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• Re: Suburu/Golf or a transverse engine anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Rich Propsom
  Thu, 4 Jan 2001 20:21:04 -0600
  ...cooling but I think most swaps end up using water cooling as air cooling has significant hp limitations. If possible any ideas which engine...
• Water Wetter
  Historical mailing list - Frank & Susan Malinowski
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 17:56:17 -0700
  ...I use it in my Ford Taurus SHO and it significantly helps keep the cooling system cool. This engine has aluminum heads and is...
• Re: What should I look for or avoid in 84 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 16 May 1996 09:04:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...And my experience is limited to the V6anagon, with its oddball Chevy engine and cooling system. Several wasserboxer and diesel-Vanagon owners on this...
• Engine temperature non-problem
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 20 Mar 1996 12:43:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...The engine never gets that hot, even with the cooling fan not running! So the cooling fan never comes on. The temperature gauge sometimes...
• Re: Air in cooling system
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Apr 1995 14:43:03 +0600
  ...into cyls while cooling, overflow tank empties > >In all cases overheating/air buubles eventually occur. #3 happens as the >engine cools, leads to short...
• Re: New Engine Oil Leak
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:56:14 EDT
  ...Nobody seemed to indicate any need for additional cooling. Peter In a message dated Wed, 20 Jun 2001 2:02:33 PM Eastern Daylight...
• Re: Engine overheating
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 27 Feb 2005 00:58:43 EST
  ...the cooling rail (situated around the top of the engine compartment) to the top of the thermostat housing. When I replaced my engine and...
• Re: porsche water cooling
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:41:40 -0500
  ...Its all based on what you want/expect from you engine. Regards, John aircooled, and I have my weekends free for travel. <g>
• Re: Cooling System Pressure
  Historical mailing list - steve delasalle
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 04:59:14 -0800
  ...Pressure Tests for the Cooling System The first test of the cooling system is done when the engine is cold. A cooling system pressure...
• Re: Heat handling design error help
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jun 1996 09:26:53 -0700
  ...In a small engine, the cooling capacity is increased by 33 pecent and in a large one by about 20 percent by keeping the...
• Flushing Tee and Filling cooling system procedure.
  Historical mailing list - Vince P.
  Wed, 12 May 1999 11:05:02 -0700
  ...5) Run engine at 3000 RPM and fill cooling system until full and no more bubbles come from radiator bleed screw. With engine still...
• Re: ETKA Missing Cooling system diagrams???
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:37:50 -0700
  ...Under Engine.(ETKA 5.3 Revision 458 Jim Jorge Osorio wrote: >Volks, correct me if I'm wrong, but I cannot find any reference...
• Re: Oil cooler installation 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 14:45:33 -1000
  you mean improve Oil cooling ? Seems that it would...the idea being that you are air-cooling the engine coolant flowing through the oil...
• Re: Cooling system over pressurizing?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Jul 2016 23:09:23 -0400
  All the common methods of detecting gasses in the cooling system do not work until things are bad the combustion process is compromised. Dennis...
• Re: V-belt failure & engine health
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 06:55:58 -0800
  Isn't the water pump on a water-cooled engine driven off a belt? If so, how would the engine get cooling if the...
• Re: Blinking Coolant LED light and other cooling issues
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Sat, 21 May 2005 16:56:44 +0000
  ...Cooling/Overheating problem >The symptoms you describe are nearly identical to the problem I had >with my '85 (same engine/cooling system). The bottom...
• Re: Cooling System Pressure
  Historical mailing list - steve delasalle
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 05:01:53 -0800
  ...Pressure Tests > for the Cooling System > > The first test of the > cooling > system is done when the > engine > is cold. A cooling > system > pressure...
• Re: 2nd Oil Cooler...(Long-ish)
  Historical mailing list - DOUGLAS
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 18:09:29 -0700
  ...but I disagree that a bigger engine > will not run hotter. Increasing engine displacement without beefing up the > cooling system is a bad idea...
• Re: When to replace hoses
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 15:29:23 -0400
  ...http://pages.infinit.net/engine/cooling_system_hoses.htm To your question: Original VW hoses have the part # printed on it, they are of...
• Re: Bentley Manual info needed cats
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Thu, 26 Feb 1998 18:19:00 EST
  ...In the engine cooling section, there is no diagram that explains the coolant path for 1986 and newer vanagons. The diagram shown is for...
• Cooling hoses size to front heater
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 12:56:33 -0500
  ...the front radiator heater to the engine. (the 2 small one that follow the 2 big plastic cooling line) How many feet should I...
• Re: Hoping to get a Westy
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:07:13 -0400
  ...Even so, I'd rather have a WBX with 200K miles on it and a well functioning cooling system then a new engine that...
• Re: Cooling system tip and involved question
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Sat, 8 Dec 2001 18:59:48 -0500
  ...cooling hose to the radiator, through the radiator, back through the other main cooling hose ending at the thermostat housing. Before the engine reaches...
• Re: cooling system leak
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:32:43 -0700
  ...the Subaru 2.2 is 'more engine' for sure. more displacement. fatter torque ....4 valves per cylinder, knock sensor ignition.. though an ABA has...
• Re: Wasserboxer cooling (was:Re: aftermarket instrumentatio
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 08:42:53 -0600
  ...There are stark differences in the oil cooling systems, the loads placed on the engines, and the way the engines are designed to deliver...
• Re: 1.9 > 2.1 cooling kit?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 2 Sep 2010 12:51:52 -0700
  ...The cooling system was completely redesigned in 1986 with the introduction of the 2.1 liter engine. The newer '86-'91 system has fewer...
• Re: Fridge putty
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 4 Jun 2013 22:44:41 -0700
  ...Image of compound I used on the cooling unit. I also used this between the cooling tube and cooling unit. https://picasaweb.google.com...
• Re: aiding cooling system by turning on heater blower
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Wed, 16 May 2001 12:54:45 -0500
  ...Exactly! The turn-your-heater-on method of cooling down the engine, but not the occupants, has long been used by rally car drivers...
• Re: aluminum or brass radiater-- which is best?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 20 May 2005 23:36:00 +1200
  ...gauges there making the same cooling power in a >smaller package. Also doesn't set-up electrolytic reaction with other aluminum components eg engine.
• Re: 87 Westie: Overheat light comes on with midrange temp!
  Historical mailing list - david kao
  Fri, 13 Dec 1996 20:57:48 -0800
  ...But if your engine is leaking combustion gas into the cooling system then this problem would persist no matter if you bleed the system...
• Re: thermostat temp vs thermo switch temp - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 02:47:02 +0000
  ...When ram air is plentiful the 87* t/stat actually HOLDS BACK too much cooled coolant from entering the engine. When the cooling ram...
• Re: Air Bubble?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 Sep 2014 10:08:11 -0400
  ...It is actually possible to get a normal gauge indication and not have proper cooling flow on one side of the engine due to...
• aiding cooling system by turning on heater blower
  Historical mailing list - sg
  Tue, 15 May 2001 19:22:13 -0700
  ...the engine has to work harder to run the electrical motor, and thus get a little hotter. my intuition says that the cooling effect...
• Re: [WetWesties] The Vanagon cooling system.. it's counterintuitive.. (long post)
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 8 Sep 2015 17:25:19 -1000
  ...small rear engine/rear radiator US Model Cars.. Renault Dauphine for one ..which could not even sustain running with adequate cooling at 70 mph...
• Re: cooling fan
  Historical mailing list - Fred Younger
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 14:19:18 -0600
  I may have heard the cooling fan come on a few times in the years I owned an '85, but not much. I was...
• Re: Sqirting water on an oil cooler et al
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Mon, 17 Jul 1995 16:25:38 -0600 (MDT)
  > > Scott Beckstead claims that cooling the radiator makes an engine retain > heat, but I've been driving for 30 winters now and I ain...
• Re: Advice on 82' GL
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Fri, 6 Jul 2007 12:29:45 -0400
  ...Also check the seal between the cooling tin and the engine compartment as well as the seal between the license plate and chassis. These...
• Re: [Re: Emergency engine cooling]
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:28:22 MDT
  ...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: Engine test bench
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:16:52 -0800
  ...and at least run a garden hose through the cooling system for a 'total loss' cooling system. or set up radiator, fan, and hoses...
• Re: 1980 Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:17:37 -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: Coolant hoses re-visited
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Fri, 8 Mar 2013 14:04:25 -0800
  ...brochure=1023 > > Troubleshooting Cooling System Hoses > > Today's smaller engines work a lot harder than the large V-8 engines that > were standard 10...
• Result of Cooling Oddities
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Dec 1995 19:24:08 -0600
  ...radiators located within reasonable proximity to the engine. Apparently, I can keep bleeding and refilling the cooling system for a while--who knows how...
• That's some heater!
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 21 May 1996 13:50:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The engine normally runs pretty cool whenever the bus is moving forward, the cooling fan never coming on until the temp approached 215F or...
• Re: Oil Temps and TDi rpm
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:20:03 -0800
  ...that engine oil temperatures are a critical issue and to that end > > From what I've heard/seen, head temperature and differential cooling > within...
• RE: Followup: engine cooling non-problem
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Thu, 21 Mar 1996 13:20:01 -0700
  ...the thermostat temperature, the engine runs at its usual 190 degrees F. However, at a prolonged idle, the whole cooling circuit just keeps getting...
• Re: Overheating problem
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:15:58 -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: Cooling System stop-leak compounds
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 00:06:09 -0400
  ...leak by the manifold in the cooling system on a '96 Olds Cutless Supreme with 3.1L engine. To stop that leak properly is...
• Re: Engine Advice (Overheating?)
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Mon, 2 Mar 1998 13:09:25 -0500
  ...Unfortunately the air cooled engine has no direct way of providing any extra cooling after it is at operating temp and full load. Water...
• Re: 85-H20 loss of coolant mystery
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:42:06 -0700
  ...cost me an engine. And all the time it was a clogged radiator. The bleeding of all air in the cooling system can get...
• Re: V-belt failure & engine health
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 21:25:52 +1200
  ...Any worries? > >Thanks to all. > >Jesse Only if your engine is an upright aircooled, in which the cooling/heater fan is driven by the...
• Re: Gurgling coolant
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 3 May 1999 19:44:54 -0400
  Gurgling coolant in the radiator on engine shut off also will occur if the cooling system is not totally full. John ----- Original Message ----- From...
• RE: Cooling Intake Air
  Historical mailing list - UTORInfoCommons
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 14:59:12 -0400
  There seems to be no shortage of opinions of whether "air scoops" or the like actually inhibit or encourage the cooling of the engine...
• Re: Rear heater core during summer
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 10 Jun 2005 09:57:55 -0700
  ...Does the rear heater add to engine cooling? I'll answer this from direct experience. I had an '85 with cooling problems (later replaced...
• Re: cooling system design / Reinvention of the Wheel Banished!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 09:26:46 -0500
  ...I imagine given how relatively rare that is the VW engineers figured the extra complexity of making a self-bleeding cooling system made about...
• Re: fan switch or sensor, a busdepot question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 07:57:40 -0700
  ...I had a pressure gauge and pump on a Vanagon cooling system a few weeks ago trying to find a leak. With the engine...
• Water Wetter
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 08:40:17 -0700
  ...no adverse conditions in my cooling system. I have approximately 95K miles on my Syncro, and the engine has not been serviced for heads...
• Re: [WetWesties] The Vanagon cooling system.. it's counterintuitive.. (long post)
  Historical mailing list - James
  Tue, 8 Sep 2015 23:10:17 -0400
  Ah yes, the argument for rear radiator(s) on a rear engined car, such as this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0koda_1000...
• 1.9 L cooling question
  Historical mailing list - Spooner, Robert E.
  Mon, 20 May 2002 11:32:03 -0400
  ...He had a piece of the cooling system break, necessitating a tow home. He asked me to come over and look at it. Anyway...
• Re: [WetWesties] The Vanagon cooling system.. it's counterintuitive.. (long post)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 9 Sep 2015 06:48:41 -1000
  ...small rear engine/rear radiator US > Model Cars.. > Renault Dauphine for one ..which could not even sustain running with > adequate cooling at 70 mph...
• Cooling System for Various Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Mon, 8 Nov 2010 05:51:57 -0800
  ...whether or not the various engine conversion options (Subaru, Bostig, in-line 4 etc) all used the stock cooling system. I hope I don...