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• Re: My '77 "Vanagon" (free radiator)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Jul 1996 14:31:00 -0700
  ** Sears has Everything (except brains and scrupples) ** Jay discovered that Sears is a confused pup! He wondered if he got a free radiator from...
• Re: parts # 1986-on radiator thermo-switch?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 13:41:34 -0400
  ...for 1986-on Radiator >Thermo-switch? (ie., 1st stage in 89C-94C out 81C 2ed stage in 95C-100C out >87C). I plan to...
• Another LED application
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 05 May 1996 22:50:15 -0700
  Several of us have installed manual over-ride switches to control our radiator fan circuits when we want them on rather than wait until...
• HELP! MY RADIATOR FAN QUIT!
  Historical mailing list - Scott DeSanti
  Wed, 1 Jul 1998 21:58:42 EDT
  ...The radiator fan simply won't come on. There's 12v getting to the positive connector on the back of the fan but nothing...
• Re: [Fwd: head electrolysis cure?]
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Fri, 2 Oct 1998 10:19:33 -0700
  >| Better than on the radiator would be to connect a magnesium or other >| cathode-protection chunk electrically to the engine block somwhere >| immersed >| in...
• Re: Coolant and air bubbles
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 13:10:53 -0400
  ...IMveryHO which end you stick the coolant in doesn't matter nearly as much as raising the front to get the radiator up above...
• Re: Radiator replace
  Historical mailing list - Dave C.
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 15:27:41 -0500
  ...I drained my coolant, pulled off the grilles, unbolted the old > radiator and dropped it.....right onto the spare tire bars. I tried to...
• Re: Bus Depot Radiators
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 18 May 2001 10:17:58 -0400
  > Is there a quality/performance difference between the South > African and the more costly German radiators sold by Bus Depot? Actually I haven't...
• Re: Radiator fan won't go off
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 4 Jun 2006 11:50:15 -0400
  ...The radiator fan comes on low speed when I > turn the ignition switch. It runs continuously regardless of temperature > (even if sitting overnight). It...
• Re: Cooling questions still
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:07:13 -0700
  ...The thermostat > stuck, radiator clogged(does it get hot?). Does the radiator fan work > on all > speeds? > > Ken Lewis > http://neksiwel.20m.com/
• carolina crash (con't)
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Tue, 22 Aug 2017 18:10:58 -0400
  OK, so how come no one told me to replace the radiator rubber mount washer (171121276D)? While I'm in there, I might as...
• Re: Radiator fan switch wierdness
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Thu, 1 May 2014 11:22:36 -0400
  Just a wild guess, you may want to take it out and check for buildup. Junk on the coolant side of the switch could...
• Re: Radiator Remove/Replace
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 17:49:54 EDT
  The tag hanging from my reserve tank (behind lic. plate) says it must be phosphate free, but must contain Ethylene Glycol not Propylene Glycol...
• Re: Is it an 81 or 85???
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Tue, 13 Mar 2001 20:39:16 -0500
  ...If it has a radiator its not an 81. Dave K.
• engine temperature sensor?
  Historical mailing list - buscofurgo buscofurgo
  Thu, 16 May 2002 17:36:43 +0200
  hi, where is the engine�s temperature sensor in 83 watercooled?that sensor makes the radiator fan start working, right?thanks!!!!!!! _________________________________________________________________ Descargue GRATUITAMENTE MSN...
• Re: Accurate diagnosis
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 18:47:24 -0400
  ...A broken water pump belt, blocked radiator, or (as you suggested) a bad water pump. M
• Re: `Cont'd: After 3000 mi trip: 84h2o overheating, grinding gears(manual trans
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Sun, 27 Jan 2002 16:00:08 -0800
  ...My radiator doesn't get warm at all, not even where the hoses connect to the rad. Doubtful that's just because I left...
• Re: Faint coolant smell
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Wed, 9 Sep 2015 06:00:49 -0700
  ...as high as practical; ideally the > pressurized ("expansion") coolant tank would be at or above the level of > the top of the radiator. Access...
• Re: Jed Clampet/<aka Radiator Clamps>
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 26 May 2001 18:39:42 -0500
  ...This is about water cooled radiators, about those spring loaded > >clamps > > > without the screw. Whats the more enlightened path? > > > > > > A. reusing the old spring...
• Re: Pepper those heads
  Historical mailing list - Amy and Andrew
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 19:38:30 -0500
  ...Many will say that it clogged > radiator (and heater radiator), I don't believe that for a minute. I change > all my radiators last...
• Help - Low Speed Radiator Fan Dead... High Speed Works..!?!?!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sat, 4 May 2002 21:48:17 +0200
  ...My guess is that I should replace the switch on the radiator anyway... and in addition make my parallel timer manual 2-speed cockpit...
• Re: Cooling issues?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Wed, 28 Aug 2013 08:53:11 -0600
  ...I figure to do the radiator upgrade due to the >> original radiator is becoming scarce >> Velma 82 1.9L AAZ rd westy >> On Aug...
• Re: '87 Transporter Overheating - Second Try
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 10:36:04 -0700
  ...Heads are good. > > Radiator: Sounds like a cool spot on the radiator. If this sounds logical, does this entail replacing the radiator? > > Thermostat: What...
• Re: Parting out 87 Syncro Passenger van
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:45:20 -0700
  ...I will be parting it out > since it is rusted pretty bad. > > Things that are already gone: > Transmission > Center Bench Seat > Speedometer > Radiator Fan...
• Re: Radiator fan running
  Historical mailing list - marc rose
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 10:49:08 -0800
  ...a 90 Carat 2.1.....Just noticed the other day the radiator >> fan >> coming on and off periodically while driving and then turned on...
• Re: Strange Bus Sighting
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 02 Jul 1996 10:51:46 -0400
  ...The kicker...this Loaf >had what I believe to be a radiator in the front. A black grill about >four foot square. This was...
• Re: Mexican VW Van Trannys
  Historical mailing list - Paul Cronin
  Sun, 7 Dec 1997 21:12:13 PST
  ...I didn't check out he underneath, but I did peer behind the grille to see the magical radiator! I'd be happy to...
• Re: 85 Westy cooling system
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 20 Nov 1999 12:53:41 EST
  ...go bad. 2. Radiator is bad and is not allowing the coolant to circulate properly. New $195 from me. 3. Radiator Fan is not...
• Temp II Sensor Querry....
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sat, 5 May 2001 12:38:29 -0700
  ...C) my radiator is compromised by a leak that is only vapor escaping along the passenger side front edge of the radiator (I'm...
• Re: Watercooled Mexican Microbusses?
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Fri, 7 Jan 2005 11:55:26 -0600
  I sure would like to get the nose from one- inner and outer- to get the radiator and heater and have someone else do...
• Re: 87 Westy Engine Running Warm---At Wits End
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 16:59:03 -0700
  ...However, the > coolant at the engine is hotter, I would think, because the coolant flows a > bit of distance up to the radiator and...
• re: Squirting water on an oil cooler
  Historical mailing list
  17 Jul 95 20:29:00 -0700
  > The only problem with sqirting water on any type of radiator is that it >short circuits the cooling process and actualy makes an engine...
• Re: Cooling Fan info discrepancies
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:22:53 -0600
  ...The only thing that can keep it from coming on at this > point is the thermoswitch on the radiator. I would get a infrared...
• Cooling and heating anomolies 84 w/I-4 transplant..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:56:50 -0800
  ...Still having overheating till a Vanagon savvy friend pointed me to the radiator bleed screw. That pretty much solved all, for a while..But...
• Re: Radiator Fan Motor Low-Speed Inop
  Historical mailing list - Detroit Bus
  Sun, 5 Jun 2005 13:50:07 -0400
  ...Since I've already jumped the radiator sender switch, and fed 12V directly to the red/black low speed lead which has continuity all...
• Re: pressure testing cooling system
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Dec 1995 09:44:12 -0800
  I curious how you used the pressure tester to diagnose the radiator. It seems that the system would have to be up to temperature...
• Problem: 88 Auto Front Radiator Fan comes on when I turn on the van.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:21:32 -0400
  So the other day I started the van (1988 Auto GL Wolfsburg Edition with AC - Not charged) and the front Radiator Fan went on...
• heat shielding and wires near radiator
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Wed, 31 Mar 1999 11:49:51 -0600
  ...There is a factory installed hole (sealed with a solid rubber grommet) in the fire wall just behind the radiator on the drivers side...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Javier Zavala
  Sun, 5 Nov 2000 12:44:06 -0500
  ...it comes" solution, anyway, the three alternatives are: * installing a bigger radiator * getting a new propeller with more blades for the water pump that...
• Re: Gas Tank Sealant
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 14:40:04 -0500
  ...Take it to a radiator shop. They can solder up pinholes and loose tubes. If they start to weld it start running. Stan Wilder...
• Am I overheating? Temp gun question.
  Historical mailing list - jobe pilgrim
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:54:10 -0700
  ...The temp gun seemed to tell me that all was well in the system with readings right around 175 to 200F out to radiator...
• Re: World parts Radiator Fan Solution. I made a mistake!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 19 Oct 2017 16:36:27 +0000
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• Re: 85vanagon overheating (water cooled)
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 30 Jun 2014 22:46:05 -0700
  ...And the problem was the radiator so that is where my vote is.
• 1984 Vanagon Front AC Condenser
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:56:51 +0000
  ANyone know wher I can get my hands on a new 84 AC COndenser for up front by the radiator? Will a 86 Front...
• Re: Fwd: Sos in Watkins Glen
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 1 Jul 2011 17:32:04 -0700
  Also, you can use the heater(s) as radiators if you turn the heat and heater fans on full. Damned uncomfortable, but it'll...
• 89 Vanagon Cooling
  Historical mailing list - Groff, Montgomery
  Mon, 21 Jun 1999 09:17:10 -0600
  It's time for me to 'flush-&-fill' the radiator on my 89 camper. Does anyone have any suggestions regarding chemical flushing agents? Should...
• Re: 86 Coolant Pressure Leak/Problem.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 19:02:15 -0700
  Chris, Did they flow test the radiator? Something is blocked if it builds pressure from the water pump trying to move coolant when the...
• Re: Radiator replace
  Historical mailing list - Drew Bedford
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 10:13:54 -0500
  Thanks for all the advice. Aside from lying on my back in a twenty-degree garage with residual antifreeze running down my sleeve and...
• diesel trivia anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Baker
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 17:59:11 +0000
  anyone help me with this one ? who originally manufactured the radiators for the 82 diesel vanagons? anyone? Thanks kevin _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of...
• Rad fan not working
  Historical mailing list - John Branstrom
  Mon, 15 Apr 2002 18:17:52 EDT
  Finally got warm here in Chicago and noticed that the radiator fan isn't coming on. I checked the fuse. It was OK. What...
• Re: [SPAM] Re: !985 Vanagon radiator leak.
  Historical mailing list - Marion Lathem
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:51:34 -0500
  Just a safety precaution.... I believe the crimps would have held without it. As far as repairing one again, I doubt I will... either...
• Re: steel coolant lines on a '84 westy
  Historical mailing list - nirav patel
  Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:30:19 -0600
  ...one pipe is 'feed to the radiator' the other is 'return to the > engine' .. > Bentley shows you which is which. > 'the rule' at the...
• 2 more questions to complete my 1.9l NA install, I hope
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Belman
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 19:15:46 -0700
  ...My radiator is dead after being backed out, it just died. I have a mid 82 Vanagon diesel with a one year only radiator...
• Re: More Info on Copper Core German Radiators
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 1 Oct 2002 16:51:50 -0400
  ...and ... > (Regarding Ken Wilfy's German radiators), removing > the manufacturer's trademark name is usually done to > second quality merchandise. and, previously, advising people...
• Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 25 Oct 2017 11:02:37 -0700
  ...No > radiator flow such as cold engine, no cooling for the oil. As flow > increased, cooler coolant from the radiator would be used to...
• Overheating; I4 Jetta conv; water pump ( a bit long)
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 16:38:29 -0700
  ...So there is water going to rad! Pulled radiator. Took to shop. Flow test shows water runs through, but because of the "baffled design...
• =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=E2=80=9CNew_temp_sensor_indicates_high=E2=80=9D_post?=
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Wed, 2 Jun 2021 12:28:57 -0400
  ...I am beginning to suspect the radiator thermo > switch is faulty. So I can't confirm whether the new coolant temp sensor > (from GW...
• Re: Trip and tire report
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Jul 2015 21:10:18 -0400
  ...As for oil coolers I usually use a 16 plate flat cooler in front of the radiator/AC condenser. Something like this: http://www...
• Re: Bosch not German?
  Historical mailing list - Donna Stewart
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 08:36:38 -0700
  ...One of the bigger shockers I've noticed >on several VWs of 80's vintage is the a/c condensor (the a/c 'radiator...
• Re: Suggestion, Re: Checking a Radiator.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Rodriguez
  Sun, 8 Jul 2001 19:28:20 EDT
  ...to do it would be to have it pumping towards the radiator. Probably wouldn't be too terribly hard to install up near the...