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• Re: 2.1 coolant woes/Questions
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Thu, 10 May 2001 20:56:52 -0700
  ...First, do those spring load clamps that attach the hoses to the radiator ever fail or go bad? (these are the kind without the...
• Cooling System dream
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:25:06 -0800
  ...Replaced radiator in 2001. Could it be bad already? Coolant is hot at radiator bleed screw. Bleeding by the book. Can anyone confirm that...
• Re: Frustration: 85 Vanagon Cooling
  Historical mailing list - Michael Orbon
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 13:48:47 -0700
  ...This leak will stop >if I bleed the pressure out of the radiator. >> >> 3. The van overheats because circulation stops up at the radiator...
• Re: Radiator Baffles front grill
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 4 Apr 2023 20:33:20 -0400
  ...There is >> now a baffle between headlight and radiator baffle on both sides of the >> grill. >> I did the 84 and will next do...
• Re: overheating?
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Mon, 18 Oct 1999 11:38:48 -0700
  ...Can anyone recommend a business in San Francisco, CA that does this kind of radiator work? Thanks, Peter 90 Syncro Westy SF, CA [text...
• Re: Running hot, what can be the matter
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 18:32:08 -0500
  ...What happens when you turn the heater on full blast? If the needle drops to normal I would say your radiator is probably running...
• radiator fan
  Historical mailing list - jed batchelder
  Thu, 28 Jul 2016 20:40:10 +0000
  ...a resistor that i can see, and not sure if the radiator fan is working correctly. I tested the plug and when i jump...
• Removing Radiator...
  Historical mailing list - Don & Sue Welch
  Wed, 27 Dec 2000 15:34:31 -0800
  Fred, How did I remove the old radiator..?? Gravity Man..!! Your right it was heavy but with the front end up on ramps I...
• Re: '82 diesel vanagon overheating
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 23 May 2004 23:06:56 -0400
  On Sun, 23 May 2004, Harmon Seaver wrote: > I felt the radiator as best I could sticking my hand in thru the grill -- > didn...
• good used radiator for sale
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Mon, 17 May 2004 11:28:13 -0400
  I pulled it and swapped with one i had flushed in a radiator shop when i installed my rebuild. just to be safe since...
• Fan third stage fuse and relay location
  Historical mailing list - David Shepherdson
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 15:17:37 -0700
  ...I just replaced my radiator and my Radiator Fan 3rd stage (its an air cooled 87 syncro westie) is not working (1st stage works...
• Coolant hoses for '84 NLA - what are people using?
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:19:52 -0400
  I'm planning on replacing my cooalnt hoses on my '84 Westy (with metal coolant pipes running to the radiator). The two big hoses...
• Re: Radiator Fan will not turn off.
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Rueb
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 13:30:20 EDT
  try resistor or relay
• Re: Radiator Fan will not turn off.
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Rueb
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 13:30:20 EDT
  try resistor or relay
• Re: More Info on Copper Core German Radiators
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Tue, 1 Oct 2002 20:51:22 EDT
  Well put, Ron.
• Second radiator
  Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 03:45:42 -0500
  Ahhhhhhhhhh found the answer. It is the condenser. clarence
• part numbers, was Radiators
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:40:53 -0700
  ...radiators > > > Anyone know if there is any difference (other than the letter appendage) between radiator 068 121 253A for a diesel 82 and radiator...
• Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:44:32 -0700
  ...if it is ..then you think thermostat, then radiator. and that's if there are No external or internal coolant leaks. also ..one odd...
• Re: Used Radiator Inspection?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 6 Jan 2014 19:46:11 -0800
  ...Satisfactory. > > My local shop gets the same radiator the BD offers (mine is the BD > iteration) for > the same price, minus the shipping. If...
• Re: Radiator fan on without key
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 1 Oct 2012 22:23:25 -0700
  ...On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote: > Stuck fan switch in the radiator... > > Cheers, > > Jeff...
• Re: Radiator Fan
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 21:43:20 -0400
  ...Radiator Fan > I don't mind an efficient cooling system, but when my 1991 radiator fan > goes at a stop light, I have every...
• Re: Coolant pressure gauge mounting
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 3 Feb 2002 22:40:52 EST
  ...except for compliant systems (hoses), pressure drops (across radiator, small channel tubing) and flow restrictors (heater circuit). As I was searching for the right...
• Re: Rear heater core during summer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 10 Jun 2005 06:27:28 -0400
  ...More radiator mass, more cooling fan to the larger mass makes for a quicker cool down . Less coolant for the radiator? Nope. If the...
• Re: Behr Radiators
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:48:08 -0700
  I've been running a Behr radiator in Ole Putt for 2 1/2 years now. I have no heating issues, she runs pretty...
• Re: `87 Westy Syncro running hot
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:08:53 -0800
  ...Is the radiator fan turning on? If > it > is without cooling and cycling off you have a sure sign of a radiator > problem. Remove...
• Re: Radiator Baffles front grill
  Historical mailing list - John T
  Wed, 5 Apr 2023 11:20:13 -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: What to soak radiator in to dissolve slime
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 15 May 2010 08:55:33 -0700
  ...What to soak radiator in to dissolve slime In a message dated 5/14/2010 7:12:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, thewestyman...
• Re:wasserboxer overheating/ impeller effeciency
  Historical mailing list - Frank Terhaar-Yonkers
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 17:27:45 GMT
  ...Especially if the cooling system is having other problems (in my case, a radiator that was corroded inside). Stay away from the $50 FLAPS...
• Accurate diagnosis
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 22:17:03 +0000
  ...Ram air really cools the radiator down. The hottest the cooling system temps will be stopped in traffic with no ram air. You didn...
• Re: AC and rad fan connection
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:33:17 -0700
  ...My radiator fan has always come on "low" > when the AC was turned on. Now, looking at Bentley 97.141, > I see a connection...
• Radiator fan won t turn off '89 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - gregory ramirez
  Fri, 9 Oct 1998 07:24:55 -0700
  ...to make things interesting, i unplugged the thermal switch on the radiator (3-prong) and it still goes on with the key. i bought...
• Re: Specs of hoses? pressure and temperature
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Tue, 24 Apr 2001 15:48:41 -0600
  ...One of the bigger shockers I've noticed on several VWs of 80's vintage is the a/c condensor (the a/c 'radiator...
• Re: Questions from a Vanagon Newbie
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Sat, 30 Mar 2002 20:34:32 -0800
  ...So it stays on until the water in the radiator (and the switch) cools back down. I didn't think it was designed to...
• A/C removal......if you decide to remove the compressor...the bes t thing you could do would be to remove the front condensor
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 00:19:15 -0500
  ...But, be sure to remove the front condensor ( radiator in the front of the van).......when this is removed it allows air to DIRECTLY...
• Re: Where is fan thermo-switch? 90GL
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 00:44:03 -0400
  ...You looked on *your* left, which is the radiator's right...it's on the other side, near the bottom. :) david -- David Beierl - Providence...
• Re: Is my radiator dead? aka cooling sytem woes
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 09:53:02 -0500
  ...If he has that, he should be getting "air" (really exhaust gases) out the radiator. I'm a little suspicious of his new thermostat...
• Re: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 08:01:52 -0600
  ...John Connolly wrote: > On one vanagon I used to own, I put a fitting into the top of the > radiator and ran the hose...
• Re: Overcooling Hypothesis--Long
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:16:41 -0800
  ...Overcooling Hypothesis--Long > > Why do big trucks have block off panels for their radiators then ? > Diesels don't produce as much heat as gasoline...
• Size of opening for lower radiator grill? (searched to no avail :(
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:00:40 -0800
  ...Can anyone supply me with width of the opening for the lower radiator grill? I know it's ~ 27.5" long. Just need the...
• Re: How to flush the system
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Jun 1996 23:42:10 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Next I went to the front of the van and disconnected both rubber hoses from the radiator and drained both the radiator and more...
• Pressure Fitting for Radiator Bleed Bolt
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 09:38:32 -0400
  Someone was asking about the size of the radiator bleed bolt earlier, so I thought I would mention what I did recently. I made...
• Re: air conditioning
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 30 Sep 2001 11:55:10 -0700
  ...In addition, since the radiator is right behind it, this is reducing it's cooling capacity and causing the fan to come on sooner...
• Bars leaks
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:22:52 -0500
  ...I had some slight seepage from my radiator and didn't have the $200.00 to replace the radiator and $48.00 for factory...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:29:03 -0700
  ...around and around through > the engine....... > bypassing the radiator circuit. The other circuit is the radiator circuit. > The t-stat switches gradually over from...
• Re: Where is temperature sensor & why does needle drop when heater is on?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Sep 2015 15:38:22 -0400
  ...When you open the front heater, cold > coolant in the heater core flows to the radiator, warm coolant from > the radiator flows to the...
• Re: Radiator cooling fan - stuck ON!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 2 Jun 2010 00:40:49 -0400
  ...Wizard! You're supposed to use ethylene glycol in the radiator, not fuming nitric acid! Do my eyes deceive me or was there actually...
• Re: HELP! MY RADIATOR FAN QUIT!
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone & Marilyn Greene
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 05:39:27 -0400
  ...The radiator fan simply won't come > on. There's 12v getting to the positive connector on the back of the fan but > nothing...
• Coolant pump specs
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 23:45:26 -0500
  ...Excluding sitting at idle RPM with 0 MPH and NO ram air at the radiator, the thermostat must actually put the brakes on the...
• Re: Pepper those heads
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 13:31:15 -0700
  ...In my long lost youth, I put plain old pepper in the radiator of more than one car and found the radiator leaks to...
• Re: Which Radiator The SA or German
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 24 Jun 2004 07:54:26 -0700
  ...Which Radiator The SA or German > > Hi Folks, > Wonder which radiator to go with I noticed BD carries a SA version and a > German...
• How to R/R radiator fan in 83 diesel?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 31 Aug 2014 06:01:26 -0500
  ...My questions are, can you do this R/R with the radiator in place or does it need to be dropped, and how do...
• Cardboard isolation plates at the air intake & radiator
  Historical mailing list - Frank Lee
  Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:50:55 -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: Vanagon Radiator Fan
  Historical mailing list - Scott DeSanti
  Sun, 19 Jul 1998 09:59:25 EDT
  In a message dated 98-07-18 10:05:49 EDT, wb6otg@INTREX.NET writes: << Any tips on replacing the radiator fan? I get...
• coolant system swap?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 13:25:54 -0500
  ...put in fore and aft, but the radiator is stock -- hence I'm thinking new radiator while I'm at it. For you folks...
• Re: Mexican Water cooled loaf bus? what engine?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 20:09:07 -0800
  ...On 2/7/07, Jeff Oxroad <Oxroad@aol.com> wrote: > > Just a curiosity question. > > One post about the radiator/coolant problems for the woman...
• Fwd: How to Troubleshoot Radiator Fan was: Speed HIGH only
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 Apr 1999 08:04:01 EDT
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• Re: freebies freebies
  Historical mailing list - Luis Nunez
  Sat, 8 Mar 2003 14:45:19 EST
  windows, rotors drums, engine parts, doors, radiator, fan etc..
• Re: Lube Raditor fan motor bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:16:14 -0500
  radiator fan motors rarely go bad.
• Re: Radiator fan on without key
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 1 Oct 2012 23:14:07 -0500
  ...So, when you have > > The circuit is always live, so any time the radiator switch gets hot > it will switch the fan on. Shortly...
• Re: Temp high, no fan ...
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sun, 22 Jan 2017 04:15:28 -0800
  ...If the hot coolant flow to the radiator is too small then the engine can cook but the fan won't come on. How...