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Re: Minor fridge mods addendum
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 21 Jun 2017 22:07:32 -0700
...The interior fins simply snap > on the cooling pipe. The fins can be twisted to break them loose and > then pulled off starting from...
Re: Not another heater fan!!!...
Historical mailing list
Thu, 5 Jan 95 14:32:36 PST
...Obviously your cooling fan overworked. First of all, the cooling fan should not come on very often. If your fan came on very often...
Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion question
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:08:41 -0700
...re 'the entire 2.1 cooling system' ......... I did that to my 85 Wolfsburg Weekender - converted it 'completely' to 2.1 cooling system, and...
Cooling system tip and involved question
Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
Fri, 7 Dec 2001 17:51:37 -0800
...if you've ever drained your cooling system, you removed those brass plugs between the pushrod tubes. They are marginal at best--very easy...
Re: cooling system leak
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:32:43 -0700
...I had a pinhole leak in one of the cooling hoses, got big enough to find today. >>> >>> >>> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2012/04/20...
Re: cooling system design / Reinvention of the Wheel Banished!
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
Tue, 9 Mar 2004 07:02:28 -0500
it is my impression as well as a view expressed by hobart kennedy is that the main reason that the vanagon cooling system is...
Re: AC 81 vanagon grill insert
Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
Sat, 6 Jan 2018 14:19:55 -0500
...com/left-and-right-radiator-cooling-duct > > and this? > > http://www.van-cafe.com/lower-center-radiator-cooling-duct > > they are for routing the...
RE: Nervous about heads
Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
Fri, 10 Jan 1997 08:14:16 -0700
...Philippe, I believe that my wasserboxer engine and your TD are quite different in cooling system design, so I can't comment on what...
Re: Coolant question
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 3 Jul 2014 17:05:48 -0700
...I used it in my racer, also and when the cooling system is maxxed out, it raises the Max a significant amount. Vanagons usually...
Re: cooling system leak
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:13:15 -0700
...I had a pinhole leak in one of the cooling hoses, got big enough to find today. >>> >>> >>> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2012/04/20...
Re: VW Camper Cooling problems
Historical mailing list - Richard Fischer
Sun, 10 Nov 1996 11:49:44 -0800
...The combusion gas is leaking > into the cooling system, forcing the coolant out! > > This last line you typed said it all! > > Eric Zeno Eric...
Re: Re: � � � Some Clarifications a nd Additional Cooling System Comments
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Thu, 3 Oct 2002 06:09:37 -0400
...The lunatic fringe tuners out there are putting V8s in Vanagons and say the radiator has no problem cooling motors twice the size we...
Re: Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Fri, 25 May 2012 09:25:48 -0700
...On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: ---- David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote: > > > > The cooling system...
Cooling
Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
Tue, 18 Jul 95 16:16:40 PDT
One last gasp on this cooling thread. If you think about it, water cooled engines are actually air cooled, in that that's where...
Re: '80 Westfalia-- best way to drive over passes
Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
Wed, 23 Jan 2002 13:16:05 -0800
...As mentioned before, the most important thing about driving the aircooled vanagon is to keep the rpm up, so the cooling fan is at...
Re: About coolant
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:49:21 -0800
...Both of these result in a > dramatic reduction in cooling efficiency. So yes, as long as the > cooling water remains below boiling, pure water...
Re: Fridge cooling problems
Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
Mon, 20 Apr 1998 17:41:46 -0700
I have the same exact symptoms...plus i notice that the right-hand portion or side of cooling fins does not get as cold...
Late-model radiator in a diesel vanagon
Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
Tue, 19 Aug 2003 19:34:39 -0400
...This radiator has different cooling line connection locations. 2. Modifications need to be made to my cooling lines to accomodate the new locations. It...
Re: All This Talk About Inline VWConversions...
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Wed, 15 May 2013 12:09:10 -0700
...You can see it in the Bentley page 19.8 in the waterboxer cooling. Page 19.4 in the diesel cooling, same cap. Mark...
Re: Bus Running Cool - Cooling System Question
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Mon, 5 Feb 2001 10:35:29 -0700
...Bus Running Cool - Cooling System Question > Kerry wrote... > <<<snip>>>If you feel you are getting front heat as you've usually gotten, > I suspect...
Re: Radiator flush
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Tue, 1 Jul 2003 17:38:11 -0700
...You will have to > call around to find someone who can handle the job. > > > > ----- Original Message Follows ----- >> Radiator not cooling as well as it...
big engine cooling (long)
Historical mailing list
Sun, 2 Apr 95 20:15:59 EDT
>From @cmsa.Berkeley.EDU:owner-vintagvw@SJSUVM1.SJSU.EDU Sat Apr 1 19:53:08 1995
To hot or not?
Historical mailing list - Randy Newell
Fri, 28 Feb 1997 11:08:00 -0500
OK, I might have air in the cooling system, so how do I bleed it out?
Coolant capacity
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Sun, 10 Aug 2003 17:58:20 -0700
Well, I still can't find my Bentley. What is the cooling system capacity on an '85? Mike
Re: Devising a replacement for the double t piece (cooling system)?
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
Thu, 9 Sep 2004 18:14:38 -0400
right on the front page. http://volkscafe.com/ jonathan
Re: cooling system pressure gauge..
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:54:06 -0500
Daniel, How about taping off the heater core lines? Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
Re: Dometic Frig - Realistic Cooling
Historical mailing list - Deke Rivers
Thu, 4 Jun 2009 16:52:12 -0500
...Dometic Frig - Realistic Cooling > From: Deke Rivers <dekeriv@BELLSOUTH.NET> > Subject: Dometic Frig - Realistic Cooling > > I have an '86 Westy with the original Dometic...
Re: Oil Pressure Gauge Kit
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Sat, 10 Mar 2018 19:14:22 -0800
...When I first got the vehicle, was even more ignorant than now, and hadn't yet done the cooling system and oil cooler work...
Re: Coolant - Have I screwd up my engine?
Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
Thu, 3 Jun 2004 22:45:33 EDT
...Shortly after the coolant light would not > stop blinking despite the fact that the gauge read OK I think the gauge and cooling light...
Re: Logan Pass - blew the expansion tank temp sensor
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Thu, 9 Jul 2015 15:21:04 -0700
...Plastic parts simply were not engineered for 25+ year life spans in cooling systems. They will all get brittle and fail sooner or later...
Re: Dometic fridge cooling fan thermoswitch question
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Wed, 10 Sep 2014 05:47:56 -0400
...open temperature values of the thermo switch that controls the fin cooling f= > an. Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada '87 VW Westy, '00...
AC 134a refrigerant leak down
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Tue, 7 May 2013 15:49:55 -0500
...the system ran great through the hottest months but then began to show signs of 134a leakage by virtue of reduced cooling. That got...
Re: cooling system diagnostic help? Long, lots of info about whats been done so far.
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:58:47 -0500
...2010 10:32 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: cooling system diagnostic help? Long, lots of info about whats been done so...
Re: air cooled engine alternatives
Historical mailing list - george jannini
Fri, 13 Dec 2002 13:04:46 -0500
Chris, << Corvairs are famous for flipping their fan belt off loosing their alternator function and cooling fan function at the same time. Ignorant drivers...
Re: Air Getting into Cooling system
Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
Thu, 6 Apr 2006 15:49:32 -0500
...Air Getting into Cooling system > I had exactly the problem Dennis Haynes described with air being sucked > into the system after doing my conversion...
Fw: waterpump replacement & cooling problems
Historical mailing list - Kip Alder
Sat, 28 Jun 1997 08:15:53 -0600
...waterpump replacement & cooling problems > Date: Friday, June 27, 1997 12:31 AM > > Dave, > I have done the water pump on my 84 Vanagon and...
That's some heater!
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Tue, 21 May 1996 13:50:00 -0700 (PDT)
Found that the cooling fan had decided not to play reindeer games after my wrestling match with the V6anagon's clutch a few weekends...
Re: Filling cooling ( PART 2)
Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
Sat, 1 May 1999 21:32:47 -0700
...Filling cooling ( PART 2) > ( I squeezed the hose a few time and gradually felt the hose tighten under > pressure as the 50/50 mix...
Re: Filling cooling
Historical mailing list - Debi
Sat, 1 May 1999 13:14:20 -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: A/C condensor cooling fan not working...'89 GL
Historical mailing list - Jutta & Christian Knust
Sun, 2 Sep 2001 05:38:08 +0200
Adolf, check out the radiator cooling fan resistor, which is located behind the left (driver side) headlamp. It's a finger-long porcellaine-isolator...
Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care! FISH Y
Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
Thu, 22 Aug 2002 19:53:45 -0400
...In the air-cooled (my primary reason for discussing this subject) the cooling fan is creating negative pressure (vacuum) even at low speeds, and...
Re: bad news from mechanic
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 1 Aug 2010 01:15:17 -0400
...They have another product called >Bar's Leak Head Gasket Repair for under $10 but it requires that you >flush and the cooling system...
1.9l cooling system parts and p/n.
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 22:49:16 -0400
http://picasaweb.google.com/dbeierl/Vanagon19lCoolingSystem# Yours, David -- David Beierl -- dbeierl@attglobal.net
One more cooling thing
Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby
Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:20:56 -0400
I ordered an 80 degree thermo for my van, do I need a different fan switch too?
Detection of air bubbles in coolent system
Historical mailing list - John W. Parkins
Mon, 12 Jun 2000 13:32:52 -0400
...In other words, if you pressurize your cooling system by pumping air into the coolent tank ( to achieve 14.7psi), and the cooling tank...
Re: Dometic idea? (was: Dometic question. (yes did search archives.... ;^)
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:52:48 -0400
...The commonly available (Peltier-type) electric coolers have the same 40F-below-ambient limit as the Dometic's absorption cooling unit. But it should...
Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion question
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:03:58 -0400
I'll agree with all you said, except for the cooling system. 1.9 Cooling system parts were made for 2.5 years while...
Re: Over heated and need more power!
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 24 Aug 2004 08:32:05 -0700
That mountain pass is quite a cooling system test. I drove it 12 days ago in my 87 Syncro Camper in the other direction...
Cooling Fan - '91 Carat
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 19 Sep 2014 22:01:32 -0500
Just got the van from the shop. Cooling fan runs from the moment ignition is turned on . I do recall it doing that before...
Re: porsche conversion
Historical mailing list
Mon, 20 Jan 1997 00:55:40
...why do you want an air-cooled engine? >Ive lost 2 engines due to cooling system problems, air cooled might be >my solution....but...
11MPG Possible Cause
Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 22:57:32 -0700
...The Vanagon has a very efficient cooling system and a huge volume of coolant; If the thermostat is stuck open (or maybe removed altogether...
Re: Cooling System Results - Interpretations anyone?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Mon, 7 Jan 2008 12:03:19 -0800
...2008 10:43 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Cooling System Results - Interpretations anyone? >>1. Coolant tank cap - appears not to be...
Re: Heat handling design error help
Historical mailing list
Mon, 10 Jun 1996 09:26:53 -0700
...This point becomes more critical when hot outside temperatures demand additional cooling from the oil. Oil is a vital cooling fluid -- keep it topped...
Re: Radiator Fan
Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
Sun, 18 Jun 2000 11:34:39 -0400
Our cooling fan did the same thing. Sounded like a small plane taking off. Last winter when having a deer hit repaired, the body...
Re: 1990 Carat...Overheating Saga that won't end....Help????
Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
Sat, 7 Sep 2002 02:30:15 +0000
...This means that the 2.1L WBX cooling system has overcapacity so overheating shouldn't occur. Perhaps by pmail, I would like to know...
Re: Wierd cooling hose rigging
Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
Thu, 10 Oct 2002 13:08:50 -0400
...Wierd cooling hose rigging On Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 08:26 AM, Marla Stelk wrote: > Thank you everyone who sent me diagrams, etc...
Re: [cooling] Water Wetter concoction, de-ionized water
Historical mailing list - Markov, Greg
Fri, 28 Jul 2000 09:58:09 -0700
...From what I remember, those ions are an important part of the cooling process. Water Wetter is great, btw, I run it in all...
Re: cooling fan!!
Historical mailing list - Dane Tessler
Sat, 16 May 1998 08:15:07 -0700
...cooling fan!! >Hey everyone, > >I live up here in Vt and its been getting cozy up here the past couple of >weeks and my...
Re: Effectiveness of cooling system flush and clean products?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 7 Jun 2013 05:18:32 -0700
You can also run Redline Water Wetter, a cooling enhancer additive that promotes slightly better heat exchange. It works. On Thu, Jun 6, 2013...
1 cooling system info request, 2 questions
Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
Tue, 7 Sep 2004 11:42:20 -0700
...hoses that run along the metal coolant pipes part of the cooling or the heating system? I'm not sure I am interpreting the...