994 15:11:18 -0400 (EDT)
  ...that the oil cooler is blocked.- do they "wear out" like radiators?... The filter is mounted on a remote adapter so this may also...
• what is under the passengers feet? AGAIN
  Historical mailing list - Ian Webb
  Tue, 17 Dec 1996 11:39:51 -0800
  ...Is there anything on the other side of the floor board--like a radiator or hose or something--that I will cause damage to...
• More Coolant Leaks/Tire Availability
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Thu, 4 Sep 1997 22:36:27 -0400
  My '85 has developed a very slow leak from the plastic fitting that connects the upper and lower radiator hoses and mounts on the...
• Re: Overheating on '84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Fri, 19 Sep 1997 09:28:29 -0500
  ...What it seems my DPO did was to change radiators, but install a two prong thermo-switch, hook up the power lead, and the...
• Re: Slow thermostat
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 10:01:44 -0500
  ...I know there is a bleeder screw on top of the >radiator, there seems to be one on the thermostat housing, but I need...
• Re: Need help to find leak...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Shiels
  Fri, 30 Nov 2001 14:36:20 -0500
  ...I looked at > the fresh air vent above the radiator and I dont see how it can come in > there. Maybe it would be...
• Re: coolant pressure?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 3 Feb 2002 17:01:39 -0600
  ...to connect it up in front, like at the bleed screw on the radiator. This would avoid routing the rather long tube. Larry A.
• 85 Westfalia FS
  Historical mailing list - Richard Ferguson
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 07:32:23 -0800
  ...This van has a new water pump, radiator, battery, windshield, thermostat and hoses. The double T flange was replaced last year with the original...
• Re: Van runs hot in traffic jams
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 08:34:31 -0800
  ...Even at 70 mph when there id plenty of air flow across the radiator without any fan. Mechanical fans can suck up a LOT...
• Fw: [Syncro] 86 Syncro Vanagon F.S. Weekender Interior
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 23 Nov 2003 19:13:45 -0600
  ...Karl/Westyman will have it 1st week of Dec for routine > check-up and low speed radiator fan replacement, must sell asap 70 miles...
• Power Steering Woes (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Barry Muller
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:35:45 -0500
  ...First signs of trouble Whilst replacing the radiator I noticed the boots on the PSR had never been installed with hose clamps and were...
• Re: Front heater: low heat at highway speed
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:12:08 -0500
  ...To put it simply, your bad thermostat is > allowing too much hot coolant to flow to the main radiator and then not > enough heat...
• Re: problem with front radiator hoses coming loose from plastic pipes
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:02:16 -0500
  David, the "hack mechanic" that put the metal insert in the plastic pipe was VW or whomever made the pipe for them it was...
• Re: Home Made version of "the easy-bleed" for de-airing your van's rad.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:22:17 -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: Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sat, 5 Jul 2008 12:33:21 -0700
  ...For example, otherwise when the radiator fan came on the gauge needles would move to different positions and then back again after the fan...
• Re: # Importance of pressure and temp monitoring (long)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 15:28:52 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: # Importance of pressure and temp monitoring (long) > >Hi Volks! > >Recently, I had the radiator fan speed reduction >resistor go...
• Re: Re: 1.9L running hot....ideas ? UPDATE running a 70� t-stat instead of 87�?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:54:31 -0800
  ...Looking at it that way, the thermostat is supposed to keep the engine hot, the radiator is supposed to keep it from getting too...
• Re: What could have gone wrong?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 5 May 2008 20:53:34 -0700
  ...it reminded me of the steam /air relief screw on cast iron radiator heating systems so i loosened the bolt ... let off theair and...
• Re: Final stage of my long term fuel pump issue - what would you do?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:56:41 -0700
  ...And i really don't want to ruin anohter >> > fuel pump (this one was new in June!). >> > >> > The guy at Seattle Radiator seemed pretty...
• Vanagon Diesel Parts For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Mon, 7 Oct 2019 13:30:01 -0400
  ...Has a relatively new radiator, new LT truck tires (less than 10k). The engine has a relatively newly Bosch certified rebuilt injection pump (cost...
• Re: Missing coolant
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 29 Sep 2015 01:08:28 -0400
  ...No drips anywhere-engine plumbing, heads, transmission cooler, radiator, or front heater valve. No evidence of coolant mixing with either the transmission fluid or...
• 1.9 GL - Rad fan frequent running
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 3 Jun 2010 10:48:12 -0400
  ...My radiator fan seems to turn on more often than what I am used to. Could be nothing I just don't know. The...
• Various Vanagon Parts For Sale in Austin, TX
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Tue, 3 Nov 2009 08:43:54 -0800
  ...One automatic transmission & differential (trans won't shift into 3rd gear) $75 & $100 Radiators, cooling fans & sheet metal mounts, AC condensers & evaporators, fuel tanks...
• Re: Add-on Oil Coolers
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 12 May 95 10:40:02 CDT
  ...two hoses ran off this plate, and went to the litttle radiator (oil cooler). i installed a bypass thermostat in the lines so that...
• Exhaust leak and Frozen engine questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott P Johnson
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 22:26:18 -0500
  ...Is there something I can put in front of the radiator to prevent its getting so cold? Or am I mistaken in my diagnosis...
• TD coolant circulation pump
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 10:43:56 +0100
  ...off the ignition, and which keeps the coolant flowing through the radiator system for a few minutes to disperse excess heat in the engine...
• Brake Bleeder / Coolant Pressure Testor
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Thu, 8 Feb 2001 12:54:20 -0700
  ...Then I attached an air hose to the stem of the radiator cap and a fitting to attach it to the air pressure regulator...
• Re: temperature issues
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 11:46:45 -0800
  ...now with my heater on full, the needle is > sitting higher and the radiator fan has come on in two separate occaisons > from moderate...
• Re: Head welding any good? Are You Expeienced?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 23:44:17 -0400
  ...YMMV. -- Stephen* Chillicothe Ohio 1991 Caravelle Hans sold today to son #1 1987 Westy Franz 1984 Westy Fritz new radiator today! 1991 Jetta GL...
• 2 questions
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Sat, 24 Jul 2004 15:12:03 -0400
  ...it is louder then the radiator fan, for real. maybe this is not the stock fan. anyways, not only is it loud but it...
• Re: Temps in the 100s today, need ideas on extra cooling
  Historical mailing list - Stewart, Donna
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 07:30:04 -0700
  ...I am wondering if anybody has installed a larger radiator or found a better way to duct the hot air out? I did remove...
• Re: Rear Heater
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:59:12 -0700
  ...But it is not an inherent design flaw (like that radiator shop said) that causes the heater core to act all Sybil on you...
• Re: Reason for Saddle-shaped gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:43:18 -0400
  ...If anything, I > thought it would be there to help the air exit after the radiator > for the water cooled models.
• Re: inline 4 SWAP? was Re: Mexican Water cooled loaf bus? what engine?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 06:24:58 -0600
  ...Then you'd have to run coolant lines up front and put in a radiator, fan and shroud somehow and add relays, fuses and...
• Re: The real story about the invention of the WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:32:04 -0500
  ...I don't plan to use the (IMO) ugly plastic Mexican >> radiator, instead I will covertly place the rad in a faux spare tire...
• Re: # Importance of pressure and temp monitoring (long)
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 10:16:14 -0400
  ...Why high pressure? because the radiator fan didn't cool the radiator most of the time, until coolant was really hot (the resistor burned...
• Re: Small Car Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Hildt
  Tue, 2 Feb 2016 19:37:52 +0000
  ...SC like any good conversion shop will replace all questionable parts, like the plastic coolant tubes, radiator, starter, etc. and that drives up the...
• Re: 86 hot temp gauge---RESOLVED
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:40:43 -0500
  ...Left idling upon return, engine warmed up, radiator fan kicked on for a couple o' minutes then cycled off. Drove down the highway again...
• Re: Final stage of my long term fuel pump issue - what would you do?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Thu, 19 Oct 2006 06:55:27 -0700
  ...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: AC - Again! '91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 22 Jul 2016 13:51:57 -0500
  ...Fan works fine for the engine since replacing the switch on the lower left of the radiator, but doesn't work at all for...
• Re: Coolant Hose vs. Coolant Pipe
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:36:08 -0600
  ...http://www.busdepot.com/radiator-cooling-system?q=All&type=2&model=23&year=408&variation=146&category=1160 Guess where you live might...
• Re: Heart vs. Head
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:57:08 -0500
  ...the driver and the sheet metal in front of > > the vehicle. Radiator and engine are in the same county. Fabulous > > turning radius. No real...
• RE: '73 Toyo-Westy
  Historical mailing list - Donald E. Bradley
  Mon, 13 May 1996 18:55:35 -0500 (CDT)
  ...The location of the radiator was also a point of interest. It is located on the driver's side and is positioned parallel with...
• Re: (headsup) wasserboxer cooling system failure dujour
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Aug 1996 06:44:33 -0400
  ...right hoses connect to both the heater hose and the main radiator hose. The heater hose connection was "loose" and upon wiggling it, broke...
• Engine Coolant Corrosion Inhibitor?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Apr 1997 01:49:01 -0400 (EDT)
  ...This is a true premium product that will protect your radiator core, heater core, water pump and coolant system from corrosion. If you forget...
• Running hot........or maybe not
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Wed, 31 May 2000 20:53:23 -0400
  ...The fan never came on. (Radiator switch is new last month, and worked when tested at that time. Haven't been in heavy enough...
• Re: Front Receiver Hitch
  Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 10 Apr 2001 05:49:34 -0700
  ...I don't have to worry about no stinking radiators! I have seen a front hitch in Toronto on water cooled red Westy (just...
• '86 syncro 7 pax for sale
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 14:40:39 -0800
  ...No holes. -Vintage chrome hub caps (1 extra). -Many extra parts� �Radiator, ignition and steering column, shifter, tail-lights, air-vents, Bentley factory repair...
• For WBX Owners with Suspected Head Leaks
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 8 Mar 2002 13:54:49 -0800
  ...Tapered nose on the test chamber fits the radiator neck of most gasoline, diesel and LPG powered engines. Included Blue test fluid turns yellow...