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• Re: fan switch or sensor, a busdepot question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 07:57:40 -0700
  Gary is right, cooling just the radiator does have an almost instantaneous effect on the cooling system pressure. I had a pressure gauge and...
• Re: Radiator/grill rattle at highway speed.
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:53:13 -0600
  Could it be one of those little cardboard flappy things that flank the radiator (I'm great with the technical terminology, nest paw?)? If...
• Re: Radiator--might get more response in text mode with html off
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Tue, 23 May 2000 21:38:42 -0700
  ...Radiator [Part 1, Latin 1 text (ISO-8859-1) 31 lines] [Unable to print this part] !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0...
• RE: Followup: engine cooling non-problem
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 21 Mar 1996 13:32:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...I've heard that watercooled vanagons have the cooling-fan switch mounted on the radiator, so the fan comes on when the radiator is...
• Re: Woody's woes/ botched bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:25:15 -0500
  ...Open radiator bleeder. Keep coolant pressure tank topped off. Close radiator bleeder when stream flows. You just need good flow, not perfect. Top off...
• Re: Best flushing method - 2.1,and maintenance questions.
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 25 Mar 2003 13:27:03 -0500
  ...You will need to remove the thermostat in order to flush the radiator and the large coolant hoses. Then you run the risk of...
• Re: Radiator fan switch
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Tue, 5 Sep 2017 19:14:00 -0700
  I've got the same or at least a similar problem with my radiator fan. The low-speed fan kicks in as expected but...
• Re: A/C Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 22:36:20 -0400
  You need to find out what is setting the radiator fan to run in high speed. This can either be the coolant temperature in...
• Re: bleed valve in engine compartment?
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Fri, 5 Jun 1998 10:17:34 -0700
  Karl as far as I know there is only one bleeder valve and it is located on the top left of the radiator. The...
• Re: Radiator fan on without key
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 1 Oct 2012 13:29:09 -0700
  Stuck fan switch in the radiator... Cheers, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Jamie Auch...
• Re: Flush & Fill & Fan Switch questions
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
  Fri, 2 Aug 2002 02:51:49 +0000
  ...Also if the radiator requires a simple draining, the spare tire & s/t carrier must be removed to access the lower radiator hoses. How...
• Re: Problem with Overheating with ABA conversion
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Thu, 10 Feb 2005 06:21:14 EST
  ...A clogged radiator 2. A bad water pump 3. A bad thermostat Exactly the three things I would consider. You can remove the thermostat...
• rad van not going on
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sat, 21 Jul 2001 15:31:12 -0400
  The radiator fan on my '84 doesn't seem to ever go on. I tried to track down the relay for it, but was...
• Re: Radiator Fan Motor 1987 w/air
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Bell
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 06:52:12 -0500
  The Radiator motor. I'd be into a new resistor, too... AB Malcolm Stebbins wrote: > Which fan motor are you looking for???? Font heater...
• Re: 88/91 van
  Historical mailing list - John Wallace
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 15:59:42 -0500
  ...and a 91 weekender in.both will be parted out. >rudi > I might be looking for a radiator for my 88 Wolfsburg Vanagon with...
• Re: Advise me on a radiator change...
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:25:13 +0000
  ...radiator > replacement. > >>> My > >>> new Bus Depot radiator arrived today. Anybody want to let me in on the > >>> best > >>> way to replace it? Looking for...
• 87 Westfalia - Running hot?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Wed, 4 Oct 2023 20:54:16 +0000
  ...Over the years we have replaced the sender and the thermostat, and eventually the radiator and radiator pipes a couple of years ago. (I...
• Re: help! messed up coolant change (long)
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 4 Apr 1998 18:25:56 -0600
  ...I had flushed my coolant system several times and once no coolant came out the radiator bleeder. It seems most times the coolant will...
• Re: Update on Last call for overheating help
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 16 Jun 2001 14:05:57 -0700
  ...Still able to palm radiator. > > > > > > Step 2: replaced thermostat. Still hot, no fan, palm radiator. > > > > > > Step 3: Replaced radiator. Still hot. Can only touch...
• radiator bleeder bolt questions
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 16:15:53 -0800
  ...So in the instance that i do need to bleed the radiator, i have a question about the bleeder bolt in the upper right...
• <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - bemba
  Mon, 7 Jan 2002 23:26:57 -0800
  ...The hoses all get warm, even the radiator hoses in the engine bay. But I can't bleed the radiator, there's the sound...
• Re: Smell of burning plastic
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:51:23 -0800
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > May not be the radiator. Or even radiator related. > > Check your fuse block (especially the connectors on the back side...
• Re: Overheating (still) Help!
  Historical mailing list - Dan R. Hall
  Wed, 22 May 2002 17:12:01 -0500
  ...Also, your thermoswitch(screwed into the radiator) could be bad. There is a radiator fan/thermoswitch test in the Bentley that is easily done...
• Re: Radiator Fan - Please Help?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 11 Mar 2001 20:44:38 -0600
  ...Being in Virginia this time of year, your radiator fan should not come on under ordinary circumstances. The outside air temperatures aren't hot...
• Re: Radiator fan running
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Shawley
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 19:14:26 +0000
  ...2012 10:22:57 -0800 > From: starwagen@GMAIL.COM > Subject: Re: Radiator fan running > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > On Sat, Feb 4, 2012...
• Re: Manual on/off Switch for Radiator Fan /Radiator Questions
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 16:24:00 -0700
  ...tim in san jose >Phil, >I just installed a switch in my dash for the radiator >fan. Took less than an hour. I ran...
• Re: no heat
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:57:39 -0500
  ...Since you said it was pretty cold at your location, any breeze might be sufficient to provide cooling to the radiator. I have only...
• Re: Okay, who jinxed my thermostat?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:02:46 -0500
  ...I can block my > radiator in early October and leave it that way until May. As noted > it serves two purposes, to help the...
• Re: overheating & radiators
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:35:13 -0700
  ...Could you tell me some symptoms of your overheating and radiator issues. I had an '85 Westfalia. I drove it many miles over the...
• Re: Air cooled to Water cooled
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 23:43:52 -0600
  ...Since I have > an '81 air-cooled model, I will need to install a radiator and the > associated plumbing. I looked through the archives...
• Re: Radiator has a leak and green fluid's coming out
  Historical mailing list - Geo
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 09:13:44 -0700
  On 4/3/10, Scott Chapman <scott_list@mischko.com> wrote: > My new 85 Westy radiator has a pinhole leak. > I cleaned up the...
• Re: Radiator
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Tue, 23 May 2000 17:20:49 EDT
  ...Keep in mind that the 82 is a one year only radiator but dimensions should be close to a WBX. Different mounting layouts are...
• Re: Bleeding the front radiator
  Historical mailing list - Jon Sykes
  Tue, 12 Mar 2002 12:08:28 -0500
  ...So there's more than one radiator on the vanagon? I take it that this refers to the waterboxer and not the diesel, right...
• Re: Radiator removal
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:48:05 -0700
  ...If you leave it siting at idle, where is the gauge needle when the radiator fan turns on? If it's below the halfway...
• Re: Radiator hose clamp size
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 24 Jul 2023 22:41:01 -0700
  ...The bus is at a friend's house & I have a > > radiator on order from GoWesty. > > > > I was out looking for my homemade hose...
• Re: Radiator wisdom
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 2 Jul 2003 15:20:42 -0700
  ...Mike On 7/2/03 2:41 PM, "Ben huot" <huotx@VIDEOTRON.CA> wrote: > Radiator should be one of the last thing to blame...
• Re: After 3000 mi trip: 84h2o overheating, grinding gears(manual trans
  Historical mailing list - bemba
  Tue, 8 Jan 2002 11:44:24 -0800
  ...The hoses all get warm, even >> the >> radiator hoses in the engine bay. But I can't bleed the radiator, >> there's >> the sound...
• Re: Radiator disappointment
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 22 Feb 2023 22:19:20 -0700
  ...It is the radiator itself leaking along the seam where plastic and metal come together. A drip every 3 seconds or so under pressure...
• Re: Overflow puking water - PS
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:56:23 -0500
  ...Which ends up deposited, mainly, on the inside of the radiator. That is why Bentley recommends a flushing after this event. Ken Lewis 86...
• Re: Radiator fan switch wierdness
  Historical mailing list - Joe Novak
  Thu, 1 May 2014 10:37:31 -0700
  ...ended up running thru 3 radiator fan temp switches before the wire problem was id'd. might be worth your time to drop in...
• Re: Coolant top up
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Sat, 7 Sep 2013 06:41:33 -0700
  ...david - you said originally that you didn't want to open the radiator bleeder - why not? i can do it without even taking the...
• Re: Archive not. Re: Radiator flush
  Historical mailing list - Doug
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 16:11:32 -0400
  ...Radiator flush > > >> http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?S2=vanagon&L=vanagon&q=radiator+flush&s=radiator+flush&f=&a=January+2001...
• Re: Radiator has a leak and green fluid's coming out
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 11:41:37 -0400
  ...Radiator has a leak and green fluid's coming out > > My new 85 Westy radiator has a pinhole leak. > I cleaned up the fluid...
• Woody's woes/ botched bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:56:06 -0500
  ...7) Then some coolant escaped from the bleeder valve on the radiator ... then.... 8) NOTHING more from the radiator -- no air, no liquid -- while...
• citric acid flush
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 12 Jul 2005 20:32:28 -0700
  ...Since you are getting the high temperatures at freeway speeds, I would assume that your radiator is plugged and needs to be replaced. That...
• Re: 85-H20 loss of coolant mystery
  Historical mailing list - Travis Newhouse
  Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:55:16 -0700
  ...Regarding clogged radiator, I can understand how that would diminish cooling capacity, and perhaps only lots of wind at high speed is enough to...
• followup - coolant gauge problem...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:08:38 -0500
  ...I'm charging the A/C, and the radiator fans run when the A/C is on, but NOT when it is off. Normally...
• Re: Radiator fan switch wierdness
  Historical mailing list - TCollins
  Thu, 1 May 2014 11:56:17 -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...
• interior diameter of rad feed/return hoses?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:33:32 -0500
  Does anyone happen to know the interior diameter of the feed and return hoses connecting the radiator to the rest of the cooling system...
• Removing radiator bleeder screw
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:38:46 -0400
  Trying to remove the bleeder screw, my idea being I want to pour coolant into the radiator from the bleeder vent. But, I cannot...
• Re: 85 Vanagon Radiator
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Sat, 15 Sep 2001 07:59:49 -0400
  KAREN; About all you can do is have the radiator cap tested. I sincerely doubt he put the wrong cap on since it is...
• Re: thermostat temp vs thermo switch temp - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 02:47:02 +0000
  ...If you refer to the Bentley schematic for your cooling fan you'll see that the radiator thermo-switch switches the low stage on...
• Re: converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 11:29:56 -0800
  ...These are rare. > > > > > > You also need the Diesel Vanagon radiator-to-hose > > > metal "shepherds crook" coolant pipe, that > > > connects the upper radiator outlet to...
• 85vanagon overheating (water cooled)
  Historical mailing list - Erin Daniels
  Mon, 30 Jun 2014 22:32:52 -0700
  ...I suspect that the radiator needs replacing since it's the original 85 radiator. I'm near Redwood City headed to Los Angeles this...
• VW radiator caps
  Historical mailing list - Rocko Flamefart
  Thu, 9 Jan 97 09:22:08 -0600
  THHBBPT! ACK! a new radiator cap, fresh off the dealer's shelf and not wet with anti-freeze will make a disruptive farting sound...
• Re: Radiator Remove/Replace
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 08:05:53 -0700
  ...Let the van sit overnight to avoid scalds. > > * If you have AC, the condenser is mounted to the the radiator and it must come...
• Radiator/grill rattle at highway speed.
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:38:23 -0500
  ...Is this caused by a loose radiator (or disintegrated radiator mounting bushings.) BTW, in searching, I came across this old post. This seems to...
• Re: [WetWesties] The Vanagon cooling system.. it's counterintuitive.. (long post)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:52:10 -0400
  ...Sideways mounted rear engine. > a hint .. > name is just letters. > > but rear radiator/s in a Vanagon ..someone build one please ..with huge > rear...
• Radiator fan
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sun, 6 Sep 2020 09:41:20 -0400
  ...My guess is the temperature switch on the radiator. Thanks in advance Bob Clemmer
• Radiator bleeder screw - Lost washer :(
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Cebula
  Sat, 3 Apr 2010 18:32:20 -0700
  Hey, today as I was changing my coolant, I lost the little washer that goes under the radiator�bleeder screw.� It doesn't seem...