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Re: Cockpit of a C-141, was: Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light, with surprise ending!
Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
Sun, 27 May 2007 15:43:21 -0700
...Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light, with surprise ending! Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 12:58:37 -0700 > As expected, the LED lit...
Re: diesel over heating?????
Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
Mon, 13 Jan 1997 18:33:37 -0500
...I have, on a long trip in the summer, after a long highway run, while stopping to pee, got the radiator fan to turn...
Coolant change question
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Tue, 7 Sep 1999 22:21:58 -0700
...Is disconnecting the hose from the thermostat to the radiator, and inserting a hose in this end and flushing the system (both with the...
Re: # pumping water through stalled engine (was: heating parked vanagon)
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Mon, 3 Jan 2000 07:15:21 -0500
...Looking at the "approximate" wiring diagrams in my Haynes it seems that > the core coolant circuit (motor -> water pump -> heater radiator) is > independent from...
Re: VW foxes (no van content)
Historical mailing list - Milo
Mon, 19 Nov 2001 23:39:17 -0600
...Watch out for the radiators, they tend to be problematic. Also, I don't think the timing belts (chains?) last forever, if it's...
Air in the system
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Wed, 9 Oct 2002 11:12:12 -0700
Larry, Yes the thermostat needs to be open to bleed the radiator. You could perhaps bleed air from the engine without having the thermostat...
Fwd: 90GL AC parts for sale
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:20:16 -0500
...I might sell individual pieces, but >you won't save much money. >P mail back if interested. > >I also have the original radiator for...
FRONT TIRE MOUNT
Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
Sun, 5 Mar 2006 12:04:10 -0800
...The obvious negative factor is blocking the wind stream over the radiator, especially if there was a cover on the wheel. Perhaps it would...
Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Sat, 4 Oct 2008 23:34:51 -0400
...I noted that the radiator fan never came on (though the temperature gauge was right in the normal zone for the entire drive). Back...
Re: What is the purpose of syncro gas tank insulation?
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Wed, 3 Feb 2010 18:05:28 -0700
...My experience is that the radiator heat flowing under the van while crawling in granny in red hot weather cooks the gas tank the...
Fwd: Re: Burps up coolant when parked warm.
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:44:39 -0400
...what is the >normal operating coolant temperature, and what is the normal temp >rating of the radiator hoses? If buying bulk hose, what temp...
heating and cooling
Historical mailing list - .
Wed, 05 Jun 1996 16:08:09
...I'm haaving the condenser for the air-condtioning replaced by a radiator company. They have never worked on a vanagon. I need help...
Re: The Cooling Fan Won't Shut Off
Historical mailing list
Sat, 26 Oct 1996 00:07:11 -0400
...the engine nice and cool! >> Check the fan switch in the radiator and the relays. Having the fan run continuously may keep the engine...
A/C and Rad fan
Historical mailing list - Hotch
Wed, 13 Aug 1997 21:22:57 +0000
Hey Guys, My 86GL's radiator fan is not going on when I engage the A/C compressor like it should. I've already...
Re: Jed Clampet/<aka Radiator Clamps>
Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
Sat, 26 May 2001 20:16:50 -0500
Why even bother with the prehistoric spring type clamps, when the stainless screw type clamps are superior? What are you guys doing? Keeping the...
Re: is it bad to take out t-stat?
Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
Thu, 21 Jun 2001 19:46:31 -0400
Andrew; Consider this; if the problem is poor heat transfer at the radiator then removing the T-stat will not accomplish the desired results...
<No subject>
Historical mailing list - Brian Sassone
Mon, 23 Jul 2001 18:29:30 -0700
...the front of the van while bleeding the system through the radiator. Don't you have to bleed the rear under-the-seat-heater...
Re: Suggestion, Re: Checking a Radiator.
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Sun, 8 Jul 2001 16:11:50 -0700
Electric water pumps (with no mechanical thermostat) are common on race cars, but they are a complete replacement for the mechanical pump. With both...
Re: Proofing a Heater Core
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 12:28:19 EDT
In a message dated 9/23/02 9:56:13 AM, Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.CA writes: << I called around to several radiator shops and...
Re: running hot....any ideas?
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Fri, 3 Feb 2006 09:02:40 -0800
...will this tell me seeing as how it has a new radiator? Heater core coolant circuits run independent of the thermostat. If they blast...
Radaitor Fan
Historical mailing list - Marion Lathem
Sat, 16 Sep 2006 12:19:07 -0500
I have a red wire coming from up front, I believe it's to the radiator fan, I need to figure out how to...
Re: Sputter, Sputter, Cough, Cough, Die. (no, not my ex wife...)
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:05:06 -0400
...Just had > the full work over (new radiator, h20 pump, cap, rotor, plugs, wires) and > now it drives like crap. TJ Just wondering if...
Re: Leaky rear heater---Autozone Loan-a-Tool program
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Thu, 21 May 2020 17:37:00 -0700
...I didn't quite know what pressure to > pump it up to....I used 10 PSI to start with...since most radiator caps let...
Re: Radiator thermo switch
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:47:30 -0700
...Mark David Bjorkman wrote: > Hi Volks; > All of a sudden, my radiator fan only works on high. I was driving > slowly in traffic, with...
Re: OK, who's got the good simple method...
Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
Tue, 8 May 2012 08:23:34 -0700
I use a method that I did not read anywhere; Open bleed bolt on radiator, open both valves of the heater cores, take off...
Re: Radiator/Coolant/Overheating Issues
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Tue, 8 Sep 2009 19:11:08 -0400
...So I just replaced the thermo switch or radiator > temp switch just now. I haven't gotten it hot enough to kick on the...
Re: advice on 80-83.5 engine convrsn?
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Thu, 23 Mar 2000 19:33:35 +0100
...He also has a web site with pictures, that should give you tips on what to do with radiator etc. I cant remember his...
Radiator Fan Differences & A/C install update
Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
Wed, 25 Apr 2001 09:55:04 -0600
...According to my wiring diagrams the Digifant vanagon, with A/C, got a different radiator fan than the vans without A/C. It's...
Re: Water cooled AT 1980?
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sun, 26 Feb 2006 07:59:15 -0800
...The presence of the lower grill does not mean is has or had a radiator. I have seen aircooled vans with the lower grill...
Re: What could have gone wrong?
Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
Mon, 5 May 2008 08:18:40 -0400
...What could have gone wrong? I just had my radiator replaced by a German car mechanic near where I live. I took it it...
Re: Radiator temp sensor question
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Wed, 15 Mar 2023 11:29:37 -0400
...Were there baffles on either side of the headlights between headlight and radiator? Seems like that might have been a good thing for noise...
Re: installed a valve on radiator, makes bleeding air out of coolant "easier"
Historical mailing list - Mariposa Charme
Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:04:14 -0600
Thanks for the wonderful advice Scott! I have partly solved the overheating problem...the hoses to the radiator were inverted. I switched them around...
Re: Wierd coolant overflow problem......help needed.
Historical mailing list - SStones
Tue, 2 Sep 2003 10:48:14 -0400
...If you routinely get air at the radiator you have a leak >somewhere. Some people have told stories of pinhole radiator leaks that >weren...
Fwd: Re: Re: Radiator thermo switch
Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:29:27 -0500
...Radiator thermo switch Hi Volks; All of a sudden, my radiator fan only works on high. I was...
Re: Turning off rear heater
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:49:28 -0700
...But now, at the rear >> 'loop', >> > it no longer passes through a radiator (the heater core) so it is >> > simply >> > wasted circulation/ a diminishing...
fizzix ?
Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
Tue, 18 Jul 95 11:23:17 PDT
...The operative thermo interface is the coolant to radiator material boundary. The higher the delta T at this interface the more heat will cross...
Re: Blinking Red Light of Death
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 27 Sep 2013 11:07:54 -0700
...I disconnected the two radiator hoses and did multiple clean water flush and drains. The radiator seems to flow as it should. > > What incredibly...
New Vanagon AFMs for $90!
Historical mailing list
Tue, 29 Dec 1998 08:56:11 EST
...Also another item that I can get for a good price (the best I've seen) is radiators. These are OEM radiators from South...
Re: Engine temperature in winter
Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
Mon, 20 Dec 1999 12:23:26 -0500
------------------------------------ Should I be placing a piece of cardboard in front of my radiator? Should I insulate the heater hoses. Obviously the thermostat works, I...
Parts For Sale!
Historical mailing list - CC
Sat, 6 May 2000 02:09:50 CDT
...Good radiator and cooling fan 7. Late model 4 spd. transmission; bad ring and pinion. 8. Westy Items (brown interior)-- Front windshield/windows privacy...
Re: Radiator Fan Turns On But Not Off
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 18 Mar 2005 12:32:44 -0800
...The "radiator" fan will turn on > when triggered by the thermo switch or the a/c, as it should. However, > once > it comes on...
Re: Is anybody still on this list?
Historical mailing list - Erin Daniels
Fri, 13 Mar 2015 17:33:20 -0700
...I just ordered a new radiator today for my '85 Vanagon. I can't wait! No more driving only at night for long stretches...
Baffles next to headlamps
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Mon, 14 May 2012 11:33:48 -0700
In addition to the two radiator side baffles and that lower deflector baffle, my '84 also has a couple of smaller baffles that go...
Re: Radiator Fan Speed HIGH only
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Mon, 12 Apr 1999 13:54:58 +0200
EMZ wrote: > it is about 6"x1". Its the only think behind the head light with > wires. You will not find it unless the...
Re: 1.6 TD Coolant change
Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
Fri, 4 Feb 2000 16:55:59 EST
Besides the Bentley procedure look at archive from April 9,1998 by Darrell Boehler titled Pressure Bleeding the Radiator. He adapts a bicycle pump...
Re: Radiator replace
Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
Sun, 11 Feb 2001 07:29:40 EST
In a message dated 2/10/01 7:40:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, drew@BOMB-PROOF.COM writes: << right onto the spare tire...
Re: overheating 84 vanagon
Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
Mon, 11 Jun 2001 21:05:43 -0400
My mechanic billed me for cost of the radiator cleaning ($75), cost of time taking it out and putting it back in, and cost...
85 Westie FS
Historical mailing list - Richard Ferguson
Sun, 2 Mar 2003 15:12:13 -0800
...Rebuilt 2.1 litre upgrade AVP engine with ratio rockers and 1k on it, new radiator, battery, water pump, hoses, windshield. Van is practically...
Re: Bleeding Cooling System (again...)
Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
Wed, 6 Oct 2004 02:16:46 -0400
...have to take the grille off every time you bleed the radiator. Fun! --tabe johnson xtabe@yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http...
Re: More 2.1L coolant system woes (long)
Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:18:05 -0600
...the air at the other end at the bleeder on the radiator. I would think besides using a schraeder valve at the gutted cap...
Re: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:10:09 -0600
...Not very sophisticated, but it'll force >the bubble out of the radiator pretty effectively. >-- >John Bange >'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" > > >
Re: 87 Vanagon Engine Overheating problems
Historical mailing list - Brian Honan
Tue, 5 Sep 2006 21:20:43 -0400
On 9/5/06, Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@optonline.net> wrote: > > And the possibility of a bad radiator includes a broken internal baffle > which allows...
Hot Foot Mods -- what's the best?
Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:32:42 -0700
...the van * insulating material on the sheet metal downwind from the radiator (either inside or outside) or above the automatic transmission Any advice on...
Re: Which Radiator should I buy?
Historical mailing list - Ryan Heidcamp
Mon, 26 Aug 2002 11:01:53 -0500
...And I assume that once I replace the radiator and the rear heater core the front heater core will go once it gets cold...
thermoswitch
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Clay
Wed, 14 Oct 1998 16:04:07 EDT
...I thought there was/is a thermostat on the radiator somewhere, bentley makes it look like one is near the bleeder screw. I seem...
Re: Stupid Sexist Friday Quasi-Humor.
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Fri, 9 Nov 2001 16:06:30 -0800
...your engine overheats and siezes -- from tea leaves in your radiator and no oil in your engine 4001.01miles-10min later : you realize that...
Re: fan switch or sensor
Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
Sun, 28 Sep 2003 13:06:23 -0400
...Gary gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM> wrote: >I am wanting to replace the switch or sensor that >turns the radiator fan on at various...
Re: Need help diagnosing a coolant issue
Historical mailing list - tmiller
Wed, 1 Sep 2004 20:39:07 -0400
...I'm wondering if perhaps rust chunks made their way into the radiator and are causing the problem. > >Any help in diagnosing the problem...
Re: Mexican Water cooled loaf bus? what engine?
Historical mailing list - David Milo
Thu, 8 Feb 2007 20:35:58 -0500
I checked your link and read the following "This is a recent model complete with an air cooled engine (Yes, that's a radiator...
Re: Was Can you run without coolant...Now How Badly Can You Abuse a WBX? (Very long)
Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:30:54 -0500
...To > me it seemed that the cooling system was just not keeping up with the heat > load, like the radiator wasn't doing it...