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• Re: Flickering Oil Light at Idle
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 6 Sep 2014 12:47:36 -0700
  ...I've pulled 250 degree oil temps on hot climbs and do think about cooling parts failing. So if anyone has a page that...
• Re: Tire Carriers Again (cooling system comments)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 26 Apr 2000 11:39:29 -0700
  Thanks Frank, after dealing with truly undersized cooling systems on my MGBs I appreciate the truly massive system on the Vanagon. Glad to hear...
• Re: Cooling questions still
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:02:24 -0700
  ...Cooling questions still > > Ed, > The internal head gasket may be leaking combustion gasses into the > cooling > system. Do you notice a steady stream of...
• Re: air cooled engine cooling tin
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 14 Mar 2016 12:48:51 -0700
  ...air cooled engine cooling tin Thank you. The 72 uses the type 4 engine. Dennis Sent from my Windows 10 phone From: David Bohannan...
• Re: Smell of burning plastic
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:09:23 -0700
  ...I melted the fan switch going over the Grapevine in an '85, cooling problems and was running both heaters wide open and the fans...
• Re: Cooling questions still
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:53:38 -0400
  Ed, The internal head gasket may be leaking combustion gasses into the cooling system. Do you notice a steady stream of bubbles into the...
• re 87 van wbx cooling system with a/t
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Clayman
  Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:59:43 -0500
  Hi, I am planning on replacing the cooling system in my van: radiator, all cores, all hoses and a/t cooler. Ihave the later...
• Re: Anything like this for 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 27 May 2011 06:50:30 -0700
  ...I wanted to look at that diagram of the cooling setup. The Gowesty external ATF cooler kit has you attaching the two ends of...
• Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
  Historical mailing list - kelian
  Sat, 30 Jun 2001 09:58:27 +1000
  Paul - I had a not so serious but fustrating series of cooling system failures over about 10000km. 3 small hoses, both long pipes, and...
• NO-ROSION COOLING SYSTEM CORROSION INHIBITOR
  Historical mailing list - Vince P.
  Fri, 12 May 2000 12:43:24 -0700
  ...For more information go to their web site at http://www.no-rosion.com/ Regards, Vince. ___________________________________- NO-ROSION COOLING SYSTEM CORROSION INHIBITOR can be...
• Dometic Frig - Realistic Cooling
  Historical mailing list - Deke Rivers
  Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:13:48 -0500
  ...It is cooling on either gas or 110AC - with maybe a slight advantage on the AC. But it is just border-line on keeping...
• Water wetter!
  Historical mailing list - mike g.
  Mon, 13 Dec 1999 21:12:42 -0800
  ...It is a cooling enhancer, cooling system lubricant and anti-corrosion agent. I put 2 bottles of it in to my '87 synchro and...
• Re: Purging Cooling System of Air
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 14:07:35 -0500
  ...Purging Cooling System of Air
• Re: 2.1L into '84 Westy project - Cooling system question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:50:19 -0700
  Sounds like you recommend changing the cooling system but how pricey are the parts? My 85 worked OK, and my 87 works OK for...
• Oil Temps, Coolers, and pumps, separated circuits?
  Historical mailing list - Easton Trevor
  Tue, 25 Jun 96 09:54:00 DST
  ...How about a totally separate oil cooling circuit. A small electric pump could be used to draw oil from the sump, pass it forward...
• Re: Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 24 May 2012 18:42:24 -0400
  ...I personally don't *think* it makes a great difference in the cooling capacity of the system (whereas changing out an old radiator might...
• Re: PWM controller , was Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 09:28:00 -0700
  ...on temperature change, like for example when pulling a hill, to give the cooling system a jump start on cooling. Tom www.towercooler.com
• Re: Hoses-Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 30 May 2004 10:21:38 -0700
  ...Hoses-Cooling System > someone had posted a site with part numbers of hoses btw VW and NAPA. > I can't find it! > Does anybody...
• Re: '81 thermo removal
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 20 Jul 1997 07:58:09 -0400
  ...By placing this anywhere in the cooling air stream you may cool your oil but you will pre-heat your cooling air. <: ( If you...
• Re: Rear heater core during summer ? / Rolling Sauna
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 11 Jun 2005 08:51:26 EDT
  ...Does the rear heater add to engine cooling? I'll answer this from direct experience. I had an '85 with cooling problems (later replaced...
• Another Dometic Problem, It lives!
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:11:31 -0400
  ...In my research I encountered more than one report of cooling failure while running propane after the fridge had worked properly for days on...
• Re: Larger Audi a/t cooler fits transporter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 13 Oct 2012 11:11:17 -0400
  ...For the engine oil cooler since the engine oil pressure is higher than the cooling system pressure a failure shows as oil in the...
• Re: 2.1L into '84 Westy project - Cooling system question
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:44:34 -0700
  ...2.1L into '84 Westy project - Cooling system question Or the solution with the newest parts? The cooling hoses, however numerous, on the 2...
• Re: [WetWesties] The Vanagon cooling system.. it's counterintuitive.. (long post)
  Historical mailing list - James
  Tue, 8 Sep 2015 23:10:17 -0400
  ...Re: [WetWesties] The Vanagon cooling system.. it's counterintuitive.. (long post) > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > it's a consequence of the vehicle design...
• Air in cooling system - advice please...
  Historical mailing list - Dave Johnson
  Fri, 21 Apr 1995 16:55:29 -0700
  ...For some reason, air pockets build up in the cooling system. I just had my mechanic check everything out; he pressure checked the cooling...
• Re: Blowing cooling fan fuses
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 9 Aug 2014 08:03:44 -0400
  ...Blowing cooling fan fuses For the second time in about as many weeks, I noticed my temps rising unusually high on a steep grade...
• Please help... Now my cooling fan is dead!!! 86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Barry Rokusek
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 14:10:24 -0400
  My AC is running so well, but now the cooling fan doesn't run at all! When I kick the AC on the cooling...
• Re: Minor fridge mods addendum
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 21 Jun 2017 18:16:03 -0700
  ...Alistair > On Jun 21, 2017, at 11:55 AM, Ed McLean <email99@BELLSOUTH.NET> wrote: > > What about the thermal paste between the cooling pipe...
• Re: D17? See Bentley 80.14
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Mon, 7 May 2012 15:29:02 -0400
  Mentioned before was the plastic H pipe junction on the 1.9 cooling system. It's is available after being NLA for awhile there...
• 1987 Vanagon cooling question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Clayman
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:08:39 -0500
  I an replacing the hoses in my van and am having trouble with the automatic transmission cooling lines. Van Cafe sent me the molded...
• Re: ETKA Missing Cooling system diagrams???
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:37:50 -0700
  ...I'm wrong, but I cannot find any reference to the >cooling system in the ETKA What's up with that? I know water...
• Re: Air Getting into Cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 21:37:59 -0500
  ...Air Getting into Cooling system How? A compression test will not reveal a tiny leak which is plenty to pump up the cooling system...
• Re: Bars Leak
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 10:18:38 -0800
  ...No, it won't seal up a combustion chamber/cooling jacket leak. BTDT. Jim Dave Vieira wrote: > Has anyone ever heard of Bars Leak...
• Re: 2.1L into '84 Westy project - Cooling system question
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:59:58 -0700
  ...2.1L into '84 Westy project - Cooling system question Or the solution with the newest parts? The cooling hoses, however numerous, on the 2...
• Cooling Light Q?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Dabrowski
  Mon, 17 May 2004 17:48:14 -0700
  My cooling has been coming on frequently lately. As the engine warms up I have no warning light but after about 10 minutes of...
• Re: Cooling System Pressure
  Historical mailing list - steve delasalle
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 05:01:53 -0800
  ...Pressure Tests > for the Cooling System > > The first test of the > cooling > system is done when the > engine > is cold. A cooling > system > pressure...
• Re: When to replace hoses
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 15:29:23 -0400
  I just replace some hose and all metal cooling tube (rusted to the bone), the only truly damage hoses were the 2 heater cooling...
• Re: Bentley Manual info needed cats
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Thu, 26 Feb 1998 18:19:00 EST
  ...In the engine cooling section, there is no diagram that explains the coolant path for 1986 and newer vanagons. The diagram shown is for...
• Cooling hoses size to front heater
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 12:56:33 -0500
  ...engine. (the 2 small one that follow the 2 big plastic cooling line) How many feet should I buy and what are the OD...
• Contests for a Vanagon get together
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:25:00 +0000
  The recent posts about the Dometic and its cooling capability had me thinking.... If you were creating contests for a Vanagon get together.. what...
• Re: About coolant
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:23:58 -0700
  ...boiling point) the heat capacity of the system (and thus cooling ability) drops like a rock. So, yes water cools much better, until the...
• Re: cooling system leak
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:14:26 -0700
  ...I had a pinhole leak in one of the cooling hoses, got big enough to find today. >> >> >> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2012/04/20...
• Re: [WetWesties] The Vanagon cooling system.. it's counterintuitive.. (long post)
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Sun, 6 Sep 2015 18:17:26 -0400
  ...Re: [WetWesties] The Vanagon cooling system.. it's counterintuitive.. (long post) I wouldn't say it's counter-intuitive really ..
• Re: Cooling questions still
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:07:13 -0700
  ...I have had a variety of cooling system problems (on a 90 2.1) recently which started with overheating and what appeared to be...
• Re: Dry Cooling System in Below-Freezing temps?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:13:51 -0800
  ...The freezing air in your cooling system will be fine. :) On Nov 30, 2007 7:41 AM, Wesley Alden Pegden <wes@cs.uchicago.edu...
• Re: cooling system design
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 03:32:33 -0500
  ...specifically the design benefits and difference between the >types of cooling systems in other vw's and the type of cooling system in >the...
• Vanagon Cooling System Testing
  Historical mailing list - Dyen Fred D.
  Thu, 9 May 1996 17:07:08 -0800 (AKDT)
  ...There are two adapters necessary to use the Stant Cooling System Tester: one is the Audi/Volkswagen System Adapter (Stant P/N 12016 {old...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 08:40:25 -0500
  Ken, Here is another thought----- If we were talking about an air cooled engine, where the oil is the total cooling feature, this would...
• Re: Dometic Fridge question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 14:06:00 -0400
  ...Anyway, I don't here any >noise or feel any cooling. I only left the fridge plugged in for a few >minutes. So my...
• Re: more free rims, near San Diego - Irked by "rims"
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:00:39 -0700
  On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 6:52 AM, kimbrennan@mac.com <kimbrennan@mac.com>wrote: > Vw switched to water cooling for the same...
• Re: Van content (really)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:11:05 -0200
  ...The 1.9/2.1 are really just T4 engines with water cooling and no tin-look at both type engines side by side...
• Re: aluminum or brass radiater-- which is best?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 20 May 2005 23:36:00 +1200
  ...conducts heat (for cooling) better >6. can be used in thinner gauges there making the same cooling power in a >smaller package. Also doesn...
• 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...
• Re: thermostat temp vs thermo switch temp - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 02:47:02 +0000
  Hi Mike, The 87*C thermostat will give you better heating and I believe that a properly operating cooling system DOES NOT need the...
• Re: Air Bubble?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 Sep 2014 10:08:11 -0400
  If all is well once the cooling system is working it will finish bleeding itself after number of heating and cooling cycles. You want...
• Operating Tempertures anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 16:33:24 EDT
  ...Is this in the normal range? BTW, still have inexplicable coolant rise (air entering cooling system) after highway driving, after replacing nearly every part...
• Re: Where are the relays for the radiator fan?
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Thu, 10 Oct 2002 11:13:05 +0000
  Hi Adam, The '86 & later Vanagon with A/C has a unique 3 speed radiator cooling fan function protected by the fuse box S1...
• Re: Bleeding Cooling System (again...)
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 02:16:46 -0400
  I have two suggestions for those who want to bleed their cooling system: 1) park on a hill 2) chech the archives Also one...
• how many quarts of fluid go into the cooling system?
  Historical mailing list - gary goldey
  Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:08:34 -0700
  ...fluid will I need when i change out my old, filthy cooling fluid---dont need any other advice except to know how much coolant...
• Re: Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 24 May 2012 18:20:17 -0700
  ...I replaced mine a couple years ago when I noticed that the van was taking a long time cooling down after cresting hills. Karl...