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• Re: Radiator fan running
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 13:17:13 -0500
  ...a 90 Carat 2.1.....Just noticed the other day the radiator fan > coming on and off periodically while driving and then turned on...
• Expedient leak-stop (water side)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 09:26:33 -0700
  ...He'd had a radiator leak the month before and was in desperate straits at the time. He used a quart of goats milk...
• How do I remove lower grill on my '84?
  Historical mailing list - Root, Tim
  Mon, 29 Nov 1999 10:30:27 -0500
  Hello list, My radiator decided to call it quits yesterday. I have it ready to come out, but I can't figure out how...
• [Help] Radiator Fan going really fast with vibration
  Historical mailing list - Fryday
  Thu, 20 Jun 2002 17:14:45 -0700
  So, it seems that the radiator fan comes on and turns really fast and there's some sort of vibration (which could just be...
• Re: radiator fan won't turn off
  Historical mailing list - Deborah Walters
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 22:12:36 -0400
  ...28:26 -0400 > From: Kenneth Madsen <ncc0778@CORP.ATTCANADA.CA> > Subject: Radiator Fan will not turn off. > > My rad fan stays on all the...
• Re: running hot....any ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 3 Feb 2006 04:09:17 -0500
  ...check to see if the radiator itself gets hot. if not, coolant isn't flowing, perhaps due to a failed closed thermostat, or excessive...
• Re: improbable fixes
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:43:15 -0700
  A tablespoon of black pepper into the radiator to stop a small pinhole leak.... Miguel
• Re: PSI? Cooling system Mods, OK? THANKS!
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 15:13:21 EST
  I believe the radiator is brass not copper. BenT San Francisco
• Re: Not overheating, but maybe not "right"...opinions sought...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:03:31 -0700
  Different models used different fan temp switches in the radiator and so behave differently. Later ones come on more often and stay on longer...
• Re: HELP: I'm Over heating after turning off for 2 minutes
  Historical mailing list - Richard M. Myers
  Sun, 20 Sep 1998 01:50:37 -0700
  ...Needless to say my truck is still over > heating when I park it and the radiator fan does not come on [ the radiator > feels...
• Radiator fan question
  Historical mailing list - Emily Goodin
  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 13:39:44 -0700
  Greetings, I hope this is an easy diagnosis - my radiator fan comes on as soon as I start up the van or even just...
• Fwd: AC converted to 134
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:53:20 -0400
  ...With the A/C on, the radiator fan runs at slow (Stage 1) speed. When the system detects a high refrigerant pressure (210.2...
• Re: [vanagon] Temp gauge/flashing light-HELP
  Historical mailing list - Katy
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:22:34 -0500
  ...40 cm (15 3/4 in.) at front under cross-member with > > floor jack and wooden support or equivalent > > open bleeder screw on radiator...
• Re: Draining the coolant system... ?
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Fri, 7 May 2004 12:18:25 -0700
  ...I may fill the radiator on one hose and hold the other closed until the pressure is up enough to make it spit out...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 25 May 2012 - Special issue (#2012-343)
  Historical mailing list - DAIZEE Scooby
  Wed, 30 May 2012 16:04:39 -0400
  ...Vacuum Debris (bugs etc) from Front of Radiator Helps Cooling? Hi all. The rad on my '88 Westy is likely original, and has what...
• Re: Diesel Overheating...HELP!!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
  Sat, 6 Jul 1996 18:48:49 -0700
  ...replaced waterpump, replaced then removed >thermostat, had radiator cleaned and rodded, replaced radiator-style cap, >flushed system (5 times), bypassed oil cooler (found oil...
• Re: Great Engine test stand event, part 2
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 19:18:42 -0600
  ...The whole package should run under $35. > I'll > mount the radiator/fan package on a rolling platform. For hoses, I > intend to > use...
• Re: Fwd: Re: Conclusion to:"Trouble on the Road in PA" (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:56:51 -0400
  ...A bad thermostat will block flow through the > radiator, but not the heater core (which is independent of the > radiator circuit). I'm bettin...
• Re: Radiator fan running
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 10:22:57 -0800
  ...a 90 Carat 2.1.....Just noticed the other day the radiator fan > coming on and off periodically while driving and then turned on...
• Oil cooler in 1980-1982 aircooled buses?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hineline
  Mon, 6 Sep 2010 17:49:10 -0700
  ...They don't have a radiator grill like mine does. My nose is basically empty: no radiator left from the diesel, no oil cooler...
• Re: A puzzling cooling sys. question...
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 19:58:00 -0400
  ...What has wheel size got to do with > radiator hoses? Vanagons that were factory-equipped with alloys had deeper-dished holders for the spare...
• Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
  Historical mailing list - Kim Howe
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 00:57:16 +0800
  ...In a water cooled it's the air moving through the radiator. The water pump just moves the heat from one place to another...
• rad. fan removal
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 19:08:31 -0700
  ...How far down do I have to lower the radiator (with coolant and A/C hoses connected) to be able to remove the fan...
• Re: What is the size of the cooling fan behind the radiator?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 30 Jun 2003 16:58:59 -0700
  ...What is the size of the cooling fan behind the radiator? I would like to know what the size of the fan is from...
• Radiator flushing
  Historical mailing list - Vince Jahn
  Sat, 2 Jul 2005 22:26:32 -0700
  ...What is the best way to do this, from the radiator or from the engine. How does one get the thermostat to open to...
• Radiator Fan
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Michal
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:00:39 -0700
  ...I need a radiator fan and motor assembly. The bearings in mine are bad. I see it on bus depot, but its like $575...
• Re: Running VERY HOT 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 21:03:33 -0700
  ...For starters I would check the radiator fan > function. Does it come on when the engine gets hot? Is the radiator itself > hot or...
• Overheating update
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 29 Jul 2005 18:07:42 -0500
  Took some time to play with the thermoswitch up front in the radiator. Took it out and plugged the radiator with a junker known...
• Re: Radiator fan switch
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 15:23:38 -0700
  ...Radiator fan switch > > I've got the same or at least a similar problem with my radiator fan. > > The low-speed fan kicks in...
• Re: Need input on radiator problem
  Historical mailing list - benoit
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 00:51:02 -0500
  ...I had a new radiator. > > Mark > > benoit wrote: > >> Come on Mark, your better than that!!!! hey hey.... "more than the >> radiator", ok what my...
• Re: `Cont'd: After 3000 mi trip: 84h2o overheating, grinding gears(manual trans
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 17:23:42 -0500
  ...Without this closure, the coolant will not be forced up to the radiator. As for the radiator. Remove the two hoses and look up...
• Re: Coolant change questions
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 15 Feb 2023 02:13:32 +0000
  "Bleeder" means that bolt on top of radiator.  You loosen it a few turns....air & coolant fizzes out...then only liquid coolant bleeds out...
• Re: 1987 Syncro Cooling Issue
  Historical mailing list - Mister Tom
  Sat, 3 May 2014 11:16:27 -0700
  ...1987 Syncro Cooling Issue > > The high speed radiator fan comes on before I expect it when I am stopped > in traffic. > > This can occur...
• Re: uncle ron's radiator flush
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 13 Apr 2004 21:24:35 -0700
  ...uncle ron's radiator flush You are wasting your money. If your rad. is only 3 years old, from new, and you are running...
• Re: Cooling fan not coming on
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 22 Apr 2016 16:13:43 -0400
  The radiator does get hot, it’s fairly new too. Thanks for the other suggestions, I will check these out. Thanks, Bryan Sent from...
• Re: drive from Oklahoma to Spokane, WA
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Sun, 5 Oct 2014 08:59:34 -0700
  ...Replacing the switch on the radiator with a 2-speed took care of that oversight(plus rewiring a bit...someone tried solving the overheating...
• Re: Coercing the radiator hose off
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 11:03:03 -0700
  ...Coercing the radiator hose off > The vertical radiator hose came off easy. I can't say the same for rusty > clamp. I cannot get...
• FS: Syncro trans w/difflock-plus misc. parts
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Sun, 7 Nov 1999 13:04:21 -0700
  ...1-pair taillights-if Ron doesn't buy them 1-AFM-if Leif doesn't want it 2-near perfect bumpers 1-radiator w...
• Normal 2.1L opreating temp
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
  Fri, 2 Aug 2002 02:16:09 +0000
  ...When the temp gauge pointer climbs, the 1st stage cooling fan should come on and off limiting the radiator temp until the van starts...
• Re: Watercooled Mexican Microbusses?
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Fri, 7 Jan 2005 11:30:52 -0500
  ...I also saw a whole bunch of fairly new looking > old style microbusses that had actual radiators on the front. Does anyone know > if...
• Re: 89' fan switch
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 19:17:23 -0500
  Are you referring to your radiator fan switch or you heater blower motor fan switch?
• Re: engineering nightmares vehicles was: cruise control speedometer sensor
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:19:52 -0400
  Nope. The subaru conversions still use the same radiator system.
• Re: overheating
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 09:32:08 -0700
  ...With the new radiator the flow from the radiator bleed > > screw is pretty good. The radiator fan does'nt come on until the temp...
• Re: Radiator Fan Motor Low-Speed Inop
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 5 Jun 2005 11:41:57 -0600
  ...If the fan comes on the circuits are good and the sender in the radiator is bad. It has a two stage switch in...
• Is a cooler thermostat better for the heads?
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Sun, 26 Jan 1997 21:13:12 -0000
  ...I checked for air in the radiator by tilting the front up and opening the radiator bleed screw and getting water. Did I need...
• Re: cooling system design / Reinvention of the Wheel Banished!
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 07:02:28 -0500
  ...As long as the > outlet from the radiator is controlled by a functioning pressure cap, there > shouldn't be too much worry about it...
• Re: Removing radiator bleeder screw
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:36:29 -0500
  ...If you then > > loosen the radiator bleed bolt a turn the pressure in the system will > > release out of the radiator bleed hole, pushing...
• Re: Air in the system
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 10 Oct 2002 12:13:37 -0400
  He's filling through the top of the radiator bleed hole. I've done it as a top-off check. I used a squeeze...
• Re: Overheating problem 91 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 5 Mar 2011 14:01:25 -0500
  Jim, it could be the thermostat and that is the cheapest thing to try first, however it could also be the radiator. The Vanagon...
• Re: Radiator removal
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:26:19 +1000
  ...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: Hot engine, cold radiator
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 1 Apr 2001 09:50:36 -0500
  ...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: 82 Air Cooled Engine Swap Choices?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 1 Jan 2007 15:53:27 -0800
  ...To refill it I opened the bleed port on the radiator return line, took the cap off the burp tank & undid the radiator bleed...
• on air intakes and radiator grilles (x-post)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Wed, 21 Nov 2001 11:23:08 -0800
  ...now, i am looking to get a part number for the south-african style upper air intake trim plate and lower radiator grille. the...
• Re: Manual on/off Switch for Radiator Fan--Radiator/Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 18:09:46 -0700
  ...Manual on/off Switch for Radiator Fan--Radiator/Coolant > David, > > I've owned lots of VW's and I can't tell you how...
• Re: Woody's woes/ botched bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:44:22 -0500
  ...6) Minor hissing from the radiator. 7) Then some coolant escaped from the bleeder valve on the radiator ... then.... 8) NOTHING more from the...
• HELP NEEDED - Cooling System Flushing
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Fri, 2 Jul 1999 02:16:28 -0500
  ...I filled the expansion tank with fresh phosphate-free coolant while running the engine at 3000 rpms, with the radiator bleeder screw open three...
• Re: On the Vanagon Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:59:48 -0400
  FG--"Ok, so what is the capacity of the Vanagon radiator core. Answer (thank you, archives), 23.250 (W) x 16.50 (H) x...
• Re: Coolant change questions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 23 Feb 2023 10:38:21 -0500
  Hi Mark, I changed the two hoses to radiator and used the GW spring clamps. They didn’t work. Too loose on the rubber...
• Re: New Youtube video about radiator fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 19 May 2013 15:45:29 -0400
  ...As long as the thermoswitch AND (either both sides of the fan resistor OR the relay) are working you've got a radiator fan...
• Re: High Speed Fan
  Historical mailing list - David Hally
  Mon, 5 Jul 2004 11:52:20 -0700
  ...I do have the 3 wire connector on the sensor on the left (Driver side) of the radiator disconnected, is there another one for...