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• Re: Van content (really)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:11:05 -0200
  ...The 1.9/2.1 are really just T4 engines with water cooling and no tin-look at both type engines side by side...
• Re: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:36:32 -0500
  ...How to - or not - bleed the cooling system > For pictures of the KEP front bleed petcock see: > > http://subaruvanagon.com/conv1_cooling_9.htm...
• Re: Emergency engine cooling
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 04:04:38 -0700
  ...steep grades in low gear--especially when weather's warm. "Cooling" the engine with the heater gives an extra measure of controll & protection. Sometimes...
• Re: air cooled engine cooling tin
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 14 Mar 2016 09:34:01 -0400
  ...air cooled engine cooling tin I'll have my dad check his shed...he's got several air cooled motors sort of gathering dust...
• Re: Coolant question
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 3 Jul 2014 21:17:14 -1000
  IMO Water Wetter is basically mandatory in any engine cooling system, especially in the warmer seaons. I wouldn't run a waterboxer engine without...
• Re: aiding cooling system by turning on heater blower
  Historical mailing list - John Flaherty
  Wed, 16 May 2001 16:44:29 -0400
  ...engine. John Flaherty ----- Original Message ----- From: sg To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 10:22 PM Subject: aiding cooling system...
• Gurgling coolant
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Sat, 1 May 1999 21:48:59 -0700
  ...Is this normal, or do I need to "burp" the cooling system? Could it be a sticky thermostat? PS - the cooling system, engine, hoses...
• Re: aircraft engine NVC
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:23:51 -0500
  ...a cooling fluid instead of cooling air flow? John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Jim Cochran wrote: > http://www.pilotmarket.com/products/Aircraft_Engines_for...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:02:26 -0700
  ...Your air-cooled vanagon , engine cooling wise, is just likeany 79 or early VW Bus .. And your engine should be well-sealed all around...
• Use Fuel Pressure Tester to Test Cooling System Pressure? (engine running)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 21 May 2017 12:31:10 -0700
  Hi all I've been reading up on DIY type cooling system pressure testers. I plan to re-use a broken WBX blue coolant...
• Re: Coolant hoses re-visited
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Fri, 8 Mar 2013 15:59:25 -0600
  ...http://www.gates.com/brochure.cfm?brochure=1023 Troubleshooting Cooling System Hoses Today's smaller engines work a lot harder than the large V...
• Re: '87 Vanagon GL ATF Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:39:24 -0800
  ...With the engine thermostat closed, both AT & Engine warm up together, as thermostat opens, they both begin cooling from the Rad. Same as the...
• Re: Overheating after on Road.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 15:44:25 -0700
  ...I operate mine on 105 degree days, not problem, and it's cooling a larger 2.1 engine. The 1.9 cooling system is...
• Re: Thermistat ???
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:21:08 EDT
  The vanagon cooling system is very complex compared to most other water cooled engines. When any mechanic has a plan to better a system...
• Re: 80c or 87c thermostat?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:01:01 -0400
  ...But If he's using salt water for cooling, even 160F is twenty degrees too high. Not for the engine, but because the salt...
• Re: Cooling System for Various Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 8 Nov 2010 09:17:15 -0500
  Tony, All of the engine conversions use the stock cooling system. It is way more cooling than the waterboxer needs so it is great...
• Cooling tin/engine mounts?
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 07:43:08 -0800
  There's a little too much clearance at the rear (front is front) of my cooling tin, and not as much in the front...
• Re: Logan Pass - blew the expansion tank temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 9 Jul 2015 10:52:38 -0700
  ...Bleeding the cooling system The pre '86 cooling systems (1.9L stock WBX or same system with another engine) does need bleeding and it...
• Re: air cooled engine cooling tin
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 14 Mar 2016 12:02:47 +0000
  ...On Sun, Mar 13, 2016, 11:56 AM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > I need the rear and bottom cooling tin for a...
• Re: Tire Carriers Again (cooling system comments)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 26 Apr 2000 11:39:29 -0700
  ...In many of these > discussions it is assumed that the Vanagon cooling system is a weak link. > >From an engineering perspective, this is simply...
• RE: engine seal/tin holes
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Thu, 23 May 1996 14:15:31 EST
  I've never been clear about what level of paranoia is appropriate on this issue (hermetically sealing engine cooling intake from engine cooling out...
• Re: aiding cooling system by turning on heater blower
  Historical mailing list - sg
  Wed, 16 May 2001 15:49:07 -0700
  ...worries. > > Even better, run just straight water in the cooling system, and once the > engine is up to operating temp, you'll be able...
• Re: Re.: Synthetic oils
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 18 Aug 94 14:25:21 PDT
  ...and others) implied that the engines were *engineered* to have the oil do a major part of the cooling. Given that, I think changing...
• Re: porsche conversion
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Jan 1997 00:55:40
  ...why do you want an air-cooled engine? >Ive lost 2 engines due to cooling system problems, air cooled might be >my solution....but...
• Re: Cooling system drivel (long, sorry)
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
  Thu, 16 Feb 95 8:20:25 CST
  ...The system IS > cooling, just not at peak efficiency. If the water pump is > out/flakey, then I'd think I'd have SIGNIFICANT...
• Re: Cooling
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 May 1995 10:01:22 -0500 (CDT)
  ...the volume of cooling air is determined by the fan's rotational speed, i.e., engine rpm. "VW's engineers probably knew what they...
• Re: Attn. 2L Air cooled experts. Is this a bad idea?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 4 Sep 2006 09:52:14 -0600
  ...The engine cooling is from the fan pushing cooler air from the engine compartment over the engine fins. Hence the importance of the seal...
• Re: Emergency engine cooling - a common problem?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 05:29:29 -0700
  ...Emergency engine cooling > > > Climbing steep, winding Mexican grades, when my engine gets REALLY hot--I > > can keep the temp guage needle where it belongs...
• Cooling Light Q?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Dabrowski
  Mon, 17 May 2004 17:48:14 -0700
  My cooling has been coming on frequently lately. As the engine warms up I have no warning light but after about 10 minutes of...
• inadequate cooling
  Historical mailing list - Christine Murdock
  Sat, 07 Sep 1996 21:46:24 -0700
  Is my '86 Wasserboxer's inadequate cooling partly due to trapped air in upper engine compartment? In aircraft baffling you must allow as much...
• Need Help On Flushing Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - John E. Glass
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 09:59:21 -0400
  I have a 1990 Vanagon with 2.1L engine and need to flush and refill the cooling system for winter and as I have...
• Re: Temps in the 100s today, need ideas on extra cooling
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 20 Jun 2004 19:43:27 -0400
  ...van is already pretty well engineered in the cooling department. intalling a cooler thermostat for summer and keeping rpm up will increase coolant flow...
• Re: .... choose ... engine conversion. Additional Costs Budget.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 09:24:32 -0700
  ...Unless one is certain their cooling system parts will be good for some time, replacing them during the engine swap process is likely a...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 30 Sep 2003 to 1 Oct 2003 - Special issue (#2003-967)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 09:55:24 -0700
  Uhmm, Guys...the running of the fan after engine shutoff is just an artifact of electric fan cooling system. The t-stat has to...
• WTB: Cooling Tin/Heat Shield 82 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Sun, 25 Aug 2002 23:50:28 -0400
  ...I am removing the old York AC Compressor from my 82 Vanagon and I need the replacement engine cooling tin for the left rear...
• Re: Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 24 May 2012 18:42:24 -0400
  ...The radiator (to me) seems sized for a much larger engine than it is actually cooling. I don't think the people putting in...
• Cooling System Pressure Gauge
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Thu, 1 Feb 2001 17:32:23 EST
  There has been much discussion on the list lately about installing a pressure gague to monitor the pressure in the cooling system to detect...
• Re: No more overheating!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 08:05:10 -0400
  ...Over cooling going down long hills is caused by the fuel being cut off and air still pumping through the engine along with any...
• Re: Tweak yer heater output!
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 15:03:27 -0800
  ...Busch" <lbusch@IX.NETCOM.COM> wrote: <SNIP> > The engine cooling system in the Wasserboxer is > marginal enough (seems to have just enough heat > transfer...
• Re: Synthetic oils
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Aug 94 20:36:18 EDT
  ...that is it is a mistake to , rely solely on the air cooling system to keep your engine at the proper temp. DC
• Re: Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 24 May 2012 17:38:33 -0700
  ...The radiator (to me) seems sized for a much >> larger engine than it is actually cooling. I don't think the people >> putting in...
• Re: more free rims, near San Diego - Irked by "rims"
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:00:39 -0700
  ...powerfull enough air cooled engine (motor?)...For a couple of years during the transition from Air cooling to water cooling they even made a...
• Re: Change a VW Fan Belt In 5 Seconds?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:33:57 -0400
  ...The stowed top blocks air flow to the air inlet , preventing sufficient engine cooling. Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> To...
• Re: Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 24 May 2012 18:20:17 -0700
  ...The radiator (to me) seems sized for a much >>> larger engine than it is actually cooling. I don't think the people >>> putting in...
• What is the best way to get oil out of the cooling system?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 11:45:22 -0700
  ...Vanagon that had a catastrophic engine failure. When the motor failed, oil and water mixed and the cooling system is a nice sludgy brown...
• Re: Overheating problem
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 08:53:47 -0700
  ...I can't list the details, but the plumbing for the cooling system on '86 and later 2.1L engines IS different from the...
• Re: Radiator Design
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 10:11:08 -0700
  ...Makes me wonder about the effectiveness of this cooling system. > You would think the VW engineers that designed this cooling system would > have realized...
• Re: New thermostat funky?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 2 Dec 2007 17:15:57 -0800
  ...Other than that one engine, that I can think of right now anyway .....all engines went over to Liquid cooling - it gives better thermal...
• Re[2]: engine cooling non-problem
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Mar 1996 11:23:33 -0800
  ...In addition, the cooling system bleeding procedure suggests that the engine needs to be turning above 2000rpm for adequate circulation of the coolant. All...
• Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 11 Jul 2015 12:42:52 -0700
  ...com> wrote: > most cars front engine have maybe ..say 8 to 10 hoses. . > in a vanagon the cooling system parts are spread throughout the...
• Re: Auto tranny cooling
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 28 Jun 2015 09:51:38 -0400
  ...cooling with relationship to load. Flow will follow the thermostat. The down side like the oil cooler is only has the warm engine coolant...
• Cooling hoses chart for the 2.1L (4 speed tranny)
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Wed, 3 Apr 2002 15:17:52 -0500
  ...http://pages.infinit.net/engine/cooling_system_hoses.htm The worse thing is that I did not have enough letter (A to Z) to...
• Re: Cleaning cooling system with engine out.
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Tue, 4 Nov 2003 14:55:04 -0800
  ...recommendation for how to clean out the >> cooling system on an '84 Westy while the engine is out being >> rebuilt? > > > Mecedes calls for use...
• Re: Flickering Oil Light at Idle
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 6 Sep 2014 12:31:15 -0700
  Those Vanagon engine failures are far more common from cooling system failures than anything else. Spending money on oil gauges won't change that...
• Re: Air in cooling system
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Apr 1995 17:20:12 -0300
  ...on the engine which would indicate problems with the head >gasket/cooling system? TIA Blue/green drops of antifreeze under the engine by the...
• Re: 1980 Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 14:52:41 -0500
  ...a position where the engine receives the > minimum amount of cooling. So, I said "the default position is 'full > cooling air to the engine...
• Re: Cooling System Pressure Gauge
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 1 Feb 2001 18:10:39 -0500
  I think this needs work -- cooling system pressure ranges from a slight vacuum to close to 15 psi when the cap starts venting. All...
• Cooling system draining question
  Historical mailing list - Bill Urban
  Sat, 6 Mar 1999 18:00:26 -0600
  ...Using the Bentley manual under Engine-Cooling System (page 19.15 in the latest edition) it instructs to clamp off hoses and drain the...
• Re: cooling system leak
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:13:15 -0700
  You are driving a Syncro now , right ? more vehicle, more to push, likes 'more engine.' OTOH......I don't think you drive for hours...
• Re: Smell of burning plastic
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:09:23 -0700
  ...an '85, cooling problems and was running both heaters wide open and the fans on full blast for extra engine cooling. Got to the...