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• fridge- I give up
  Historical mailing list - Mike Bauermeister
  Mon, 2 Oct 2000 21:59:47 -0500
  ...The flame is yellow, it's hard to light and eventually (after a few days) the cooling pretty much stops although it's still...
• Re: Power of a 2.0L Air cooled vs 2.1L???
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Thu, 11 Dec 2003 13:29:10 -0500
  ...far as cooling is concerned in its stock form, so expect to have to put a lot of effort into improving cooling if you...
• Re: Purging Cooling System of Air / Where Would We Be Without This Topic?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 20:45:48 -0500
  You mean, you make the filler the highest part of the cooling system? That's just so... Detroit! Next you're gonna tell me...
• Barely scientific test results, Dometic R182 refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:03:10 -0700
  ...compared with convective (natural non-forced air cooling), running the fan provided about 4 degrees F of additional cooling. Temps did not get above...
• Re: Tencentlife Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:15:38 -0500
  ...Writing instructions that the > "everyman" can follow is not an easy task IMO. > > Not sure if all external oil cooling kits have this, but...
• Re: Burps up coolant when parked warm.
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 5 Jul 2009 19:53:50 -0400
  ...If the operating pressure of the >>van cooling is 15 psi, and you get this big burgle - something is >>plugged up or there is...
• Some A/C Upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 6 Aug 2004 15:35:07 -0700
  ...You can get a size that is approximate (Maybe even bigger to improve cooling) to the OEM size. You will need to get an...
• Re: water wetter
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:13:45 -0500
  ...The idea behind it is sound, but whether it really works as it is supposed to in an automotive cooling systems is questionable. It...
• Re: Window Tinting - What Really Works? - cooling, shades, curtains, solar gain
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:44:33 -0700
  ...Window Tinting - What Really Works? - cooling, shades, curtains, solar gain very funny, i am halfway through with the tinting on my dark non ac...
• 90 cooling problem
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:08:37 -0700
  I have a situation where my 90 vanagon, after running for a few miles began to exhibit "cooling system problems": The temp needle went...
• (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
  Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:20:29 -0600
  Hello All, I have a cooling system question, regarding my 90 Vanagon. The plastic cooling lines are leaking at the ends, and as hard...
• Re: 2.1 Cooling System Oddity: Since we are on the topic of coolant issues. (kinda long)
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:39:24 -0500
  Picture of the day: http://www.benplace.com/vw_expansion_tank.htm Change you tank, for a new one please. Ben
• Overheating
  Historical mailing list - Victor Wong
  Sat, 03 May 1997 16:29:12 +0000
  Ed, Why do you think the engine runs cooler with lower oil level? You'd think that our little engines could use the cooling...
• Re: Cooling fan problem solution
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Mon, 18 May 1998 18:37:24 -0700
  It's on the dirver's side. Wolfsburg wrote: > There is a large resistor behind your head light that controls the fan > > speeds. <<>> I...
• Re: Filling cooling ( PART 2) and other little tid bits..<grin>
  Historical mailing list - Debi
  Mon, 3 May 1999 00:08:08 -0700
  We don't squeek, rattle n' roll.... no mo' We just sit tall, ride high, and get there in style... wearing a :0) <grin...
• Re: Having Problem with Overheating (1.9l to 2.1l conversion)
  Historical mailing list - John Haddad
  Thu, 11 May 2000 10:47:24 -0400
  Ken, Have you checked that the cooling system is maintaining pressure? If not, this would effectively raise the boiling point. Have you checked the...
• Radiator
  Historical mailing list - John P
  Thu, 18 May 2000 08:10:10 -0000
  ...Also the thickness of the Rad and how many rows (depth) of "cooling tubes" there are. Thanks John. [text/html]
• Re: Vanagon Water Cooling Question
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 14:57:58 +1200
  Sounds as though your fan may not be coming on. mine didn't either, and the engine would overheat if left idling, eventually starting...
• Air in the system
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vieira
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 06:14:07 -0700
  Hey What is a fast working method to get rid of air in the cooling system? ===== Dave Vieira Hamilton, Ontario Canada __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo...
• Re: Overheating Issue
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:11:54 -0400
  ...Is coolant being displaced into the overflow tank? CO in the cooling system. Maybe a stuck thermistat? Got the belts on right?
• Cooling/fuel/exhaust System Overhaul
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
  Thu, 8 Jan 2015 09:11:53 -0600
  ...I've got several new parts to install, mostly involving the cooling, fuel delivery, and exhaust systems: - RMW SS cooling pipes - RMW SS coolant...
• 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: Auto transmission cooler??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 26 Jun 2016 13:50:13 -0400
  ...The goal is to increase cooling capacity with engine load. The down side is the coolant going to the cooler is at its hottest...
• Custom Oil/Tranny Coolers for automatic vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 12 May 2009 00:50:37 -0400
  ...This adds the transmission cooling load to the engine cooling system (this is less than ideal) and the results of a failure of this...
• Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:03:10 -0500
  Tobias, Air in the cooling system will cause problems regardless of the vehicle and air blocking coolant flow, not lack of coolant is what...
• Re: 4th vanagon camper hookup - summer cooling
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 4 Oct 2010 21:09:03 -0700
  ...BTDT and it did help with 'fridge cooling and vented the heat outside, could feel it at the exhaust. One caution, you are now...
• Re: What is "Level"?
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Wed, 1 Oct 1997 00:15:57 -0700
  ...If the vehicle remains stationary for any length of time on gradients exceeding +/-8�, the cooling output will be considerably reduced. Should level parking...
• Fridge cooling problems
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Mon, 20 Apr 1998 20:26:49 -0400
  ...When it's about 75 outside it's only cooling down to about 49 or so although at night it will get down to...
• Re: Tire Carriers Again
  Historical mailing list - Kapitan Ray Nemo
  Wed, 26 Apr 2000 08:09:22 EDT
  ...No apparent cooling problems? Why would our vanagons be different? I know this is a rehash of an old thread, but I don't...
• Re: Double T Trouble
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 14 Oct 2001 00:39:26 -0500
  ...The fact that ethylene glycol, as a base, with a mixture of corrosion inhibitor's, will prevent electrolysis from occurring, in a cooling system...
• Re: vacuum bleeding?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 16:10:03 -0500
  ...Katz wrote: > >> also, this would be very safe for the cooling system, in terms of >> working at or below atmospheric pressure. > >If 15 psi...
• Re: air blowing into coolant truth and/or consequences
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 24 Jul 2004 20:57:53 -0400
  While leaving the pressure cap loose may allow the combustion gasses to escape easier, it reduces the cooling systems efficiency. With being pressurized, the...
• Re: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 20:55:09 -0500
  ...How to - or not - bleed the cooling system > > >> For pictures of the KEP front bleed petcock see: >> >> http://subaruvanagon.com/conv1_cooling_9.htm...
• Re: Refrigerator cooling: Do extra fans help?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:08:09 -0500
  ...Some of the tips involved adding an extra cooling > fan or > fans to remove more of the hot air that builds up behind the...
• Re: Rooftop A/C Experiences 12 volt ac more seriously-Note
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 May 2011 08:34:47 -0400
  ...However, my cooling (burning?) need is while driving. > > I just contacted the Vintage Air people about Vanagon installation. As > for evaporative cooling, any listmembers...
• Re: Cooling system tip and involved question
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 8 Dec 2001 17:23:21 -0400
  ...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: R rear heater blowout - stranded
  Historical mailing list - brady
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:45:11 -0700
  OMG!!!! Its a fricken heater people!!!! It will not have any adverse affect on the heating or cooling of the engine. It will not...
• The long answer, was: engine run cooler w/ heater on full-blast?
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Thu, 21 May 1998 16:20:12 EDT
  ...Normally, in summer, the cooling system of your van tries to discard all 100% through the radiator. Sometimes (under light load, cool outside temps...
• Weird over-heating problem, please advise!
  Historical mailing list - CARY CHIANG
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 04:12:10 MDT
  ...I have owned several mid 80's vanagons and am quite familiar with their cooling system and Bentley procedures, but this one has me...
• Re: Front Cooling Fan on 84 westy 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:12:33 -0700
  ...Front Cooling Fan on 84 westy > 1.9L> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > I have never heard my cooling van > come on since owning...
• 1.9 > 2.1 cooling kit?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 1 Sep 2010 16:31:39 -0700
  ...He said that GoWesty made mention on their site that it's possible to convert the cooling system on a 1.9 over to...
• Re: update: stranded in grover, nc
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 4 Feb 2003 12:16:21 -0500
  This sounds like the classic head gasket problem, when the compression leaks in to the cooling system. There is a tool used to test...
• Re: a completely different cooling question
  Historical mailing list - vanagon
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 17:22:40 -0800
  ...a completely different cooling question Here is the lowdown. 1984 Vanagon 4 speed-electric radiator cooling fan is always on-even when totally cold...
• AC questions - 1984 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Tue, 7 Jul 2020 16:55:09 -0400
  ...Two+ years ago, I changed out all the AC lines, condenser, receiver/dryer, valves, O-Rings, oil, and charged with 134a. (retained condenser, cooling...
• Re: Logan Pass - blew the expansion tank temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 10 Jul 2015 15:35:04 -0600
  ...But not more than that. > > Plastic parts simply were not engineered for 25+ year life spans in cooling systems. They will all get brittle...
• er: Exhaust in cooling system
  Historical mailing list - walkingboss
  Tue, 9 Nov 2010 15:47:23 -0600
  ...pull the plugs........get a cooling system tester and pressure up the system........let set till engine is cool.........with a helper to spin...
• 1.9 vs 2.1 identification
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:58:46 -0400
  Hi Volks, All this talk about 1.9FI and cooling on a 2.1 block... I have the opposite configuration on my weekender and...
• Re: Cooling oddities on 85 GL
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Dec 1995 12:02:18 -0400
  ...Another possibility is >that your heads are leaking combustion pressure into the cooling >system. I hope that it's something simpler than that though...
• RE: Is a cooler thermostat better for the heads?
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Mon, 27 Jan 1997 09:15:21 -0700
  ...4) If the cooling system is working normally, during warm up the temperature rises smoothly to the design temperature and then stays there. (I...
• Answers to questions of Cooling & Coolant
  Historical mailing list - J. Denis
  Mon, 5 Oct 1998 22:56:29 -0400
  All (almost) the answers that everyone is looking for on the subject of how to protect their wasserboxer cooling system, heads and etc. can...
• Re: Head Problems (87 GL) How bad is it.
  Historical mailing list - Carl Smith
  Tue, 26 Jan 1999 19:29:26 EST
  I had an 83 WB that did this when the gasket let go between the cylinder and the cooling system. It never leaked, but...
• 89 syncro westy ac up and running
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 19:04:40 -1000
  ...ac guy finally got it cooling today. Strange part was... he says it's a 3 pound system, but it took six pounds of...
• Re: Questions from a Vanagon Newbie
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sat, 30 Mar 2002 23:19:59 -0800
  ...why would this really be the case? If there is no real cooling going on after engine is off...Or is this just controlled...
• Re: The spirit of the original Beetle Lives
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 10 May 2002 14:32:47 -0400
  ...True, but there's not all that much of them...I wonder what the overall weight is? >Didn't say anything about cooling the...
• 91 fridge not lighting
  Historical mailing list - William Manley
  Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:41:11 -0600
  ...After plugging it in with 60-70 temps outside, I get cooling that is possibly ok but maybe slow: start 84 deg F 2...
• Auto tranny cooling
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:53:21 -0500
  I would like to install a temp guage to monitor the tranny oil temp but don't know how to approach this. Has anyone...
• Re: Bleeding cooling system
  Historical mailing list - J. Meade
  Sun, 15 Jan 1995 15:19:28 -0600 (CST)
  Alistair, Well, I guess I wasn't very observant. If you get this figured out, let me know. I suspect I'll need it...
• Fan
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 19:31:37 -0400
  My cooling system is working OK, but I'd like to check the operation of the fan temp switch. My Bentley, courtesy of Gary...
• Re: Radiator Thermoswitch Testing?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 17:30:49 -0800
  > Is there a way to test the cooling system electrical components? there is a write up on this at www.vanagain.com ... I think...
• Re: Wasserleaker -- we will soldier on, but how?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Baird
  Mon, 2 May 2005 11:30:45 -0400
  It is from Subaru Subaru Professional Use Cooling System Conditioner Net Contents 4.4 FL Oz (125 ML) Part No SOA635071 Evidently some of...