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• Re: radiator bleeding valve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 20:36:22 -0500
  ...radiator bleeding valve Hi all-I have checked the archives,found zero,my question is,would a bleeder valve(say one for the brake...
• Effectiveness of cooling system flush and clean products?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Thu, 6 Jun 2013 22:03:39 -0700
  ...Permatex 80032 Aluminum Radiator Flush, or Gunk C2124 Super Heavy Duty Radiator Flush which has the same ingredients according to the MSDS data sheet...
• Re: Can I drain coolant from someplace more accessible?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:46:36 -0400
  At 11:16 AM 4/10/2010, Scott Chapman wrote: >Replacing radiator. >Bentley says to drain coolant at head drain point. I'd rather...
• Re: Cooling system drivel (not so long)
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 16 Feb 1995 08:23:00 CST6CDT
  ...I ask: "You don't get heat until the thermostat opens????" <sound of whooping sirens> Before trying on a new radiator, do the simple...
• Re: Where is temperature sensor & why does needle drop when heater is on?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 7 Sep 2015 22:00:49 -1000
  cold water in heater core/s does not go to the radiator. it goes back to the engine. both heater circuits have nothing to...
• Re: Radiator Baffles front grill
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 4 Apr 2023 20:36:48 -0400
  ...It replaces the old ones that go on either side and bottom of radiator. What I built and replaced are two additional baffles that...
• Re: High Speed Fan
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 5 Jul 2004 12:46:15 -0700
  On 86+ models with A/C the radiator temp switches only connect to speeds 1 and 3 (low and high). Speed 2 (medium) is...
• Re: Bleeding the front radiator
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 12:06:51 -0500
  ...Bleeding the front radiator > > What is the best way to bleed the front radiator? >
• Re: Having Problem with Overheating (1.9l to 2.1l conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 9 May 2000 18:16:58 -0700
  ...This will show whether the radiator has good flow. Then switch to the other pipe and this will flush the radiator in the other...
• Re: need help: overheating problem
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 07:23:42 -0700
  Andrew, Others may have a better idea, but you can get an idea of the condition of the inside of your radiator by pulling...
• Need input on this overheating problem - hot and flashing light
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:45:52 -0700
  ...Here are the symptoms: - Seems to heat up quickly - compared to our 84 teh needle moves up quicker - Radiator is hot - Both lines to...
• Re: Radiator Fan Speed HIGH only
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
  Mon, 12 Apr 1999 07:33:10 +0200
  ...Jimmy Sanby '89 Syncro 15" Cape Town South Africa >>> Steve <Steve@Schwenk-Law.com> 04/08 10:01 PM >>> My radiator fan suddenly only...
• Plastic coolant pipes (again)...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 21:26:04 -0700
  ...251-121-082, feed pipe from radiator, $34.95 251-121-083H, return pipe from radiator, $34.95 However, there are no pictures available...
• Free Vanagon Radiator - You pick up near Vancouver BC
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 15:56:33 -0400
  I had lots of overheating trouble on my 84 so I recently did the head gaskets and installed a new South African made Radiator...
• Re: Need radiator cooling fan motor
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 14 Nov 2015 21:32:50 -0700
  ...PM, Tom Stone <tstone8359@AOL.COM> wrote: > > Does anyone have a spare radiator fan motor for an '84 Westy with A/C? > > Tom > Ohio
• Re: Symptoms of a clogged radiator?
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Sun, 16 Aug 1998 16:22:02 -0400
  ...Only way to check is to remove the fan and shroud and feel the radiator for hot/cold spots. You can do this from...
• WTB: Vanagon Radiator Fan
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 13:16:27 -0600
  Hi all; Looking for a Vanagon radiator fan for a 86 or newer Vanagon with A/C. VW Part# 251 959 455M Will pay...
• Re: Larger or additional radiator?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 18:12:22 -0700
  ...If you are overheating you either have a problem with the thermostat or the radiator. Start by replacing the t-stat, it's cheaper...
• Re: followup - coolant gauge problem...
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 21 Sep 2005 12:13:17 -0700
  > > What if there's a big bubble in my radiator and the coolant doesn't > even reach the sensor there? I haven't bled...
• Re: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Wed, 8 Feb 2006 22:49:05 -0700
  On one vanagon I used to own, I put a fitting into the top of the radiator and ran the hose back to the...
• Front radiator hoses - which goes where?
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Sun, 27 May 2007 13:33:27 -0300
  Well, I guess I did not take enought pictures for reassembly...can someone please tell me if the straigh radiator hose (as opposed to...
• Re: Advise me on a radiator change...
  Historical mailing list - Dieseldoofus
  Wed, 20 Sep 2017 18:27:22 -0500
  ...radiator replacement. >>> My >>> new Bus Depot radiator arrived today. Anybody want to let me in on the >>> best >>> way to replace it? Looking for...
• A/C wiring warning
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 7 Jun 2015 02:58:09 -0400
  ...And when the radiator 102C switch closes, it dumps the compressor by activating the A/C clutch relay, and activates the radiator cooling fan...
• Vanagon Trakka conversion - hot water problem
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Dauth
  Tue, 13 Aug 1996 15:23:38 +0800
  ...of water to the radiator in 100km, believing it to be normal in the heat.) Eventually it dumped all radiator water into the tank...
• Tip needed for GW replacement radiator baffle set
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 11 Jul 2015 19:16:25 -0400
  Hi folks, I purchased the three piece Radiator baffle replacement kit during the GW July 4 specials. This is the set of three parts...
• Re: Jed Clampet/<aka Radiator Clamps>
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 27 May 2001 19:01:28 -0700
  Yes, there is a special plier, called radiator clamp plier, has special jaws ( replaceable) that rotate so you can get at the clamp from...
• Re: cooling system design / Reinvention of the Wheel Banished!
  Historical mailing list - Randy Huyck
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:11:15 -0800
  Perhaps David Brodbeck should have said "there's no room for an expansion bottle NEAR the radiator in the Vanagon." Add another technical prob...
• Radiator has a leak and green fluid's coming out
  Historical mailing list - Scott Chapman
  Sat, 3 Apr 2010 22:19:06 -0400
  My new 85 Westy radiator has a pinhole leak. I cleaned up the fluid on the front bumper and it's green :( I think...
• Re: Radiator Leak
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 18:18:50 EDT
  ...Noticed a water leak under the radiator last Friday. >Took off >the lower grill and saw a steady drip from the radiator every second...
• Re: Vanagon Bra question...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 10:49:14 +0200
  ...A/C vehicles have a huge metal condenser sitting up front, right in front of the radiator. It is like a brick wall in...
• Radiator fan
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 10 May 2011 17:55:40 +0000
  I notice the 450w fan has only 3blades, while the non-a/c radiator fan has 6blades . Is there any benigit in running one...
• Coercing the radiator hose off
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Thu, 3 Jun 2010 18:47:53 -0400
  The vertical radiator hose came off easy. I can't say the same for rusty clamp. I cannot get the horizontal hose to budge...
• Re: vibrations from front fan
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 17:04:39 -0700
  High speed fan comes on ? I have a situation where the flow to the radiator is plumbed backwards. Hot (engine) coolant hits the fan...
• Re: Radiator pipe upgrade / 84 parts
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 07:44:09 -0700
  ...The previous owner replaced one of the rotted metal pipes with FLAPS bulk flexible radiator hose and just tied it up to the frame...
• Smell of burning plastic
  Historical mailing list - Jim Heissenbuttel
  Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:47:18 -0700
  Anyone else ever have a burning plastic smell in the cabin when the radiator fan is on? It doesn't seem to be an...
• Re: '87 Vanagon Thermostat?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 15 Sep 1997 03:32:10 UT
  ...I doubt this but check any way. * Cracked radiator baffle. This is a good one. Radiator has to be removed so you can look...
• Re: Radiator fan switch wierdness
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Thu, 1 May 2014 12:49:07 -0400
  ...Would any other switch trigger radiator fan operation? > On May 1, 2014, at 11:22 AM, "Project Pat" <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote: > > Just a...
• Re: 86 Coolant Pressure Leak/Problem.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 19:53:54 -0700
  When the engine is cold, the thermostat will be closed and no coolant will be going to the radiator. A radiator blockage should therefore...
• Re: Very little heat from the front heater
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 1 Dec 2011 16:45:55 -0600
  If your main radiator is not stopped up, then probably neither is your dash core. You could be low on coolant (common problem, air...
• Re: Greetings Again & Overheat Help
  Historical mailing list - Tim McDermott
  Thu, 18 Jul 1996 20:04:56 -0400
  ...The problem in this cas was that there was a crack inside the radiator that basically let the water out of the radiator as...
• Re: Radiator Aux Cooling Fan 84 vs. 90
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 22 Aug 2015 16:30:51 -0400
  ...I suspect the temp sensor on the radiator is bad, and plan to change it. Now, my question is related to the Aux radiator...
• Re: overheating?
  Historical mailing list - William Wedenoja
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 19:25:43 -0500
  ...Due to the length of the radiator hoses, > flushed particles drop out and settle in the radiator because they are > moving the slowest there...
• Re: radiator fan and A/C
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 26 Jul 2019 09:01:59 -0600
  ...thanks > I will replace the radiator fan switch and that relay... the resistor is fairly new ( 2 years old) > > dan > > On Thu, Jul 25...
• Re: Radiator flushing
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Sun, 3 Jul 2005 11:35:41 EDT
  ...What is the best way to do this, from the radiator or from the engine. How does one get the thermostat to open to...
• Re: cooling fan relay
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 14:14:33 +1200
  ...You should check the radiator fan switch on the left side of the radiator (drivers side) pull the plug cross the connections on the...
• Radiator hoses in air cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 11:20:35 -0700
  In my (recently purchased) 81 Westy I found a radiator (heat exchanger) behind the front grill. I traced the hoses back to the engine...
• Re: Radiator
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 29 Nov 2000 10:02:55 -0500
  > Anyone got a radiator with fan and shroud they would like to > sell and don't mind shipping outside North America? I have new...
• radiator- in bottom or in top?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 13:14:32 -0700
  does the vanagon radiator want to be fed from the top or bottom? I'm doing a coolant system overhaul this weekend and want...
• Re: Breather hose ripoff !!!! Radiator hose has lasted me 4 years OK...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 31 May 2003 11:01:52 EDT
  I replaced mine least four years with a radiator hose. Looked for one that was the correct diameter and long enough. Found one, cut...
• New Radiator for 1990 Carat...advice?
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 18:22:23 -0700
  ...I'm shopping for a replacement radiator...any advice from those who've replaced theirs??? Thanks! Kevin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online...
• 86 Weekender, radiator fan very noisy.
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Sun, 27 Jul 2003 18:42:38 -0500
  I haven't check yet but either there is something in the way or my radiator fan is cracked. It's very loud. Since...
• Re: Radiator Bleed Screw
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:55:35 -0700
  re radiator bolts ...you can also go the luxury route and get the petcock instead of radiater screw from kennedy engineering. yes, its like...
• warning about the citric acid flush use only as last resort
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Sat, 1 May 2004 16:15:41 -0700
  John and all, I would only use the citric acid flush as a last resort, just before you think you might replace the radiator...
• Radiator stop leak and Water Wetter
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 13:53:47 -0500
  ...First experience deals with my removed radiator. I picked up a new one from radiator.com (sorry list vendors, needed it Saturday and $20...
• Re: Radiator fan
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 6 Sep 2020 08:31:06 -0700
  ...Radiator fan > > Radiator thermoswitch is the only likely candidate. > > Yrs, > d > > On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 9:42 AM Robert Clemmer <n51219@comcast...
• Damned Radiator fan again..(87 Westy Syncro)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Transue
  Fri, 1 Sep 2000 18:24:30 -0700
  After much work, I'm still stuck in getting my radiator fan to work when the temperature rises. I've replaced the following: 1...
• Re: Which Radiator The SA or German
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:28:00 -0400
  ...I suggest that we >convene a board of scientists to test the long term effects of various >radiator materials on the Vanagon cooling system...
• One more cooling question!
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:00:23 -0700
  ...I'm sure that some routine preventative radiator service is needed. QUESTION: Do I need to *FLUSH* the radiator or just empty and refill...
• Radiator Fan - Please Help?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Yonker
  Sun, 11 Mar 2001 18:51:32 -0500
  ...It is getting warmer outside and my radiator fan does not want to come on. It only comes on when it is freezing outside...
• Re: Larger or additional radiator?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 00:22:01 -0500
  Yea, if in fact you could get a monster radiator bolted in back with an mugumbo air scoop coming off the roof feeding it...