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• Re: head gasket leaking exhaust into cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:00:45 -0800
  ...I've been driving with that condition where I had to stop every 40 minutes or so and fill and bleed the cooling system...
• Re: Cooling system questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 Feb 2016 20:45:34 -0500
  You need to test for weather you have a gauge or cooling system issue. As for bleeding if you bled the system enough to...
• Re: Cleaning cooling system with engine out.
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 4 Nov 2003 16:11:53 -0800
  ...Cleaning cooling system with engine out. Hi all, Does anyone have a recommendation for how to clean out the cooling system on an '84...
• Re: Warped discs and silly honda theories
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 20:18:44 -0400
  ...This is also why adding cooling ducts to an undersized brake system can make it even more efficient rotor-warping device. The increased cooling...
• Re: *LONG*coolant light blinking, temp soaring and dropping, spor...
  Historical mailing list - ColForbin
  Wed, 17 Mar 1999 20:08:07 -0500
  ...I got a few suggestions to bleed the cooling system. So, this evening I raised the van in the front about 18 inches, removed...
• Re: Cooling system overhaul?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:02:55 -0400
  ...of tricks and homemade gadgets for filling and bleeding the WBX cooling system. It's good experience. Have fun and see you at EveryBus...
• Re: Cooling System: Strange Phenomenon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Upton
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 20:47:35 -0400
  ...Cooling System: Strange Phenomenon Possible a failing pressure cap on the coolent tank? Howard On 19 Oct 99, at 12:35, Eric Small wrote...
• Re: Spring Clamps (was: Re: Replacing cooling system on '87 Westfailia...)
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 17:25:35 -0600
  ...Replacing cooling system on '87 Westfailia...) > But David, > > How about them clamps?? Sears? > > Bob > > David Beierl wrote: > > > At 03:03 PM 2/5/2001...
• EMT (electrical conduit) for transitions in Vanagon cooling system? (engine conversion)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:33:36 -0700
  ...no leaks!) using EMT? If so, did they run a bead of JB or ? to make a "lip" like a standard cooling system pipe...
• Re: cooling system pipe
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delasalle
  Fri, 1 Dec 2000 11:37:20 -0600
  Will the plastic pipes from the newer vans fit the older diesel & gas water cooled van without modification? or is cutting & different hoses required...
• oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - David Moyal
  Wed, 2 Apr 2014 21:12:58 -0700
  ...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: got to fix the cooling system again.
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:16:21 -0700
  ...It probably has more to do with the age of the components in the cooling system and/or the pressure of the system itself...
• Re: More on rods and bolts/2.1 in '83.5-'85
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 11:08:06 -0700
  ...On the same day, another mechanic insisted that that it's pointless to completely drain and refill the vanagon cooling system unless you're...
• Re: Install extermal oil cooler? Re: Trans fluid in coolant system
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Fri, 6 Apr 2012 07:55:23 -0700
  Do you have any links or info on the van cafe/german transaxle at cooling system? Have always installed an external oil cooler on...
• Oil Leak at Oil Cooler Solved
  Historical mailing list - dennis lockwood
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 18:12:08 -0800
  ...It is not an expensive task, but it involves draining the cooling system (Do more and more of your repairs involve draining the cooling...
• Re: Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 24 May 2012 18:42:24 -0400
  ...I personally don't *think* it makes a great difference in the cooling capacity of the system (whereas changing out an old radiator might...
• Re: Effectiveness of cooling system flush and clean products? Antifreeze
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 Jun 2013 09:08:24 -0400
  ...Effectiveness of cooling system flush and clean products? You can also run Redline Water Wetter, a cooling enhancer additive that promotes slightly better heat...
• Re: Replacing water hoses
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Oct 1996 23:06:09 -0400
  ...It is possible to have combustion gases enter the cooling system without a noticeable los of coolant or performance. Dennis
• Re: 84 Cooling System Problem
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Fri, 3 Oct 1997 09:37:48 +0100
  ...Someone tells me that I may be getting exhaust gases leak from the head gaskets into the cooling system. Sometimes the coolant level is...
• Re: bleeding cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Thu, 4 Aug 2005 14:32:46 -0400
  ...I just replaced the water pump on an 84 Westy and now need to bleed the cooling system. I have attempted several different methods...
• Dual Air Conditioning in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 23:05:32 -0500
  ...The 40 degrees is limited by the thermostat and not the cooling capacity. When both systems have their fans running on high there is...
• Checking up on mechanic's bleeding radiator method
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Dec 1995 16:28:17 -0600
  ...I was referring in an earlier post as to the installer's method of bleeding the cooling system being to stand the front of...
• Re: Bleeding Cooling system per Bentley
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:37:36 PST
  ...Bleeding Cooling system per Bentley >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Jim; >Great response! Allow me to add one detail that befuddled me the first...
• Re: New Way to Bleed Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Tue, 15 Apr 1997 20:47:58 -0400
  ...It seems like this is just like filling a standard cooling system, using the cap on the radiator. After driving to work and back...
• 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: coolant system trivia
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 21:12:36 -0400
  ...mixture; that is, better until it boils or badly corrodes the cooling system. specific heats aside, water is much less viscous than anti-freeze...
• Re: Cooling system woes - raises - not lowers correction
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:01:23 -0400
  ...The pressurized coolant system RAISES the boiling point. I know that, and I just wanted top cut off 700 people telling me that. Shame...
• RE: Air in cooling system - advice please...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Apr 95 08:09:00 MST
  ...The cooling system is normally pressurized by combustion gasses oozing past the head gaskets. They get trapped in the top of the expansion tank...
• [Fwd: cooling system failures]
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 19:37:24 -0700
  My cooling systems failures on an 88 Syncro as follows: Both heads replaced by PO at about 100,000 kms. Not positive about the...
• Re: Thanks for cooling system info
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Mon, 2 Jul 2007 17:02:54 -0700
  ...Thanks for cooling system info > My coolant level sensor once shot into orbit( not unheard of here on the > list). As a side effect...
• Oil pump removal question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 15 Jun 2018 18:25:56 -0700
  ...oil pump on a 2.1 be removed and replaced without removing the water pump crossover pipe and avoiding opening the cooling system? Stuart
• Re: Star Trek VW "bus"
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 16:22:21 -0800
  I'll take as long as the Warp Drive cooling system isn't leaking. http://www.beaterz.com/one_liners/0201/020110_shuttle_bus...
• Re: 2.1L into '84 Westy project - Cooling system question
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:15:01 -0700
  ...2.1L into '84 Westy project - Cooling system question >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Or the solution with the newest parts? The cooling hoses, however >>>> >>>>> numerous, >>>>> on the 2...
• Re: WasserBoxer fish farm (F)
  Historical mailing list - ed
  Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:50:52 -0500
  Do Vanagon-bred salmon return to the cooling system in which they were born? All you folks who bought Vanagons from the Pac Northwest...
• 86 Westy Temp Guage Question?
  Historical mailing list - zyno
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 16:33:59 -0400
  ...I have attempted to bleed the cooling system a few times. I don't know if I'm doing it incorrectly and trapping air...
• Re: 91 GL running hot all of the sudden
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 15:22:15 -0500
  You have a leak!!!! Also, the cooling system is connected to the AC so the radiator cooling fan will come on when the AC...
• Re: Cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 20:30:04 -0700
  ...What a waste of resources! The early cooling system plumbing is much simpler, but there is no provision for the oil cooler. You will...
• Re: Expansion tank not connected
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 07:28:31 -0600
  ...If you don't have all these things..........then Yup!, your cooling system is incomplete. Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Jens Jakob Andersen...
• Re: Coolant question
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 3 Jul 2014 21:21:20 -1000
  ...85 Adventurewagon , 2.1 waterboxer engine stock 1.9 cooling system .. but I added the 2.1 type oil cooler.. and water wetter.. went...
• Re: Fwd: amount of freon in ac system
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 22:47:35 -0500
  ...They also told me I have a leak in the system. Well, after two months I haven't seen any reduced cooling efficiency. I...
• parts list for radiator replacement on 1988 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Robertson - Backcountry.com
  Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:40:20 -0600
  ...I have a 1988 Westy GL with a Subaru 2.5 configured using the Kennedy cooling method which means the cooling system uses almost...
• Source for small auxiliary coolant pump? (oil cooler idea!)
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Mon, 8 May 2000 14:58:11 -0400
  ...Use the stock TD water-cooled oil cooler, but instead of utilizing the already-hot coolant of the engine's cooling system to try...
• Re: Phosphate free anti-freeze.Quotes from owners manual and more--
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 14 Apr 2004 20:20:57 -0500
  ...63 -COOLING SYSTEM >The cooling system is sealed and generally requires little attention. > (WRONG ANSWER!! I say check it often - at least every weekend...
• RV: various coolant temperatures in cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Javier Zavala
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 22:23:26 -0500
  ...various coolant temperatures in cooling system Fecha: Mi�rcoles 22 de Noviembre de 2000 09:23 PM Hi all: I need some help on...
• Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:22:17 -0700
  The later 2.1 cooling system is pretty much self-bleeding. If you do a basic bleed, the air will come out through the...
• Re: Rear heater core during summer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 10 Jun 2005 06:27:28 -0400
  ...So, if your cooling system is working properly, close the valves. Save the cores. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• Re: Operating Temperatures anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 00:45:44 +0000
  ...As for the rising coolant level make sure that all possible air has been bled from the system. Then have the cooling system tested...
• Re: Oil in the coolant
  Historical mailing list - Scott D Foss
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 16:41:21 -0800
  No, no vanagon waterboxer engine has ever been known to fail or have any cooling system or oil related system problems. just joking ! ! they...
• Re: HELP!: radiator fan is loud
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 29 Aug 1999 16:32:16 -0400
  ...Having said that just remember that using the 102*C "safety net" means that the cooling system is ABOVE the boiling point.............. JP
• Re: 3rd stage cooling fan relay (for a/c)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 17:44:07 -0400
  ...probably others) there is a 3rd stage cooling >fan relay used with the a/c system. (Vans without a/c don't have >this...
• Re: More on rods and bolts/2.1 in '83.5-'85
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 11:00:19 EDT
  David; From what I have read; the vanagon system is up to cooling a V8. When the radiator is in good, efficient condition that...
• Re: Draining coolant 1987 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 14:54:21 -0400
  ...pull the engine apart Lol, Ben Coolant system flow http://pages.infinit.net/engine/cooling_system_flow.htm Bleeding http://www3.sympatico.ca/huotx...
• Re:wasserboxer overheating/ impeller effeciency
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 13:15:33 -0400
  ...I have read a various cooling system bugs, and wonder if this lack of building system pressure and thus poor circulation is not to...
• Re: Cooling system drivel (long, sorry)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 16 Feb 1995 10:29:21 -0800 (PST)
  Aren't the later vanagon rads made with plastic ends? This precludes rodding out I think. The diesel vanagon rads are all metal, FWIW...
• Re: Baum tool order...
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 16:01:14 -0700
  > - Cooling system adapter (adapts my pressure tester to the VW exp. tank > and cap) Found this, in stock, at the local "super Napa" store...
• Re: Cooling System: Strange Phenomenon
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 09:59:32 -0700
  Eric, It could be the expansion tank pressure cap. I've replaced 3 in 110,000 miles. Mike '84 GL '58 Isetta '60 Vespa...
• motor size
  Historical mailing list - Barry Mercer
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 21:39:47 -0400
  ...motor was intalled in my 88 westy? I ask this in responce to a post regarding the various hoses for the cooling system. Barry
• Re: On the Vanagon Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - Rich Blake
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 20:00:54 -0700
  You forgot to mention the thermal dissipation properties of the lengthy coolant hoses in the Vanagon. I'm sure there is test data. Rich...
• Double T-Fitting for 1.9 cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Thiessen
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 13:19:01 EST
  Anyone know of a junkyard that may have one of these? Don't know of any in my area. thanks, dieter york,pa.
• Re: coolant system pressure
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:39:28 -0400
  ...31 PM, Marius Strom <marstrom@microsoft.com> wrote: >> I believe the cooling system is rated for a max of 15 PSI. >> >> I'm curious...