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• Re: '85 Vanagon Sunroofy 1.9L - Coolant BLeeding/Thermostat/FanSwitch
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 13:16:13 -0700
  82 diesel Vanagon radiators are different than all other Vanagon radiators. They mount differently, use different fan temp switches (2 separate ones, mounted high...
• how hot do you run?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Sun, 25 Apr 2004 22:44:26 -0400
  ...wired a bypass switch for the high speed fan on the radiator...if I bypass it drops the needle my two widths (factory gauge...
• Re: What's up with radiator hoses and tire size???
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:24:29 -0400
  ...Pilots, > > On '86 and up Vanagons, the two hoses from the radiator to the long > plastic pipes have different part #s for models with...
• "Sunny" in the shop for a TDi transplant!
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 10:19:38 -0500
  ...Does anyone know of an appropriate motorcycle radiator that will fit that space? Any sources for custom-built radiators? </bold> NOTE 1: an excellent...
• Re: Conclusion to:"Trouble on the Road in PA" (longish)
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:13:13 -0600
  ...The critical part is a good flow from the water pump through thermostat and then to the radiator and then through the radiator and...
• Re: steel coolant lines on a '84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:50:23 -0800
  ...one pipe is 'feed to the radiator' the other is 'return to the >> engine' .. >> Bentley shows you which is which. >> 'the rule' at the...
• Re: Overheating on '84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dave Fain
  Fri, 19 Sep 1997 06:08:20 -0600
  ...I > removed the front grill and found ONE thermo switch screwed into the > radiator, with three wires DANGLING in space (a red/white, a...
• Re: High Speed Fan
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 5 Jul 2004 16:17:59 -0400
  ...jonathan On Mon, 5 Jul 2004, mark drillock wrote: > In 86+ models with A/C there are 3 radiator fan speeds. If you pulled...
• Carolina crash
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:31:48 -0400
  ...Anyone know of a shop around Myrtle Beach that can replace the radiator? The body work can wait until I get home. Still going...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:57:20 -0700
  ...radiator with an infrared thermometer, > watching the temp gauge, and, according to my theory, when the gauge > starts to indicate operating temperature the radiator...
• still running hot - need your wisdom
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Mon, 8 Nov 1999 09:43:07 -0800
  ...Changed radiator, bled system. Changed thermostat, bled system. Changed water pump, bled system. Nothing I did had an effect on the position of the...
• Re: Spare tire mounted on vanagon nose?
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 09:54:59 -0800
  ...In a wasserboxer, the tire would block the radiator. Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro Westy Santa Barbara, CA -----Original Message----- From: JordanVw@AOL.COM...
• Re: obsolete bleeder for 83.5 solved
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 12:19:06 EDT
  ...025 121 073E- $67 Bleeder to Radiator Feed: 025 121 102- $50 (I have found 102A to be the same hose and much cheaper...
• Re: Need advice please....too cool?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 21 Nov 2003 18:58:18 -0500
  ...I can cover the entire radiator with cardboard all > summer and it still barely gets to 1/2. Of course, the radiator fan rarely...
• Re: Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 25 May 2012 01:21:16 +0000
  How old is the wife? If under 50, trust me, my friend, you ain't seen nothing yet!! (sorry, I know it's not...
• Re: Engine running COLD
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:09:07 -0500
  ...I turned on the radiator fan and it cooled right back to the center...<< The rad fan _should_ come on automatically- will it? George...
• last call - '85 westy going to crusher
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:47:36 EDT
  im sending a '85 westy to the crusher, still has complete westy roof metal, power steering rack all coolant lines, radiator, condenser, good nose...
• Re: ~Flaming DIEsels~ Re: how much interest IS there in the 5cyl ...
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Wed, 13 Jan 1999 23:21:58 -0500
  Chris - What does an "intercooler" do? My daughter's Volvo's looks to me to be little more than a "radiator". Does it cool...
• Bar's Leaks
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 12:53:56 -0800
  I was wasting time looking at the MSDS for Bar's Leaks radiator products. To my surprise, ginger root and almond shells are the...
• Re: Gurgling after engine shutoff... normal?
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:28:58 -0600
  $20 says either your radiator is clogged to the point it's not cooling optimally or the fan resistor is burned out, and the...
• Re: Coolant coughing up?
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Sun, 9 May 2004 16:17:59 +0200
  ...I > tried the > radiator bleeding method from the manual and it s still coughing up the > coolant. I tried filling up the cold radiator...
• Re: How Hot is To Hott?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:08:52 -0700
  ...http://www.benplace.com/front_radiator.htm we see, again, that you have a great website. I mean, I am STILL in the process...
• Re: Radiator Fan Motor - 1985 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 08:05:12 -0700
  ...VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 8:25 AM > Subject: Radiator Fan Motor - 1985 Vanagon > > > > Larry, > > I am sure you can rebuild it...
• Re: Radiator Fan Motor Low-Speed Inop
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 5 Jun 2005 13:04:08 -0600
  ...If the fan comes on the >> circuits are good and the sender in the radiator is bad. It has a two stage >> switch in...
• Re: Coolant pipes diagram for 1.9 (rusty gas tank/ farphrumuven II)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 08:36:49 -0500
  ...Bently 19.10 makes makes it pretty clear that the hose which comes out >the bottom of the radiator is the return. This hose...
• Re: question on where to install alarm horn on 1990 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Steve Yeung
  Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:07:42 -0400
  ...I didn't notice any access to the nose of the van where the radiator is >located and where I thought an alarm horn...
• Sqirting water on an oil cooler et al
  Historical mailing list - Scott Beckstead
  Mon, 17 Jul 1995 14:55:03 -0700 (PDT)
  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: 85 Westy cooling system
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 20 Nov 1999 15:38:36 EST
  Michael; I think your original problem is a radiator that has lost cooling efficiency. I took mine out and had it professionally "blasted" out...
• A/C, cold stall, digitool readings
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 13:09:06 -0700
  ...okay When A/C compressor turns on radiator fan then AFM goes to 1.75- 1.80 and the rpm DROPS to 800 or...
• Re: Bad VW! and question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 23:03:38 -0400
  ...After draining as much as I can by removing the hose to the lower part of the radiator and opening the expansion tank, I...
• Re: Rear heater core during summer
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 10 Jun 2005 08:41:07 -0700
  ...Even after a new radiator it always seemed like I was running hottoer than everyone else (the other coolant shunt through the AT cooler...
• Re: Oil Pressure Light went On...Abort Trip?//Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 07:57:55 -0500
  ...And, on the really negative side, these sealers also tend to seal where it's not desirable - such as the small passages in radiators...
• Progress report: Billy Bones
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 23:52:28 -0600
  ...What a freakin' mess! Anyway, on Friday my buddy Lizzo came over and we began by replacing my radiator with a new SA radiator...
• Anybody with a thermo scan gun and two minutes?
  Historical mailing list - stephen steele
  Wed, 15 Jun 2005 07:21:05 -0700
  ...the spare and the radiator mount behind the front bumper and aim about four inches short of the radiator connections. FWIW, mine reads 157F...
• Re: Overheating...or not?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 3 Mar 2007 16:26:28 +0000
  ...Another problem can be the radiator. The internal baffling may crack allowing coolant to flow in and out without actually flowing through. At speed...
• Re: Fan noise?
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
  Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:06:40 -0600
  ...Still haven't figured out how to attach them to the radiator yet tho. Suggestions? Ryan '82 camper van 'Beethoven' -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: 85vanagon overheating (water cooled)
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 1 Jul 2014 10:50:11 -0600
  ...I suspect that the radiator needs replacing since it's the original 85 radiator. I'm near Redwood City headed to Los Angeles this...
• Re: A/C hose from Compressor to Radiator
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:54:35 -0500
  ...A/C hose from Compressor to Radiator I have an '87 Vanagon GL. I took it to the local Goodyear service to have the...
• Vanagon Water Cooling Question
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Fitch
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 11:56:04 -0400
  ...Not the radiator, but rather, where one of the long metal tubes that carries the water meets one of the rubber hoses that connect...
• Re: Radiator fan
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 10 May 2011 15:01:10 -0400
  At 01:55 PM 5/10/2011, Todd Last wrote: >I notice the 450w fan has only 3blades, while the non-a/c radiator...
• RV: various coolant temperatures in cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Javier Zavala
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 22:23:26 -0500
  ...Now everything is fixed, welded heads, new gaskets, new thermostat; the radiator flushed, system is w/coolant and bleeded, but..... Temp of water tank...
• Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Madsen
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 12:11:14 -0500
  ...In a water cooled it's the air moving through the radiator. The water pump just moves the heat from one place to another...
• Re: radiator fan not cycling 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - brian Honan
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 17:36:49 +0000
  ...The radiator fan does not >come on at all - a big problem in stop and go traffic. I've noticed >in the PO receipts...
• AC Question
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:17:50 -0500
  ...BUT - it seems the radiator/condenser fan up front runs as long as the AC is turned on - and I think that is as...
• Re: How Hot is To Hott?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:01:36 -0700
  ...At this point, or at low speeds when there isn't enough air being forced through the radiator, the high speed fan turns on...
• Re: radiator fan and A/C
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 25 Jul 2019 18:40:54 +0000
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• Re: World parts Radiator Fan Solution.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 19 Oct 2017 14:57:44 +0000
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• Re: World parts Radiator Fan Solution.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 19 Oct 2017 10:32:13 -0600
  On 19 Oct , 2017, at 8:57 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > If the motor and resistor represent .7 ohm each (theory) then current will...
• Re: Looking for drain valve 701070823A
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 17 Aug 2014 17:29:04 -0400
  ...Drain valve (scratches head) Any more data? Radiator? Heater? Engine? It's something to do with the camper freshwater system. It's listed but...
• Re: Possilbe coolant leak in heater core vicinity
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:53:18 -0400
  At 03:21 PM 6/14/2011, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >fwiw ..I don't think I've ever seen a later model radiator...
• Re: 1982 diesel westy radiator leak?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Fri, 7 Aug 2009 19:09:03 -0500
  And, if anyone should want to buy, also inexpensively, the lower mounts, a spare feed tube (on right side - uninspected condition) and a plastic...
• Re: Coolant Leaks Underneath
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Schuster
  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 10:23:28 +0100 (MET)
  ...In extreme temp drops, I see a little > underneath the spare tire, just behind the radiator and hose > connections. This is the heat valve...
• Positive VW Sighting, Independence Day Movie
  Historical mailing list
  22 Jul 96 05:29:20 PDT
  ...Center right of scene spotted a beige, round headlight, Westphalia with radiator! Out in front line of RV's. Jeff - '80 Westi
• coolant pressure guage
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 09:44:02 -0700
  how about "T"-ing into the cooling system at the bleeder screw on the radiator? Is the bleeder screw a National Pipe Thread or...
• Re: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Fri, 10 Feb 2006 11:48:46 -0800
  ...In fact, this is how I determine that it is time to add coolant, when the radiator fan doesn't kick in!
• This is not ash ...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 30 Nov 2006 10:21:58 -0800
  I changed the radiator hoses. One of them, the one with the elbow, had some powdery substance in it. A handful of ash looking...
• Re: Leak on driver's side of radiator?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:03:17 -0500
  I have seen that switch completely disentegrated. A leak there is a good bet. I think a 1 and 1/14 inch deep socket...
• Re: Electrical Fire and wiring help
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Auch
  Sun, 9 Mar 2008 16:11:34 -0400
  ...The radiator fan stopped and the bus starts and runs under it's own power! Jamie
• Re: coolant light / temp sensor - need advice please!
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:18:59 -0800
  Hi, Joy! I had this problem this past summer, AFTER having the radiator replaced. Before it was replaced, the light didn't come on...
• Bleeding Cooling system per Bentley
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 22:45:50 -0800
  ...open bleeder screw on passenger side top of radiator 6. open bleeder valve at front of engine compartment (on black plastic fitting with 4...