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• Fw: 1.9L to 2.1L Swap
  Historical mailing list - LA and Glen
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 11:59:01 -0700
  ...The thing that has me wondering is that everyone who has responded and has done the swap has stuck with the 1.9L cooling...
• Re: Rooftop A/C Experiences 12 volt ac more seriously
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 May 2011 13:36:38 -0400
  ...However, my cooling (burning?) need is while driving. > > I just contacted the Vintage Air people about Vanagon installation. As for evaporative cooling, any listmembers...
• Re: Air in Cooling System/ 89Westy
  Historical mailing list - Doug in CA
  Sun, 28 Mar 2004 14:23:12 -0800
  Michael, You could try doing a leak test into the cooling system past the head gasket. Some compression testers have an air line fitting...
• Re: Different Vanagon Radiator ???
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Sep 1996 23:11:21 -0400
  ...The majority of cooling problems in vanagons would disappear if we check the level of coolant in the rad, no hidden airbubbles, no friggin...
• 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: Anything like this for 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Thu, 26 May 2011 23:24:13 -0700
  ...http://www.vanagonparts.com/cooling_refill.html It's kind of Vanagon generic. Cheers, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• EV Cooling Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Tracey Choulat
  Thu, 9 May 1996 07:50:09 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I should not that I had the A/C off so, the cooling fans were NOT running. What do yall think? Is the thermostat...
• Spring Clamps (was: Re: Replacing cooling system on '87 Westfailia...)
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 14:03:05 -0600
  ...Lilley, Knowing the spring clamps are the absolute seat for the cooling system hoses on our vans, where does one go about pruchasing them...
• Cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Brian Gillespie
  Sat, 22 Jun 2002 15:04:38 -0400
  ...and have been learning about cooling systems. I have replaced several hoses and the radiator. Now I am seeing the system pressurize and push...
• Re: Devising a replacement for the double t piece (cooling system)?
  Historical mailing list - jbclem1
  Thu, 9 Sep 2004 15:35:22 -0700
  ...Devising a replacement for the double t piece (cooling system)? > right on the front page. > > http://volkscafe.com/ > > jonathan
• Re: Cooling system overhaul?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:02:55 -0400
  Mark, I have been replacing cooling parts and hoses, a few at a time, with minimal loss of coolant. I recommend you assemble a...
• 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: 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: Dometic Fridge Mod Update
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:43:13 -0700
  ...Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR rubatoguy@comcast.net typed: > The other thing I have wondered about was retrofitting some Peltier Effect cooling...
• Re: Stalling diagnosis (FI related?) --
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Aug 1996 09:41:26 +0200
  ...The engine cooling van blow cold air from behind through the cooling ducts= . = That cause the front cylinders (#1 & #3) running on higher temperatures...
• 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: 2.1L vs. 1.9 L? and other questions
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 19 May 1996 04:50:12 -0700
  Dennis, You said "I change the neded pieces to use the 2.1 cooling system as it works better." Could you expand on the...
• 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: Air Getting into Cooling system
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 19:06:39 -0700
  head gaskets are fine, already checked that. John
• 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...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:02:26 -0700
  ...so cooling air coming in the upper vents , all of it, goes through either air intake/fuel system or engine cooling system. Got power...
• Re: Air Getting into Cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 17:58:19 -0800
  ...If air is getting into the cooling system it is more likely the cylinder head gaskets are leaking and not the rubber water gasket...
• Re: Rooftop A/C Experiences 12 volt AC option.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 May 2011 13:31:49 -0400
  ...However, my cooling (burning?) need is while driving. > > I just contacted the Vintage Air people about Vanagon installation. As for evaporative cooling, any listmembers...
• Re: Purging Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 14 Jan 95 17:37:19 CST
  ...i think Don was right about the fan cooling the fluid, but it might also have been a bit of air coming out as...
• 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
• Re: About coolant
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:48:36 -0800
  ...As long as your cooling system is adequate (e.g. not > a stock vanagon in the desert) the pressure maintained in the cooling > system...
• Re: [WetWesties] The Vanagon cooling system.. it's counterintuitive.. (long post)
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 8 Sep 2015 17:25:19 -1000
  ...Renault Dauphine for one ..which could not even sustain running with adequate cooling at 70 mph on a highway on a warm day. Another...
• Re: Filling cooling ( PART 2)
  Historical mailing list - Debi
  Sat, 1 May 1999 13:41:40 -0700
  ...Filling cooling | But how do I get to the radiator and the bleed valve??? | | Debi wrote: | | > Joel, do you have a Bentley yet? | > It...
• Re: Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Thu, 24 May 2012 20:53:02 -0400
  ...My thought process is that yes, the van's cooling capacity is plenty larger for its engine. But on the other hand, maybe having...
• Re: Change a VW Fan Belt In 5 Seconds?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:33:57 -0400
  ...Loose the belt, you loose all cooling. you might find it interesting, that a Bug convertible, with the top down, on a hot day...
• Re: Advice on 82' GL
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Fri, 6 Jul 2007 12:29:45 -0400
  I would also reccomend a careful inspection of the cooling tin. All of the tin, including the internal baffles actuated by the thermostat, should...
• Re: Cooling fan not coming on
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Sat, 23 Apr 2016 15:39:25 -0400
  ...44 PM To: 'B Feddish'; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: RE: Cooling fan not coming on The high speed fan uses a relay on...
• Re: Rear Vents
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 14:14:53 -0400
  ...How can the later >models achieve maximum A/C cooling without closing these grills? > >It may be that these door grills do nothing on...
• 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...
• Re: 1980 Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 14:52:41 -0500
  ...a position where the engine receives the > minimum amount of cooling. So, I said "the default position is 'full > cooling air to the engine...
• Re: my own coolant mystery
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:51:41 -0500
  This is very simple; have both cooling pressure test done! At idle and at 2500rpm http://www3.sympatico.ca/huotx/pressure_test.htm Believe...
• Re: Cooling system tip and involved question
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 9 Dec 2001 17:28:44 -0500
  ...You've opened the >radiator loop in the middle and now the water goes from the coolant >distributor, through one of the main cooling...
• 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
  ...both heater >cores, to radiator and everywhere else in the entire cooling system. >That can't be impossible ...but it sure feels like it...
• Re: oil? leak on #3 (but not quite)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Apr 1996 20:17:06 -0400
  ...The oil is probably coming from the crank seal behind the cooling fan. Dennis
• Re: front heat box foam, was 'sound deadening'
  Historical mailing list - Chris M.
  Thu, 1 Apr 2004 16:04:15 -0600
  Is used for sealing heating and cooling - like duct tape used to be but this material is superior for sealing heating/cooling ducts. I...
• Re: replacing the waterpump, opportunity to replace
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Fri, 1 Nov 2002 12:25:07 -0500
  ...Many other stuff should be done also. -As many cooling hose and tube as possible -Cooling parts like thermostat, temp sender... -Alternator. It cost...
• Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion question
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 13:18:55 -0700
  ...Let me add that it is a DJ-code WBX, so it uses Digijet, but > it proves that the newer and hopefully improved cooling...
• Re: VW Camper Cooling problems
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Nov 96 09:51:22 -0800
  ...VW Camper Cooling problems Author: Non-HP-vanagon (vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu) at HP-Corvallis,shargw1 Date: 11/9/96 9:50 AM...
• Re: Dometic Fridge Mod Update
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:04:49 -0700
  ...If there was some way to double the cooling surface, temporarily, a fellow could do a before 'n' after. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott...
• Re: Radiator Fan - Please Help?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 11 Mar 2001 20:24:44 -0600
  I may be wrong on this but it's the basic vanagon and the cooling fan for the radiator should come on automatically. I...
• Re: .... choose ... engine conversion. Additional Costs Budget.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 09:24:32 -0700
  ...Fair warning!) For obvious reasons, I listed cooling system parts cost. But IMO, even if starting with a WBX, one should assess their cooling...
• Re: Air in cooling system
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Apr 1995 22:38:03 -0500 (EST)
  ...running, overflow tank fills > >3) ditto, coolant gets into cyls while cooling, overflow tank empties 4) head gasket gone, head cracked, coolant runs to...
• Re: does squeaking belt cause high temp gauge reading?
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Sat, 13 Feb 1999 15:37:21 -0800
  At 10:09 PM 2/10/99, EMZ wrote: > In order to replace the belts the cooling system has to be >opened up. It...
• Re: Oil Temps and TDi rpm
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:20:03 -0800
  ...apart from fitting a > turbo-timer to slow cooling on shutdown, there's no way to compensate > for this. I haven't heard of...
• Re: Cooling
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 May 1995 10:01:22 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I don't think this would help much since the volume of cooling air is determined by the fan's rotational speed, i.e...
• Re: Fridge problems
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 27 Apr 2000 00:04:40 -0400
  ...And it doesn't start cooling for at least 20 minutes. The manual says something like "evidence of cooling should be present after a...
• Cooling Fan/Timing Marks ?--82Westy
  Historical mailing list - Michael Edwards
  Fri, 9 Mar 2001 09:03:11 -0700
  ...So I replace, then notice that there appear to be no marks on the cooling fan to set the timing. Any ideas on the...
• Re: Running VERY HOT 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 07:44:12 -0400
  ...not sure if I bled the system right? Could this be the problem? The cooling fan also isn't turning on what would cause...
• Re: What does the cooling light mean?
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 22:25:12 -0500
  ...What does the cooling light mean? Hi All, What are the various things a blinking coolant light could be indicating? My gauge never gets...
• Re: Bleeder Valve Poition
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 9 Jan 2008 11:54:37 -0800
  Its on 19.9 as part of the exploded diagram of cooling system parts. Its funny that it isn't in the bleeding instructions...
• Front Cooling Fan on 84 westy 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:30:28 +0000
  I have never heard my cooling van come on since owning my van. It does seem to run hot after being on the road...