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Re: Best flushing method - 2.1,and maintenance questions.
Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
Tue, 25 Mar 2003 08:29:55 -0800
...thermostat housing and coolant distributor then flush both the engine and radiator loop with a garden hose. Removing the thermostat will also help. Disconnect...
Re: Anyone ever rigged up a Coolant Pressure Gauge???
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:29:12 -0400
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Jay L Snyder wrote: > I made up a fitting that attached to the radiator bleed bolt that ran to...
Re: running hot....any ideas? UPDATE
Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
Mon, 6 Feb 2006 15:38:58 -0800
You might try opening the bleed valve on top of the radiator. If there is coolant flowing through the radiator, it will come out...
Re: Air in my coolant - part deux
Historical mailing list
Tue, 19 May 1998 15:37:13 -0400
...What about a leaking washer on the radiator bleed screw? If, as you say, the bubble forms in the radiator, that's where it...
Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
Historical mailing list
Sun, 26 Mar 2023 22:57:06 +0000
...Here is the process! >> >> If system empty open radiator bleeder, fill pressure tank, allow coolant >> to flow down as much as possible. This will...
Re: COOLANT PROCEDURE AND AMOUNTS
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sat, 17 Jan 2004 12:02:52 -0600
...COOLANT PROCEDURE AND AMOUNTS > > >> Hi most esteemed and learned list! I have had to replace the >> radiator on >> my >> 84 Vanagon Westy. New radiator...
Re: Importing New Vanagon from South Africa
Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
Wed, 15 Nov 2000 13:51:20 EST
...An accompaning photo showed a brand new loaf style van but with a radiator mounted to the front. Although it was obviously an add...
Re: Bleeding the front radiator
Historical mailing list - Allan Bagley
Tue, 12 Mar 2002 08:55:21 -0800
...Bleeding the front radiator The point is all thermostats/housings/cooling systems pass some coolant when the thermostat is in the "closed" position. Let...
Re: Air in the system
Historical mailing list - Joachim Preiss
Thu, 10 Oct 2002 13:17:20 -0700
...Put the other end in the radiator > bleed hole. Fill the jug with > premix fluid and fill till fluid comes out the > bleed hole...
Re: The vanagaon temp gauge is crap
Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:29:27 -0700
...The radiator cooling fan run times don't correspond to any position of the gauge needle because the fan is on when the A...
Re: Vodka as anti-freeze
Historical mailing list
Mon, 11 Dec 1995 12:05:00 -0800
...Then the water-heads will start using it in the radiator. I can just imagine how this is going to impact our camping trips...
Re: Inter-coolers?
Historical mailing list - Austin
Mon, 14 Jul 1997 19:05:58 -0700
...more dense? Nope - it *post* cools compressed air...it's a radiator (air to air) installed between the compressor (turbo) & the intake manifold. Austin
Vanagon response attn K Wilfy
Historical mailing list - CANNON.E.C-
Tue, 11 Nov 1997 12:21:15 -0500
...Pipes and radiator are good. 3. I am located in Central MD west of Baltimore. 4. I have numerous inquiries but no solid action...
AC/ Radiator Fan Switch Question
Historical mailing list - Lund
Sat, 11 Jul 1998 19:08:53 -0700
My AC is working fine in my 88 Vanagon, but my wife reports that the radator fan does not come on right away when...
Re: Fuel Lines
Historical mailing list - J. Andersen
Thu, 13 Aug 1998 09:26:34 -0700
...They also sell premade brake line kits and radiator hoses. DrRfuo SOCal-81 vanagon
3rd bleeder valve rear heat exchanger
Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
Tue, 25 Apr 2000 20:16:56 -0400
I noticed that besides the coolant bleeder valve on top of the radiator and the one in the engine compartment, there is also one...
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Historical mailing list - Alan Compher
Sun, 24 Sep 2000 16:19:29 -0700
...t I just undo the hoses at the bottom of the radiator? Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages...
dribble dribble
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Merin
Fri, 25 Aug 2000 08:16:56 -0500
...the coolant that's supposed to plug up the leaks (without plugging the radiator too?) TIA, Larry Merin Little Rock merin@exchange.uams.edu
Re: FS: 84 Vanagon GL SUper Sunroof PRICE ReDUCED
Historical mailing list
Thu, 25 Jan 2001 12:38:48 EST
...128k > engine factory new 22k ago > all new coolant lines and radiator > new alternator > new paint 2 years ago > NO RUST, body perfect, minus...
Re: Bus Depot Radiators
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Fri, 25 May 2001 18:03:32 -0400
> >The S.A. ones are original equipment from VW/SA, and are $172 with > >listmember discount. The German ones made by AKG/Germany (an...
Re: Last call for overheating help
Historical mailing list - jeff emrick
Wed, 13 Jun 2001 05:21:12 -0400
...I haven't replaced the radiator though. I had a mechanic look at it and he replaced the coolant bottles and the thermostat. He...
Re: Electrical Glitch (Imagine that!)
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Wed, 26 May 2004 20:12:30 +1200
>My 89 Westy turn signals stop working the second the radiator fan >kicks on, and returns to normal operation when it kicks off. Anyone...
Vanagon Parts Sale
Historical mailing list - Christopher Dabrowski
Tue, 14 Dec 2004 18:35:58 -0800
...Not pictured but I also have the 4 speed transmission, heater blower, gas tank, fuel pump and radiator to go as well. '89 Westy...
Re: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:36:32 -0500
...Now I know why Kennedy Engineering sent two petcocks when I just needed the one for the radiator. John '84 7-passenger ----- Original Message...
Re: For the Newbies - Vanagon secrets revealed
Historical mailing list - Lauren Miller
Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:49:54 -0400
...the radiator bleed screw. (behind grill) >Howard ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and...
Re: World's lowest camper
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:06:16 -0700
...watercooled Vanagon one might think, given the need to deal with radiator in the front and so forth. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel VanderKwaak" <joelvanderkwaak...
about this small amount of air at the top of the radiator
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:44:59 -0700
just wanted to say that I think being even slightly obsessive about 'some air' at the top of the radiator is ......unnessary. I think...
Re: Carolina crash
Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
Tue, 22 Aug 2017 09:41:55 -0400
...Going to have to be pulled out to remove the radiator. I also wonder about the rad mounts. Fortunately, it appears the corners it...
Re: Coolant change question
Historical mailing list - John
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 14:36:41 -0400
...big disappointment. > > Is disconnecting the hose from the thermostat to the radiator, and > inserting a hose in this end and flushing the system (both...
Re: Thermostat Housing
Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
Thu, 2 Dec 1999 18:50:47 -0500
...Bentley manual, don't you?) and bleed the system through the radiator. This may have been an acceptable procedure, on pre-86 waterboxers, but...
Re: cooling system hose clamps
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Thu, 22 Sep 2022 21:38:25 -0700
Yes, the radiator fan was on. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 22, 2022, at 9:24 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote...
Re: 89 Vanagon westy with AC my front blower fan runs only on high speed
Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
Sat, 8 Oct 2016 17:15:48 -0500
...It just took operating it a few times and removing the fan fuse to stop the radiator fan until it worked properly.  Lots...
Re: You know how just when you think you're wrapping up, the radiator bleeder screw head shears off?
Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:43:39 -0800
...I had just replaced my radiator, so it was not old, but I was probably guilty of over tightening it. I was able to...
Re: coolant system trivia
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Wed, 28 Apr 2004 21:12:36 -0400
...Over the past week I have isolated >the radiator at the point of the rear most end of the >big pipes and plugged them...
Re: Carolina crash
Historical mailing list - Theodore Hoekman
Sun, 20 Aug 2017 11:58:30 -0600
...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: Putting a water cooled engine in an 82?!?
Historical mailing list
Wed, 1 Dec 1999 22:59:00 EST
...Water-cooled - Engines cheaper not as cheap as air-cooled - Radiators free not as cheap as air-cooled - All those radiator hoses free not...
Eurovanv 12V VR6 Radiator "Close Out": German Auto Parts .com
Historical mailing list - neil n
Tue, 6 Aug 2013 23:17:26 -0700
Hi all. Stumbled upon this while searching something else. Don't know if this is a good price or not, and it seems like...
Re: Cold weather, short trips
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:08:36 -0600
...there is the old extreme cold weather trick of cardboard in front of > the radiator. > If it's super cold, sometimes vehicles like that.
Re: Trans fluid in coolant system-New Question
Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
Thu, 5 Apr 2012 14:00:34 -0400
...then that trans fluid and coolant are mixing together? Do coolant lines run back from the radiator to the trans mounted cooler? Jeff Stewart
Re: radiator removal?
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Sat, 7 Aug 1999 23:20:34 -0400
i htink you can drop the rad from behind without touching the condenser. but don't quote me on it, because i took the...
FS: 84 Vanagon GL SUper Sunroof PRICE ReDUCED
Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe
Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:45:15 -0500
Only $1500!!! 84 Vanagon GL Automatic Van 128k engine factory new 22k ago all new coolant lines and radiator new alternator new paint 2...
Re: Infared Thermometer/Radiator temps?
Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
Mon, 3 Sep 2001 17:45:13 EDT
In a message dated 9/3/01 12:32:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time, JKrevnov@AOL.COM writes: << Matthew, Do you know of the...
84 parting
Historical mailing list - Darrel Combs
Sun, 11 Aug 2002 17:52:20 -0400
...Wiring harness windshield doors hatches radiator fan rotors panels to be cut from it It was an automatic vanagon I have the shifter and...
Looking for a ballast resistor (86+ Vanagon)
Historical mailing list - David in Portland
Sun, 24 Aug 2003 01:22:54 -0700
Its the wire-wrapped ceramic tube that lives behind the driver's side headlight and gives a low speed to the radiator fan. (I...
Re: Radiator fan shock
Historical mailing list - neil n
Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:32:21 -0700
Here: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=536139&highlight=rad+fan Neil. On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 10:23 AM...
Re: Fireplace
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Wed, 9 May 2007 06:37:52 -0700
...A large iron boiler with propane burners, brass tubing, a bulky radiator in the Westy. Victorian-era styling. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71...
Re: kaibab trip report + cooling issues
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Mon, 28 May 2001 07:29:26 -0700
I read the post to say that the debris was on the outside of the radiator, but pretty well impregnated into the "nooks and...
Re: Van runs hot in traffic jams
Historical mailing list - Bob Bolton
Thu, 3 Apr 2003 07:10:02 +0930
...When the van is not moving, there is no air > > flow through the radiator. As the radiator warms up , the warm water > > coming out...
Re: EV Fan Resistors
Historical mailing list
Tue, 06 Feb 1996 06:47:50 -0500 (EST)
...They are accessable by first popping the front grille/radiator assembly forward. Remove the two 10mm bolts from the radiator brace...lift the assembly...
Westy Center Single Seat, Trailer hitch, Mud flaps, Diesel exhaust system, etc. For Sale
Historical mailing list - CC
Sun, 18 Jun 2000 06:30:24 CDT
...Chrome front bumper Good radiator and cooling fan Late model 4 spd. transmission; bad ring and pinion. Westy Items (brown/tan interior)-- Front windshield...
Re: Dexcool
Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
Sun, 10 Dec 2000 11:36:45 -0500
...It gums up heater cores and radiators. Lasts nowhere > near 100k as advertised, usually it goes away around 20-25k miles. It gets > floaters...
Re: Coolant again/flushing
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Tue, 18 Apr 2000 09:04:05 -0700
...Since I was pointed downhill, coolant came out the >radiator plug first, so I tightened that, then filled until the >expansion tank was full...
Re: AC and engine temps
Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
Sun, 26 Jul 1998 16:50:09 -0700
...my > > radiator core has some hot spots.... :( > Me too :-( Climbing up from the SanFernando Valley toward Santa Clarita beyond the Newhall interchange on I...
Re: Cooler thermostat question? when needed?
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Wed, 20 Sep 2000 15:46:50 -0700
...Cooler thermostat question? when needed? > Under what conditions would one want/need a cooler than stock thermostat or a > fan switch for the radiator...
Re: WAS Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 25 May 2012 22:48:18 -0700
...when the t-stat is closed..( for the main radiator circuit ) it also opens a bypass circuit ..this keeps coolant circulating around and around...
Westy single center seat, AC, other Parts For Sale
Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
Sun, 12 Aug 2001 02:36:10 -0700
...header pipes to "J" pipe) $40 Chrome front bumper $50 Radiator $60 Also radiator fan for AC-equipped vans. Alternator, 90 Amp $45 Westy...
Running hot, what can be the matter
Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
Thu, 4 Apr 2002 19:27:45 EST
...Cooling system pressure Tested CO2 in Coolant test negative New Radiator and long pipes. New Motor New Thermostat I am so frustrated by this...
Kennedy petcock in, but
Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
Thu, 9 May 2002 20:59:53 -0400
...I let the engine run until the radiator cycled a couple of times. Right now the van is cooling down on this wonderfully warm...
Thermostat and radiator questions...
Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
Fri, 15 Jul 2005 19:29:53 -0400
...a website with pictures and a description on removing / replacing the radiator, since it looks like I'll be tackling that job soon, too...
Re: Replaced water pump, need quickie bleeding method
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:26:47 -0400
Mike, 1) Jack up the rear so expansion tank is at least as high as the radiator bleed bolt. 2) Set heaters to high...