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• Re: Air intake "scoops"
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sat, 18 Dec 1999 18:19:57 -0500
  ...doubt that cooling the aircooled heads with more airflow will produce more horsepower. If you want to read more about theoretical engine efficiency, pick...
• Re: R rear heater blowout - stranded
  Historical mailing list - brady
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:45:11 -0700
  OMG!!!! Its a fricken heater people!!!! It will not have any adverse affect on the heating or cooling of the engine. It will not...
• Re: 2.1 Conversion-Trouble Bleeding Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 1 Dec 2006 08:31:55 -0500
  Without opening the bleeders and the engine cold start the van. Rev the engine this drives the coolant to the radiator top off the...
• Re: Cooling system tip and involved question
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sun, 9 Dec 2001 09:00:33 -0800
  ...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: � � � Some Clarifications a nd Additional Cooling System Comments
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 16:02:17 EDT
  ...The engine was willing, but the cooling system was not up to the task. Altitude and load contributed to the situation where the high...
• Engineering give me Cold power?; Capt'n she wont do anymorrgh!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 May 1997 22:40:08 -0400
  ...Is taxing the cooling system really a problem, folks in Kennedy Engineering say the system is "a massive thing that can cool a very...
• Air in cooling system - advice please...
  Historical mailing list - Dave Johnson
  Fri, 21 Apr 1995 16:55:29 -0700
  ...he pressure checked the cooling system and found no problems. No coolant leaks from hoses, connections, or the engine. No signs of coolant in...
• Re: Draining coolant 1987 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 14:54:21 -0400
  ...about 100% or pull the engine apart Lol, Ben Coolant system flow http://pages.infinit.net/engine/cooling_system_flow.htm Bleeding http://www3...
• Re: the cost of air
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Williamson
  Tue, 17 Jun 1997 13:22:53 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Besides the horsepower used by the cooling fan, air-cooled engines in general are not as powerful as similar watercooled engines. The reason? With...
• Re: New Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:42:43 -0400
  ...cooling" ... we can eliminate that pesky bleeding procedure. Mikel Robert Fisher wrote: > http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Massive_Yet_Tiny_%28MYT%29_Engine...
• Re: 84 clutch, etal
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 5 Jan 2007 10:36:12 -0800
  ...the tranny than the engine to replace a Vanagon clutch...and no need to mess with that pesky waterboxer cooling system.... >On a Vanagon...
• Re: Uh-oh, cooling system way pressurized
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 29 Apr 2001 20:07:41 -0500
  ...If you add pure water, the boiling point may get low enough to easily boil coolant in the heads - thus pressurizing your cooling system...
• Re: Gurgling coolant
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
  Sun, 2 May 1999 08:00:17 -0500
  ...Is this normal, or do I need to "burp" the cooling system? > Could it be a sticky thermostat? > > PS - the cooling system, engine, hoses...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Remuse
  96-01-02 23:58:08 EST
  ...Is it actually nothing to worry about since VW didn't bother to even mention engine cooling in their owner's manuals.? This is...
• bleed valve in engine compartment?
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 5 Jun 1998 09:18:28 -0500
  ...valve in the engine compartment right on top of the thermostat housing. If I'm not starting with an empty cooling system, do I...
• TIICo cooling issues
  Historical mailing list - Spooner, Robert E.
  Wed, 3 Jul 2002 13:23:29 -0400
  All, In my attempt to determine the cause of a hot-running TIICo transplant, I find the cooling system in fine shape except for...
• Re: 1980 Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 09:28:04 -0500
  ...1980 Thermostat > No, the default position is "full cooling air to the engine" which is what > you want if you have no thermostat. And...
• Re: '87 GL - missing cooling system bits
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:05:23 -0400
  ...Does it sound like the missing piece is indeed the >thermostat housing? Did any years have some other part of the cooling >system on...
• Re: cooling system failures
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 16:18:24 -0400
  Our 86 Syncro Westfalia was purchased in its 10th year, so here are the cooling system failures since then: Plastic manifold cracked (replaced) 10...
• Flashing Cooling Light
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Tue, 15 Sep 1998 09:22:42 -0700
  ...Coolant level and composition is fine, engine is running great, cooling fan is working properly... I'm learning to ignore it. LOTS of volks...
• Re: 84 Vanagon Bursting Coolant Hoses
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 8 Mar 2007 16:51:09 -0500
  Yeah,it sounds like the added pressure of the combustion is getting inside the cooling system.You say it only takes a few minutes...
• Re: Vanagon temperature problem
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Aug 1997 10:50:16 -0500
  ...I would check to see if the radiator cooling fan is coming on during hot engine temps. The fan should start on low speed...
• Re: '80 Westfalia-- best way to drive over passes
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 16:12:10 -0600
  ...The > crank > > speed is insufficient to push enough air across the cooling > surfaces to > > displace the heat; only then does "engine heat accumulate over...
• Re: 2.1L into '84 Westy project - Cooling system question
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:59:58 -0700
  ...an easy to bleed cooling system. And... no stupid cross over pipe (both over the engine and behind the pulley). I'd say there...
• Re: Elemental Mods Report
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 3 May 2008 20:19:28 -0700
  ...It is meant to protect the engine from overheating. There is a single wire you could cut to prevent the hot radiator from triggering...
• Re: Cooling Light Q?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 18 May 2004 06:36:40 -0500
  ...Cooling Light Q? > > My cooling has been coming on frequently lately. As the engine warms up = > I have no warning light but after about...
• Aircooled foam
  Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 22:21:46 -0500
  What is the proper adherent to use to hold the foam around the cooling tin on an aircooled engine? TIA, Chris Geiser '91 Jetta...
• Re: Fwd: Cooling Air Cools?
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 4 Jan 1996 16:18:33 -0800 (PST)
  ...Is it actually > nothing to worry about since VW didn't bother to even mention engine cooling > in their owner's manuals.? This is...
• Re: 2.1L into '84 Westy project - Cooling system question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:33:43 -0700
  ...2.1L into '84 Westy project - Cooling system question > > So I jumped in with both feet first. I have COMPLEAT 2.1L engine sitting...
• Re: cooling question
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 14:03:23 -0500
  ...http://pages.infinit.net/engine/cooling_system_flow.htm And you will see that both heater core don't go trough the thermostat, so...
• Re: cooling system failures
  Historical mailing list - IR Student
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 12:16:57 -0700
  > On my 83.5 the one cooling part that did fail was the cap on the > expansion tank. It was not holding in enough...
• Answer to LOUD! cooling fan
  Historical mailing list - Wolfsburg
  Thu, 6 Aug 1998 01:01:01 -0700
  ...This resistor controls the fan speed for cooling the engine. Floyd Truskot
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 10:03:46 -0400
  ...But seeing as how we are talking about a liquid cooled engine, the cooling factor shouldn't be as critical. All engines have a...
• Re: About coolant
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:23:58 -0700
  ...cooling efficiency even more, creating more water ejection, in a self reinforcing cycle. Using a water/glycol mix will likely make the engine run...
• Re: Subaru Cooling System Leak-Stop - Has anyone tried it?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 5 Nov 2007 10:40:53 -0800
  Hey Ric, I've used the "Subaru Cooling System Conditioner" in my van (2 bottles) and have had success stopping the leak I had...
• Re: Dometic Frig Will not stay cold with DC current
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 1 Jun 2012 22:13:28 -0400
  ...when you stop the engine and then takes maybe twenty minutes after you start the engine to begin cooling again. I think the manual...
• quick cooling system question
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 21:28:38 -0400
  ...I expected them to be firm, like most all cooling system hoses feel. I suppose this means they should be replaced as well? I...
• (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 20 Feb 2006 20:11:25 -0800
  ...Cooling the ATF below 85C with that scoop with the heat exchanger in place will likewise cool the engine-- an engine designed to operate...
• Re: Bleeding Cooling system per Bentley
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 14:53:31 PST
  My 84 has an engine compartment bleeder valve that bleeds between the 2 large hoses on the forward fire wall. Walt Spak wnsopc3@3rdm...
• Re: hoses in general
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 10:03:20 -0500
  So are the diesel vanagon hoses (and other cooling system components) directly swappable from one of the gas engine systems you listed? -- Harmon Seaver...
• Warning !! Re: Coolant hose fatigue
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 26 Nov 2003 07:17:38 -0500
  ...is about 6 inches >long and goes from the engine to the long cooling pipes.) > >Driving down the freeway to San Diego California my...
• Re: Pressurized Cooling Sys./Cyl. Head
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 5 May 2001 08:49:56 -0400
  ...Pressurized Cooling Sys./Cyl. Head I've concluded that my head is leaking exhaust into the coolant. I still have our prior engine kicking...
• Re: 2.1L into '84 Westy project - Cooling system question
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:37:09 -0700
  ...yes, some things are dumb about the 1.9 cooling system ........but at least it's metal. and engine bleeding is not a problem...
• Re: New thermostat funky?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 15:16:57 -0500
  ...To test the theory that the engine is somehow losing heat without the cooling system, one could remove the belt to the water pump...
• Re: help identifying send/return in '85 at cooling system
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:25:25 -0800
  ...help identifying send/return in '85 at cooling system Hi, I have the old engine out, don't remember what it used to look...
• Weird over-heating problem, please advise!
  Historical mailing list - CARY CHIANG
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 04:12:10 MDT
  ...barely warm to the touch when the engine is already boiling over, which explains why the cooling fan never turns on. There seems to...
• Re: [Vanagon-Inline] Cooling system
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:02:07 -0700
  ...the Haynes manual has some cooling schematics. How will you adapt the engine to the transmission? I recently transplanted the engine for my '78...
• Re: cooling system design
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 03:32:33 -0500
  as the engine cools the pressure drops in the expansion tank and coolant is pushed up to the expansion tank from the overflow tank...
• Re: oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Thu, 3 Apr 2014 04:44:08 -0500
  ...a 1.9 L engine in a > cooling system designed for a 1.5. I started out thinking I'd add water > cooling capacity...
• Re: Cooling system hose diagram
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:51:17 -0400
  ...of every single hose, from engine to both heater >cores, to radiator and everywhere else in the entire cooling system. >That can't be...
• Re: Upgrading 1.9 to 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 17:06:05 -0500
  ...for the engine compartment. Gets to be a pretty big job and expensive too. The Digijet system works great. Now the cooling system is...
• Re: Gurgling coolant
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 3 May 1999 16:49:07 EDT
  ...Is this normal, or do I need to "burp" the cooling system? Could it be a sticky thermostat? PS - the cooling system, engine, hoses...
• Wasserboxer cooling (was:Re: aftermarket instrumentation)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Jul 1996 15:26:32 -0400
  ...Can you site any examples to the contrary? My recent experience tells my general experience with these engines and their cooling systems. Last monday...
• Re: Which way is the air going? On the rear vents
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Sun, 27 Jun 1999 00:11:30 -0700
  ...At speed they help push cooling air into the engine compartment. Not as big an issue for H2O-boxers as for air-cooled. The...
• Re: Hot engine
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Fri, 1 Sep 2000 09:59:14 -0700
  ...it should be pointing straight up when the engine is fully warmed up or with no thermostat installed. In this position, the cooling flaps...
• Re: Coolant - Have I screwd up my engine?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Thu, 3 Jun 2004 22:45:33 EDT
  ...mix for proper cooling-- the recommended 50/50 coolant/water ratio I believe. Pure coolant will not cool the engine properly. I ALWAYS use...
• Engine overheating
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:26:06 -0600
  ...the cooling rail (situated around the top of the engine compartment) to the top of the thermostat housing. When I replaced my engine and...
• WBX gauge value
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 19:07:13 +0000
  ...This arrangement allows me to see the engine operating temp and how "thermally loaded" the cooling system is. Someone else on the list promotes...
• Re: 2.1 Conversion-Trouble Bleeding Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 1 Dec 2006 08:38:34 -0600
  > Engine temp gauge never goes above 1/4. That's probably all you need to know about the thermostat--replace it and see what...
• Re: Radiator fan- '91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 05:11:18 -0400
  ...You have had both an engine = > and then a transmission installed by servicing facilities. Neither one = > tested and made sure the cooling system was...