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Re: Coolant flow/air bleeding
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:29:49 -0500
...Slowly open radiator bleed. You should hear some air escaping until coolant flows out. When stream is fairly steady close bleeder. Top off main...
update on overheating issues (by request)
Historical mailing list - John Smith
Thu, 8 Sep 2005 23:28:02 -0400
...So far, I'm hoping these tests lead to the con= clusion that the thermostat and/or radiator need replacing. =20 Thanks so much...
Re: 87 Westy, A/C Question
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Sun, 13 Jul 2014 10:44:49 -0700
...After a few minutes, what I think is the mid-speed radiator fan came on and stayed on. When I shut the van off...
Re: Oil cooler in 1980-1982 aircooled buses?
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Mon, 6 Sep 2010 21:38:17 -0500
...They don't have a radiator grill like mine does. > > My nose is basically empty: no radiator left from the diesel, no oil > cooler...
Re: New to water cooled, temp questions
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:47:05 -0500
...The thermostat and radiator fan should keep it at the proper temperature, if they are working. Engines that are too cool are inefficient and...
Help with coolant system
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Tue, 9 Apr 2002 19:19:33 -0700
...Has anyone found or made a substitute for the air baffles on either side of, and below, the radiator? The lower one is pretty...
Re: Overheating at idle
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:13:36 -0700
...It's not the fan since the radiator never > >> seems to get hot enough to kick that on. I guess tomorrow's job is...
Re: All 2 Speed Radiator Fans Use Internal Resistor?
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:02:38 -0800
The small motor fan version has 3 integral wires, low, high, and ground. The Bentley diagram has the symbol of a resistor shown inside...
buses in movies
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Mon, 11 Sep 95 00:24:41 CDT
...complete with water cooled engine (cause it had this great big radiator grill up front!), decides to pass the school bus ... but there is...
Re: Warm air from under dash.
Historical mailing list
Fri, 19 Jul 1996 21:15:02 -0400
...A lot of heat transfers into the passenger compartment from the radiator. Dennis.
84 westie runs hot in slow traffic
Historical mailing list - Sam Moore
Tue, 29 Apr 97 15:39:38 -0500
...Is there a way to add a manual override on the radiator fan? Once the fan kicks on things get better? Should I put...
Re: Radiator Fan
Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
Thu, 28 May 1998 01:51:19 EDT
In a message dated 98-05-27 07:45:08 EDT, jhlauterbach@EMAIL.MSN.COM writes: << When I purchased my '84 Vanagon last year...
'87 Coolant Woes
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Thu, 24 Feb 2000 13:37:34 -0500
...Does this sound correct? Are there any other possible explanations? He has already put in a new radiator and the pressure cap was replaced...
Re: repeated water pumps failing
Historical mailing list
Fri, 4 Feb 2000 12:04:48 EST
...Does anyone have any idea that maybe a resistance in the cooling system (like a restricted hose or partially clogged radiator) could put some...
Re: Gas Can Carrier
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Thu, 20 Apr 2000 10:18:34 -0700
...and then you come and start the thing and a electoral short in the radiator fan and...... Kaboom! also.. "the amount of fuel (~1...
Re: 85 GL Radiator Fan Problem
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Sat, 3 Jun 2000 10:46:52 -0700
after going through 2 3 buck junkyard sensors, i said fudge it (though i didn't say fudge) and installed a toggle switch for...
Re: Need help setting timing and idle on digifant
Historical mailing list - Philip Jones
Mon, 11 Jun 2001 14:10:59 EDT
...temps seem to be normal (according to the temp guage and radiator fan), van's performance is excellent, but after short trips (6 miles...
Loss of power/stumbling
Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
Tue, 19 Mar 2002 21:30:26 EST
Well finally got the temp II sensor replaced and radiator has been bleed. Runs real nice and i am getting 18 mpg in town...
Re: Anyone know thread size of coolant bleeder bolt on radiator?
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:19:00 -0500
TinkerMan wrote: > 4. If anyone has a another good suggestion about > easily tapping a pressure sender/switch into the > coolant system (e.g. to...
For Sale 82 Full Westy $650 no motor
Historical mailing list - Joel Lane
Tue, 21 Oct 2003 22:08:13 -0600
...Was a diesel, so body has radiator etc. Must move it, thought I'd give you all a chance at it before ebay. Clear...
Engine temp problems/was thermostat
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Tue, 3 Feb 2004 08:07:09 -0800
...He said I'll bleed it again first because the top and bottom radiator hoses in the engine compartment were different temperatures [of course...
Re: cooling fluid capacity of 84 vanagon w/ 1.9?
Historical mailing list - bueses
Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:22:55 -0600
...9? (how much does it >> hold when I change out the radiator fluid this weekend?) Austin VeeDub wants >> to charge me over $160----aint...
Re: Bleeding Coolant on a 2.1L syncro
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:53:23 -0500
...use an 8mm wrench to open and > > close the small bleeder bolt on the left hand side of the top of the > > radiator. :) > > > > sudhir > > > >
Re: Bus windows
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Sat, 7 Jun 2008 23:29:02 -0700
...Looks like someone made the radiator enclosure in their own backyard. While in Manila, I saw what I thought were homemade buggies. Later I...
Re: coolant change
Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
Mon, 25 Sep 2000 00:09:40 -0300
...Remove the lower radiator hose and drain the rest of the coolant. Reinstall the hose. Put right cylinder head sheild and drain plug back...
Re: A/C work question
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Thu, 13 May 2010 12:59:30 -0700
...the radiator/opening the > cooling system? > Ry, You don't want to even try (IMO) to pull the condenser without dropping the radiator. Too...
Re: '86 Westy A/C Problem
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:46:06 -0700
...the compressor, one for the low speed radiator fan, and one for the high speed radiator fan. You likely do not have either a...
Re: Coolant hose alternative: 1.9 engine
Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
Sun, 24 Sep 2000 19:23:24 -0400
...I recived the $30 lower radiator return for the later 1.9's hose instead of the $60 hose for the earlier. Not the...
Plastic cooling pipes damaged...
Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
Sun, 10 Jun 2001 20:57:33 -0700
...Today when I removed my old radiator to replace it, I noticed that on one of the plastic coolant pipes that run from front...
Re: Larger or additional radiator?
Historical mailing list - Ron Semko
Mon, 30 Jul 2001 23:39:18 -0400
...increasing the coolant volume by installing <DIV></DIV>>a larger radiator or an additional one? <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> I'd...
Re: Dometic improvement
Historical mailing list - Mike D.
Sat, 29 Nov 2003 22:03:00 -0800
...The radiator fin assembly inside is press fit onto a tube, with a layer of thermal paste between the two. The paste dries up...
Re: 89 Westy
Historical mailing list - vanagon
Sun, 28 Mar 2004 12:10:06 -0800
...I have driven about 18,000 miles since then- entire cooling system has been replaced including radiator. Still getting air. he is not driving...
problems on the road
Historical mailing list - Matt Slater
Thu, 15 Apr 2004 17:37:34 -0600
...So far I've replaced the heads, water pump, the pipe that connects the pump to thermostat, temp relay in the radiator, temp sender...
Re: External Heat System for Vans
Historical mailing list - Hahn Rossman
Sun, 15 Dec 2002 13:34:20 -0800
...To distribute the heat > from the radiator, a small low power air circulating fan could be > installed in conjunction to the radiator. If one...
white clouds out of the exhaust
Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:57:36 -0700
...Friday evening I drove just out of town, and it overheated. ( cold radiator, cold hoses to radiator). 10.00 pm. dark. unknown suburb of...
Re: Vanagon overheating on trip
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Sat, 18 Jul 2015 11:15:00 -0700
...Would suggest using an infrared gun to measure temps at heads, coolant pipe/hose from engine to radiator. Neil. On 7/18/15, Michael...
Re: REAR HEATER Repair/By-pass advice
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Mon, 21 Feb 2000 10:59:56 -0800
...engine before it has a chance to go forward to the radiator to cool. I used brass fittings to plug both hoses off... two...
Re: Noisy fuel pump causes
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Wed, 14 May 2008 19:38:49 -0700
...So I took my tank to my radiator shop, back when you could get them worked on easily by many radiator shops. See that...
Re: Vanagonginity lost...
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:28:18 -0600
...The other issue there is poor insulation on the front steel "firewall" that is just behind the radiator, and where the radiator hoses then...
Re: 2.1 coolant problems
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Tue, 9 Dec 2003 15:16:51 -0500
...Once the radiator got hot and I got some frothy bubbles out of the bleeder. Other attempts had the filler tank overflowing before the...
Heater Hose routing
Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WITZ
Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:49:05 -0700
...My question is which heater hose is the feed hose and which is the return hose? While laying down with the radiator fan above...
Re: Front floor metal compatibility
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 19 Sep 2013 08:48:49 -0700
...The turbo diesels had a higher floor metal in the center section for more airflow through the same radiator and used a different front...
Re: Fan resistor
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:21:27 -0400
...I'm not yet convinced that engine temp rather than radiator temp is the desirable control input. Yours, David
Re: How to do a coolant flush? 2.1L Auto 88
Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:10:56 -0600
...So I need to flush all the coolant out of the radiator and hoses, most > garages have systems that do not work with since...
Radiator caps
Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
Fri, 10 Feb 1995 16:09:50 CST6CDT
(can you tell I'm in the office today?) Here's some cap info: '83 Uses a metal, conventioal style cap readily available everywhere...
Re: Radiator/Coolant Switch
Historical mailing list
Fri, 19 Jul 1996 18:07 EDT
> Recently there has been some talk of installing a manually operated switch >to bring on the coolant fan before the limit closes. I'd...
Temperature Gauge Going Crazy...
Historical mailing list - Nancy E. Dodge
Sat, 20 Jul 1996 15:53:17 -0700
...It's not the thermostat, the radiator, the hoses, or the instrument panel. The only 'sure fix' I can think of is black tape...
different engines in loafs
Historical mailing list - Stephen Arbaugh
Fri, 7 May 1999 20:33:30 -0700
...The air scoops should provide plenty of flow thru a radiator (and intercooler???). Just need to get hardened tranny gears, maybe upgrade the cv...
Re: gas can
Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
Wed, 30 Jan 2002 17:37:34 -0800
...The heat from the radiator heats up the gasoline in the can, and when you open the can, the gas squirts in your face...
ac pressure question
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Mon, 1 Jul 2002 12:21:02 -0700
Is it safe to assume that your r134 pressure is neither too low or too high if your high speed radiator fan cycles on...
Re: How do you hold throttle while purging coolant ?
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sat, 15 Feb 2003 13:49:00 -0600
...However I have had problems holding the idle very > fast while I run round the front to the radiator screw. Mine is stock 1...
I am not sure now...
Historical mailing list - zolo
Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:49:10 -0700
...The hoses are hot on both sides of the thermostat and at the radiator. Not that explains the whole story... Well, my question is...
Re: Gauge too high ...
Historical mailing list - Dennis
Wed, 12 Jan 2005 21:53:08 -0500
...The folks at techtonics normally suggest a matching radiator temp sensor installed at the same time so the rad fan kicks in earlier. My...
Re: 84 Vanagon Radiator Fan Switch Bolt Size?
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Fri, 2 Jun 2006 08:05:06 -0700
Size is 29mm. Not common. Finally found one through a Snap-On Truck, but still had to special order it. Wasn't available as...
Re: Radiator bleeder BOLT question
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Thu, 2 Oct 2008 06:34:28 EDT
In a message dated 01/10/2008 11:09:54 A.M. Central Standard Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: Mike, sorry to report...
Re: corrosion & anodes (long)
Historical mailing list - Carroll A. Smith
Sun, 17 Jan 1999 15:37:40 -0500
...The radiator is copper Cu Many radiators are aluminum, I do not know what your VW has. > and the engine is something else - what...
Re: flashing LED
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 9 Sep 2009 17:07:56 -0500
...Remove the >> radiator vent screw and add coolant. Mix the coolant in a gallon jug >> and use it to add. Keep adding as the...
Re: Front end rattle solved
Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
Mon, 10 May 2021 13:17:08 -0400
...to replace the disintegrating bushing I found when I replaced my radiator last year. Had taken a couple of wraps of some kind of...
RE: Vanagon temperature problem
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 10 Aug 97 02:43:59 UT
I would check that radiator again. It is possible that a baffle is broken internally and the coolant is going in and out of...
Re: Front heater won't give heat
Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:35:32 -0500
...After the car is warm--and with the heater valve > wide open--loosen the bleed bolt from the top of the radiator. If you...