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Re: Arduino and Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
Thu, 14 Nov 2013 11:01:04 -0800
...13/T Analog input from the coolant temperature sensor > > > > 8/LS Digital input from the throttle valve switch > > high when throttle valve closed or...
Re: Woody's woes/ botched bleeding
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:07:19 -0800
...Has your radiator fan come on at all? I now have to repair a section of coolant pipe under the van that cracked from...
Re: Tune Up Poll
Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
Sat, 20 Feb 2016 18:22:25 -0800
...Pretty rare. > > > > Oxygen sensor ...I'm sure there are Many of those running in Vanagons > > mostly dead or lalzy. > > > > Coolant temperature ..very important that...
This guy again (3000 mi trip yada yada)
Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
Wed, 27 Feb 2002 19:05:58 -0800
...I can assure that my coolant system has always been bled properly, so I couldn't figure that out. My temp fan switch, radiator...
Re: help needed diagnosing blown head gasket
Historical mailing list - Ben S
Thu, 1 Jan 2004 20:41:03 -0800
...yes, i also switched from 20w50 to 10w40 because of my move to a colder climate. so maybe the oil pressure issue was caused...
Radiator fan progress.. advice still sought..
Historical mailing list - Bill Transue
Sat, 2 Sep 2000 10:26:29 -0700
...1) Will ONLY the high speed come on when the engine is at high temperatures or will the low speed come on first then...
Re: RedTek and the Sight Glass
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Fri, 30 Aug 2013 09:08:32 -0400
...Your pressure and temperature numbers sound nearly normal to me. My system leaks enough that I typically add one 6 oz. can per season...
Re: Best Practices for Engine Rebuild Break In Process
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 6 May 2009 23:25:33 -0400
...If you notice your >> coolant temperature is not coming up to normal it is cause for alarm� >> get it checked out. >> 3) Use only...
go over for '91 camper, mechanical soundness and reliability
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Tue, 8 Sep 2009 09:32:47 -0400
...No steering play, no vibration or bounce. > Wheel bearings good, newly greased. > New radiator, new radiator temperature switch. Complete flush. New > phosphate free coolant...
Re: New thermostat funky?
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sat, 1 Dec 2007 10:23:19 -0800
The new thermostat obviously has a lower opening temperature than your original or it wouldn't have moved where the needle rides on your...
Re: oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
Sat, 12 May 2007 13:55:27 -0700
...What is strange is that the change from the >>>>> 0.3bar switch to the 0.9bar switch occurs at 2600rpm and not at >>>>> 2000...
Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sun, 2 Mar 2014 20:54:34 -0600
...When I switched to the later filter housing that has >> the oil/coolant function my inline's oil temperature runs about >> 15-25f cooler...
Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:50:37 -0500
...It keeps your coolant warm/hot, and when you > fire up > the beast in the morning, the coolant is already hot, and ready to...
Re: Vanagon Hot Shower on Demand
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Mon, 6 Feb 2023 02:42:06 +0000
...switch (old Rear Window defogger switch) which fit the 3rd unused position on dashboard; yes, with a tip of switch, hot engine coolant goes...
Re: Tune Up Poll
Historical mailing list - bernie
Sun, 21 Feb 2016 17:07:52 -0800
...Pretty rare. >>> >>> Oxygen sensor ...I'm sure there are Many of those running in Vanagons >>> mostly dead or lalzy. >>> >>> Coolant temperature ..very important that...
Re: Winterizing Newbie Question
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:06:12 -0500
In all my years driving in Alaska - 1) Switch to snow tire tread for the snowy months. 2) Battery hot plate to keep battery...
Re: RedTek and the Sight Glass
Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
Fri, 30 Aug 2013 01:47:12 +0000
...Ambient temperature in the garage ~ 75. I shut up the engine compartment and went for a drive. After about 15 minutes, the vent temp...
Re: Thermostats especially in colder weather
Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
Fri, 5 Jan 2018 23:26:01 -0600
...I noticed my existing thermostat was stuck open which never allowed the engined to fully warm up in cold temperatures. I have a AEM...
Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Long winded
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 3 Jan 2016 12:38:31 -0500
...Especially on the 1.9L oil temperature does not always follow coolant temperature. If you added an oil cooler this will also tell you...
Re: Vanagon Hot Shower on Demand
Historical mailing list
Mon, 6 Feb 2023 14:20:10 +0000
...switch (old Rear Window > defogger switch) which fit the 3rd unused position on dashboard; yes, with > a tip of switch, hot engine coolant goes...
Re: 1.9l with 23psi @ 4000 rpm
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:25:17 -0800
...temperatures. So I've ordered parts to install an oil pressure >> >>> gauge. >> >>> >> >>> I realize there's a lower threshold (blue) .25 bar switch that...
Re: Hot Water Heater
Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
Mon, 24 Nov 1997 15:49:39 -0800
...rubber gromets for sealing water tank where coolant lines enter and exit -one lighted electrical switch -in line fuse -sealed (not loose) pipe insulation...
Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:25:32 -0500
My understanding was a block heater heats the coolant via the block. Can you have a block heater on an aircooled? Jeff On 11...
Re: Road Trip problems
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 4 Jun 2016 01:03:43 -0400
...This is controlled by a pressure switch on the AC that operates a relay on the fuse box. During hot weather especially with low...
Re: 2.1 L Oil filler tube needed
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:41:20 -0500
...But I do want a reasonably good thermometer for the oil temperature. I don't KNOW that Dakota is any better than VDO. Most...
Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:58:10 -0700
...It keeps your coolant warm/hot, and when you >> fire up >> the beast in the morning, the coolant is already hot, and ready to...
PWM controller , was Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sun, 25 Apr 2010 04:07:39 -0500
...The ideal solution would be a PWM controller that changes the fan speed based on coolant temperature - ours does not do that but one...
Re: Fuel Octane, Additives
Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
Mon, 12 Jul 2004 18:32:07 -0500
...I drove that it does > indeed decrease operating temperature. (That car ended up shooting coolant > out the tailpipe anyway, replace your thermostat) > > If I...
Re: 87 2.1 loss power
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:32:31 -0700
...Does that light in the coolant gauge also start to flash >> when >> the coolant gets to hot? I know it flashes if there is...
Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Long winded
Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
Sun, 3 Jan 2016 18:53:11 -0500
...Especially on the 1.9L oil temperature does not always follow coolant temperature. If you added an oil cooler this will also tell you...
Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Long winded
Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
Sun, 3 Jan 2016 19:30:10 -0500
...Especially on the 1.9L oil temperature does not always follow coolant temperature. If you added an oil cooler this will also tell you...
Was Can you run without coolant...Now How Badly Can You Abuse a WBX? (Very long)
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:37:22 -0800
...And I'd boil over and puke coolant from the overflow tank, always carried a bunch of coolant premix with me. I talked to...
Re: Radiator removal
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:32:34 -0400
...Not sure how this effected the radiator but perhaps it let the coolant get so hot that it liquified sludge in the coolant system...
Re: 1.9l with 23psi @ 4000 rpm
Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
Tue, 3 Jan 2012 19:05:22 -0800
...temperatures. So I've ordered parts to install an oil pressure >> >>> gauge. >> >>> >> >>> I realize there's a lower threshold (blue) .25 bar switch that...
Re: Was Can you run without coolant...Now How Badly Can You Abuse a WBX? (Very long)
Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:30:54 -0500
...I freaked out driving our 2.1 up the hill and back into barn with no coolant once. I feel a little silly about...
On the Vanagon Cooling System
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Wed, 2 Oct 2002 01:57:23 EDT
...Lower temperature thermostats just throw your money down the drain. Lower engine efficiency. The engine operates more and more efficiently as the coolant temperature...
Re: Carat - Fair price?/ Carat History
Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
Tue, 25 Feb 2003 16:58:34 -0800
...light to go on and then the coolant light went on with corresponding rise in temperature (was still less than 100,000 miles) 3...
Digitool saves the day
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Fri, 24 Dec 1999 06:25:08 -0800
...inside the afm and measures the air temp. > Temp2 measures the coolant temperature and lives in the thermostat > housing. > o2 sensor lives in the...
Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Long winded
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 3 Jan 2016 19:56:52 -0500
...Especially on the 1.9L oil temperature does not always follow coolant temperature. If you added an oil cooler this will also tell you...
Re: Freeze Plugs was Oops - I let the engine freeze
Historical mailing list - Mike
Sat, 5 Feb 2011 03:27:48 -0500
...Slightly too > > dilute a mixture, and microclimate variability in temperature, and > > freezing could be a possibility for any vehicle. If I lived in a...
Re: conflicting cooling problem data...(this one is for the true experts...)
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Sat, 24 Jun 2006 14:59:11 -0400
...the Coolant Level Warning sender last weekend and I forget >where it goes in the relay/fuse box. Top row far right? > >Temperature sensor...
Re: Tune Up Poll
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 21 Feb 2016 21:52:38 -0500
...Pretty rare. >>> >>> Oxygen sensor ...I'm sure there are Many of those running in >>> Vanagons mostly dead or lalzy. >>> >>> Coolant temperature ..very important that...
Re: Arduino and Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
Fri, 15 Nov 2013 12:56:39 -0800
...coolant temperature & Hall sensor > 1 digital input: throttle valve switch > > 1 PWM output: idle speed stabilizer valve > > > > The ICU adjusts the PWM signal to...
Re: Head gasket, cracked head, or more?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:18:08 -0700
...so if you turn on the key, see the warning light, and unplug the oil pressure switch .. the light will go out immediately. here...
Re: Tune up help pleeassseee! and oil light !!
Historical mailing list - Andreas Fenner
Mon, 22 Jun 1998 00:23:20 -0400
...check whether it heats up and how fast, possibly replace the thermal switch and/ot thermostat. Now you are up to $200 and three...
Re: go over for '91 camper, mechanical soundness and reliability
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Tue, 8 Sep 2009 10:13:29 -0400
...No steering play, no vibration or bounce. >> Wheel bearings good, newly greased. >> New radiator, new radiator temperature switch. Complete flush. New >> phosphate free coolant...
Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:53:59 -0700
...It keeps your coolant warm/hot, and when you fire up > the beast in the morning, the coolant is already hot, and ready to...
Cooling System dream
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:25:06 -0800
...thermoswitch the coolant gauge reads typical halfway mark over LED? Before I go out and buy a lower temp thermostat and switch? Please help...
Re: New thermostat funky?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 1 Dec 2007 21:07:56 -0500
...Low temp stats and fan switches are either compromises for other issues or a false sense of security. The real test is that coolant...
Installing a tach/dig clock into a early or non-GL vanagon
Historical mailing list
Sun, 21 May 2000 15:17:59 EDT
...sender, but i'm not sure how the two compare temperature wise... *** The later Vanagons have high, and low pressure oil switches. i chose...
Re: Spooked!
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Fri, 3 Jun 2011 20:59:27 -0500
...Oil dip stick measures halfway between the marks, and > the coolant level is up. I checked the rear oil pressure switch, and the > wiring...
Re: 5 cyl conversion mail list
Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
Thu, 12 Nov 1998 02:02:12 EST
...thermo time switch receiving power from the start circuit and then sending power to the cold start valve at cool temperatures). If the ECU...
Re: Trip Report Some feedback on oil temp and aux battery.
Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
Sat, 31 Jul 2021 09:31:40 -0700
...If so consider an ATF temperature gauge > especially for longer trips, higher speeds, and hill climbs. > The 220-230 readings while not alarming do...
Re: Low compression, more test results-busaid inying used vans! Traveling far from home!
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sun, 9 Sep 2012 20:17:09 -0700
...I switched to Dexcool coolant when it became available, ran Red Line 20w-50 for the last 50k, used MMO and CD2 detergent additives...
Re: Vanagon Hot Shower on Demand
Historical mailing list - Pete Sicilia
Mon, 6 Feb 2023 08:46:22 -0800
...switch (old Rear Window > > defogger switch) which fit the 3rd unused position on dashboard; yes, > with > > a tip of switch, hot engine coolant goes...
Eurospec post trip update (kinda long)
Historical mailing list - Blaine Bachman
Fri, 9 Jul 1999 01:10:31 EDT
...The car would run with the temperature needle just touching the top of the LED, but any load (grade) would bump it higher and...
Re: Vanagon Hot Shower on Demand
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Mon, 6 Feb 2023 04:09:58 +0000
...switch (old Rear Window defogger switch) which fit the 3rd unused position on dashboard; yes, with a tip of switch, hot engine coolant goes...
New to list..
Historical mailing list - DaBomb
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 22:05:06 -0700
...It was obvious when these hoses needed to be replaced because of the dripping coolant in the driveway. According to the paper trail, the...
Re: Radiator removal
Historical mailing list - -------------
Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:18:50 -0400
...Not sure how this effected the radiator but >perhaps it let the coolant get so hot that it liquified sludge in the >coolant system...
Re: 1.9l with 23psi @ 4000 rpm
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 3 Jan 2012 22:57:24 -0500
...temperatures. So I've ordered parts to install an oil >pressure >> >>> gauge. >> >>> >> >>> I realize there's a lower >threshold (blue) .25 bar switch that...