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Re: radiator fan grinding noise
Historical mailing list - Richard Smith (Smirby)
Thu, 23 Jul 2020 11:34:40 -0700
...During > the first half of the drive we noticed that the radiator fan began to make > a grinding noise. The noise is most obvious...
Re: Overheating problem 91 2.1
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 6 Mar 2011 08:15:43 -0500
It is possible for the radiator to suddenly fail. The internal parts can crack allowing coolant to enter and return without actually traveling through...
Re: Radiator Fan Issues
Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:14:47 -0700
The high side pressure switch in my '87 Camper closes the 2nd stage relay that puts the radiator fan on its 2nd speed; it...
Re: self-bleeding coolant? LONG replay
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Thu, 21 Mar 2002 14:54:59 -0400
...Repeat the front radiator bleed. Pretty soon things calm down and I get no more air out of the front radiator and I can...
Re: Coolant Movement Problems
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Tue, 21 Jun 2005 15:20:33 -0400
...My '84 went for 12 years with a bad thermo switch (radiator fan wouldn't turn on) and in heavy traffic on really hot...
Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
Historical mailing list - Tobias Gogolin
Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:13:51 -0700
...I'm thinking about replacing the purging screw on the radiator in front with a Hose nipple and some kind of automatic purging scheme...
Re: Resistor Part Number?
Historical mailing list - MilosKitchen
Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:42:39 -0400
...I did not copy his original subject line "Radiator Fan Resistor Part Number needed, 1987 Syncro" when I forwarded his memo to the list...
Re: afordable alternatives RE: Radiator fan resistor
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sat, 27 Jul 2013 16:37:56 -0700
...These had a large flat rad fan resistor assembly that screwed flat against the frame rail near the radiator, 3 wires to make a...
Checking for air in cooling system
Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
Sun, 14 Jun 1998 23:31:35 -0400
I had my radiator cleaned last week (my mechanic removed it and took it to a radiator shop) and a new water pump installed...
Re: Air in the system
Historical mailing list - DaveC
Thu, 10 Oct 2002 09:08:54 -0700
...Put the other end in the radiator bleed hole. Fill the jug with > premix fluid and fill till fluid comes out the bleed hole...
Coolant Movement Problems
Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:43:14 -0500
...I told him first to check the thermostat and put the palm of his hand over the front of the radiator to see if...
Re: Radiator removal
Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:03:05 -0700
...Radiator removal I just bought a new radiator for my 84 westy. Someone posted how to tell how old the radiator is in my...
Re: Longer bleeder screw safe?
Historical mailing list - Mike South
Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:34:11 -0600
...I'll try another hardware store > > tomorrow, but I'm wondering if anyone knows what's under the threads in > the > > radiator--can you...
Re: Stray wires around the fuse block Help!!
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:51:28 -0700
...Pin 1 is red/black going to the dash from the A/C, to run the radiator fan whenever the A/C is on...
Re: Archive not. Re: Radiator flush
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sun, 4 Apr 2010 12:25:09 -0700
...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: Does Pepper do the job?
Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
Tue, 12 Mar 2002 21:10:46 -0800
...So, he added *radiator* stop leak goop to his *crank case*. He posted back a few days later with the news that his engine...
Re: 80 d Thermostat rocks/ brings up question
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 24 Sep 2002 10:54:19 -0700
The heaters are just small radiators. Turning on the heaters increases the total cooling capacity of the system. In many cases it will be...
Re: My new radiator
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Mon, 1 May 1995 10:29:45 -0700 (PDT)
...ask them if they had anything that would > fit with a radiator cap on it!? I don't know why VW didn't do...
Re: Vanagon Radiator Fan
Historical mailing list - Paolo Damiani
Sun, 19 Jul 1998 11:41:28 EDT
In a message dated 98-07-18 10:05:37 EDT, (Bill Collins) wrote: << Any tips on replacing the radiator fan? I get the...
Hot engine, cold radiator
Historical mailing list - John Flaherty
Sun, 1 Apr 2001 10:14:38 -0400
...Engines running hot (about 3/4 of the gauge) but the radiator is cold. I've bled it twice, no help. No evidence of...
Re: Front radiator hoses - which goes where?
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Sun, 27 May 2007 11:25:28 -0700
...pictures for reassembly...can someone please tell me if the straigh radiator hose (as opposed to the one that has bends in it) goes...
Re: Of blown coolant hoses and old radiators
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Tue, 13 Apr 2004 20:07:07 -0400
...Of blown coolant hoses and old radiators > Hello folks, > > My 1991 has been popping coolant hoses off as of late. First it was the...
Re: Larger Audi a/t cooler fits transporter
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:04:39 -0400
...For the most part the transmission cooler is in parallel with the radiator. The coolant going to it is the same as that going...
Re: More on the radiator fan (85 vanagon)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:29:39 -0400
...More on the radiator fan (85 vanagon) As far as I know, the '85 only has a single-speed fan. Ed in CT ----- Original...
bad radiator fan ground - 87 westy
Historical mailing list - Mike Kozak
Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:06:32 -0400
My radiator van ground behind the fuse box is faulty. Fan won't work unless I push on the ground connection with a screwdriver...
Re: Woody's woes/ botched bleeding
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:44:13 -0600
...Raising the front may be best if the system is hot and pressurized and you want to bleed air at the radiator. Raising the...
Re: 2.1L coolant light problem
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Thu, 17 Jul 2003 08:53:46 -0700
...The dual temp switch in the > radiator runs speeds 1 + 3 > according to how hot the radiator is. The A/C relay > controls speed...
Re: Fwd: Re: How can this be?
Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
Sun, 5 Jun 2005 20:33:06 -0500
...The Vanagon I'm driving had the radiator changed in 96 (or it was manufactured in 96 according to the sticker on the bottom...
Re: radiator bleeding valve
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 8 Jan 2007 19:52:11 -0600
...The radiator, if I'm not wrong, does have threads but it doesn't have the seat for a fitting to stop against (and...
Re: `87 Westy Syncro running hot
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:17:45 -0700
I doubt it's a stuck t-stat or plugged radiator. it does sound like an old radiator not removing heat very well, which...
Advice with cooling system problem
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Sat, 11 Jun 2005 10:10:02 -0400
...I measured at the radiator (top corners) and they are running about the same temps. If anything the van that runs hotter has a...
Re: front fill radiator
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Sat, 10 Jan 2004 02:35:42 EST
...It is possible, albeit slow, to fill the system through the 8 mm venting hole in the radiator. I should say, to finish filling...
Syncro Coolant Changed
Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
Wed, 4 Nov 1998 22:29:46 -0500
...Toward the engine one radiator line was blocked (by the thermostat I assume) and the other flowed easily to the expansion tank. I drained...
Re: Need input on this overheating problem - hot and flashing light
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Tue, 25 Apr 2006 05:42:01 -0400
...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: Libby Bong and coolant change
Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:39:38 -0800
...I know instructions say tall enough to be over the height of > the radiator vent - but just how tall/long/high is that? Does...
Re: Radiator Design
Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
Fri, 28 Jun 2002 13:25:24 -0400
Coolant flows through the engine anytime it is running, it might not be passing through the radiator at idle, but through the bypass hoses...
Cardboard isolation plates at the air intake & radiator
Historical mailing list - Frank Lee
Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:04:29 -0500
...tank leaked) Also the air dams or plates at the front radiator grills. Or tell be the better replacements. I have heavy agricultural waxed...
Re: Radiator flushing - Art/Science or home ?
Historical mailing list
Thu, 21 Aug 1997 11:25:46 -0400
...works great ! - i now would like to move on to the radiator - should i pull it and have it "professionally" flushed etc. or do...
Re: Radiator hoses in air cooled?
Historical mailing list
Thu, 13 Jan 2000 13:34:30 EST
...US writes: << In my (recently purchased) 81 Westy I found a radiator (heat exchanger) behind the front grill. I traced the hoses back to...
Re: Rad. fan test
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Fri, 4 Nov 2005 07:41:50 -0500
...Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com Bob Mac wrote: > The fan on the radiator stopped working. I read here somewhere about >testing...
Re: parts list for radiator replacement on 1988 Westy
Historical mailing list - don spence
Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:29:46 -0600
Anyone tried something like CLR in a radiator. If it's clogged as bad as this one it couldn't hurt to try. Yes...
Symptoms of a clogged radiator?
Historical mailing list - Curtis Gatlin
Sun, 16 Aug 1998 09:07:56 EDT
What are the symptoms? Curtis
Re: Coolant Movement Problems
Historical mailing list - joe trussell
Tue, 21 Jun 2005 22:18:09 +0000
...I get it up to 2000 RPM and go up front, and feel the radiator (NEW radiator) get hot all the way up, then...
Re: Ever fill coolant through BUS DEPOT radiator bleeder hole?
Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
Fri, 10 May 2002 13:33:29 -0700
...Ever fill coolant through BUS DEPOT radiator bleeder hole? <DIV></DIV>>Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 14:06:37 -0400 <DIV></DIV>&gt...
Re: Hot 84
Historical mailing list - Miguel Calvin
Sat, 8 Jun 2002 23:40:11 -0400
...I thought I may > have a plugged radiator but coolant came out of the radiator from the bleeder > valve with a slight pump. Does...
Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning seque to diesel radiator coolant flow direction
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:47:38 -0700
...Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning seque to diesel radiator coolant flow direction The Vanagon Radiator has to flow...
radiator fan sending unit, coolant pipes
Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
Thu, 18 Nov 1999 08:01:18 -0500
Dear List, Ken Wilford was helping me with my radiator fan; but he is now engaged in *much* more significant and joyful matters, so...
How's this idea for diagnosing overheating?
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Fri, 22 Jul 2005 08:27:42 -0700
...There's no significant cooling between the t-stat and the radiator, so an additional probe is not necessary. Keith Hughes
a/c condensor use suggestions
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:52:59 -0700
Hi, I'm planning on replacing my radiator in the next couple of days (original in van, surely the insides must be less than...
HELP!!!! Coolant Flush and Fill not going well
Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
Sat, 3 Dec 1994 13:37:34 -0600 (CST)
...radiator does not appear to be filling, as I run the engine to fill the coolant, the engine begins to overheat and the radiator...
Re: Radiator Fan Switch
Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
Fri, 11 Feb 2000 12:46:27 EST
...If I remember correctly, the fan switch is screwed into the upper right (passenger) side corner of the radiator. another way to test this...
Radiator Close-out
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Thu, 2 Aug 2001 12:21:51 -0400
Just a quick note that I obtained a closeout on radiators for watercooled gas engined Vanagons (all years), from a distributor who is going...
Re: TIICo - temperature issues
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Tue, 25 Jun 2002 17:44:10 -0700
...Is there a correct/incorrect way for the coolant to be flowing through the radiator? Does it make much difference? You want the coolant...
rotten radiartor
Historical mailing list - roger sisler
Fri, 26 May 2006 14:46:35 -0700
I took a 82 diesel radiator to the radiator shop(where else?)for testing. The tech put his fingernail right through the tube where...
Re: How Hot is To Hott?
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:29:29 -0400
...The pipe going to the radiator (in the engine bay) is reading a consistant 180-185* with the heaters on (and with the heaters...
Re: Need input on radiator problem
Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
Wed, 7 Feb 2007 01:54:08 EST
...My old radiator was the original radiator. It was copper. The interior was full of what I would say was lime or calcium or...
Re: Need input on radiator problem
Historical mailing list - -------------
Thu, 8 Feb 2007 07:19:20 -0500
...You can change a water pump >and without opening the radiator bleed, 2 or 3 heat cool cycles will get it >going. I had...
Re: Coolant top up and headlamps loose
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 8 Sep 2013 17:41:22 -0400
...Opened the > radiator bleed screw. Ran engine till warm. Nothing came out of radiator > bleed screw. This is with front end on an upward...
Re: coolant pressure guage
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 23 Oct 1999 12:22:19 -0400
...I believe the other smaller-diameter end obstructs the flow from engine to radiator, but it's hardly a tight seal. This would certainly...
Re: 80 d Thermostat rocks/ brings up question
Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
Tue, 24 Sep 2002 13:02:29 -0400
...The cooling fan is actuated by the radiator temp sender located in the radiator itself, midway to low on the driver side....have to...