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• Re: Fridge hacks
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Wed, 10 Aug 2005 10:35:34 -0700
  ...The westy fridge cooling element is about the right size for what it puts out in the way of cold. When you see the...
• Re: air cooled engine cooling tin
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 14 Mar 2016 09:34:01 -0400
  ...air cooled engine cooling tin I'll have my dad check his shed...he's got several air cooled motors sort of gathering dust...
• AC, idle speed and cooling fan
  Historical mailing list - John Branstrom
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 20:38:28 EDT
  ...Also the cooling fan runs like someone kicked in the afterburners. I can feal the vibration in the steering wheel. The raising of RPM...
• What is the best way to get oil out of the cooling system?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 11:45:22 -0700
  ...When the motor failed, oil and water mixed and the cooling system is a nice sludgy brown. What is the best way to totally...
• Re: Overheating problem
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 08:53:47 -0700
  ...I can't list the details, but the plumbing for the cooling system on '86 and later 2.1L engines IS different from the...
• Re: Diesel cooling problem advise needed
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Mon, 13 Apr 1998 18:45:04 -0400
  ...Is that normal or a symptom of a very bad problem = > inside the engine? When you have air (or other gas) in the cooling...
• Re: '87 Vanagon GL ATF Cooler
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:41:11 -0800
  ...Plumbs into > the Van's cooling system. > On the return line from the Radiator, between the Thermostat-Housing > and the end of the Plastic...
• Cooling System
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Mar 1997 07:42:24 -0700
  ...In doing so, some of the cooling was drained. I have replaced my sending unit and have purchased and mixed some new phosphate free...
• Expansion Tank
  Historical mailing list - Dan Fleming
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 15:56:01 -0700
  Hey, does anyone out there have an uncracked expansion tank for the cooling system for a 1.9L (this one is an 83.5...
• If you remove the air conditioner...
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 09:07:21 EDT
  ...If you remove the AC, does the cooling fan still know how to act? Brian Doss '88 Weekender, Queequeg
• Re: Air Bubble?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 18 Sep 2014 21:36:33 -1000
  ...making sure coolant is flowing fully through the heater circuit with a freshly filled cooling system.. that's like 'fundamental' .. always always always make...
• Re: [WetWesties] The Vanagon cooling system.. it's counterintuitive.. (long post)
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sun, 6 Sep 2015 19:09:29 -1000
  ...Though ...that would keep the major cooling system parts in one area.. and help the weight distribution ..which oddly, on a 2WD Vanagon is...
• Re: Air Getting into Cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 21:01:14 -0500
  Air getting into the cooling system is usually the internal gaskets failing, not the rubber outer gaskets. Inner gaskets usually fail due to an...
• Re: On the Vanagon Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 12:28:09 -0400
  ...On the Vanagon Cooling System (snip) Well, while licking my wounds and sitting here amazed at what beta blockers can do to your general...
• Blowing cooling fan fuses
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 9 Aug 2014 06:03:40 -0500
  ...The fan seems to be working OK otherwise, cooling well, no squeaks or squeals, etc. I replaced the controlling relay under the dash the...
• Re: aircraft engine NVC
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:23:51 -0500
  ...Intake, exhaust, and other? Makes one wonder if this thing has water jacketed heads that call for use of a cooling fluid instead of...
• Cooling distribution unit?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Sat, 30 Jan 1999 16:11:59 -0500
  On my 87 Syncro Westy (094-4wd) the Cooling Distribution unit is smaller and mounted Horizontal, not like the one in the Bentley VV91...
• Cooling hose diagrams?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 07:18:52 -0800
  Someone on the list has some nice diagrams of the original Vanagon cooling hoses on a web site, but I can't seem to...
• Re: head internal leak. Any chance of sealer working
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 8 May 2003 09:41:04 -0400
  On Wed, 7 May 2003, Craig Oda wrote: > I recommend the 8 bucks or so for the "T" for people flushing their > cooling systems...
• coolant
  Historical mailing list - Mike Blotz
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 10:52:10 -0600
  hey gang So I bled my cooling system properly this weekend on my new van. quite a bit of air seemed to come out...
• Re: Cleaning cooling system with engine out.
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Tue, 4 Nov 2003 14:55:04 -0800
  ...Does anyone have a recommendation for how to clean out the >> cooling system on an '84 Westy while the engine is out being >> rebuilt...
• Re: antifreeze from diesel engine block
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Tue, 25 May 2004 23:34:17 -0700
  ...After a good mechanic (but not a VW specialist) went through the cooling system on a 1.9L in my '85, I blew plastic...
• Re: Coolant pipes replacement
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:45:06 -0700
  ...As for cooling, the radiator should have so much excess cooling capacity that if metal tubing makes any difference in your temperature, you need...
• Re: Cooling System Pressure
  Historical mailing list - steve delasalle
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 04:59:14 -0800
  errrr..this conflicts with the advice given on sure Tests for the Cooling System TEST #2 DO'S & DON'TS FOR head REMOVAL WORDS...
• Re: Emergency engine cooling - a common problem?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 05:29:29 -0700
  ...There is a cooling fan on the radiator for just such situations. Whenever there is not enough road speed to blow sufficient air through...
• Re: Salt corroded cooling pipes
  Historical mailing list - Dave Fain
  Sun, 28 Sep 1997 12:03:34 -0600
  ...location of Tim Smith "smitht@UNB.ca" > > Still on the track of replacing salt corroded cooling pipes. > Thanks to Lloyd I was referred to...
• Fridge experts: need advice
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 08:51:37 -0700
  ...It was cooling 40 degrees below ambient. I also installed a new propane tank yesterday, and the fridge was cooling exceptionally well (empty) at...
• Re: Heat/cooling lever knobs
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 19 Nov 2004 20:59:04 -0800
  ...Mark John Rodgers wrote: > The heat/cooling lever knobs were removed to allow for a repair. Now > they won't stay on. Any ideas...
• Re: Tweak yer heater output!
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 15:03:27 -0800
  ...Busch" <lbusch@IX.NETCOM.COM> wrote: <SNIP> > The engine cooling system in the Wasserboxer is > marginal enough (seems to have just enough heat > transfer...
• Cooling system draining question
  Historical mailing list - Bill Urban
  Sat, 6 Mar 1999 18:00:26 -0600
  ...Using the Bentley manual under Engine-Cooling System (page 19.15 in the latest edition) it instructs to clamp off hoses and drain the...
• Re: [vanagon] Eliminating the Rear Heater
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:27:02 -0800
  ...Regarding using it for "extra cooling", this generally over-kill. The radiator on vanagons is massive and with the fan does a fantastic job...
• Re: Thermistat ???
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:21:08 EDT
  The vanagon cooling system is very complex compared to most other water cooled engines. When any mechanic has a plan to better a system...
• Hydrophilia, or how I stopped worrying and learned to love distilled water
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:27:43 -0700
  I shouldn't be amazed, but everytime someone says not to use distilled (or de-ionized) water in a car's cooling system I...
• Re: 84 Cooling System Problem
  Historical mailing list - STEVEN G WACKER
  Thu, 2 Oct 1997 10:51:03 -0700
  ...I'm guessing you have an air bubble in your cooling system...could be a sign of head problems, it was for me, so...
• Solar Showers
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Thu, 1 Feb 2001 17:40:42 -0800
  ...Unfortunately both surfaces are in contact with convective cooling via the airstream and in contact with the cooler fiberglass tub when you're driving...
• Re: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 08:09:14 -0500
  ...How to - or not - bleed the cooling system > My coolant light flashes at startup, then goes out, temp guage > never goes > past half. Am...
• Re: Air Getting into Cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Sun, 2 Apr 2006 16:10:41 -0500
  ...All those cooling system pressure testers Snap-on and the rest of the tool industry have sold with instructions to pressure up to 20...
• Cooling System Flush
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Kupcinski
  Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:41:18 -0500
  ...Had a bit of trouble seaching the archives, so I'm curious to know about others' experiences with a cooling system flush. What's...
• Water Wetter
  Historical mailing list - Frank & Susan Malinowski
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 17:56:17 -0700
  ...I use it in my Ford Taurus SHO and it significantly helps keep the cooling system cool. This engine has aluminum heads and is...
• Re: cooling system modification, OK?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 08:44:19 -0800
  ...that the way to go is the couplings sold at FLAPS specifically for cooling systems... though the look the same apparently they are not...
• Re: Anybody know about this cooling gadget?
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Sat, 27 May 2006 19:52:15 -0700
  ...Turn on the three-speed fan and its > cooling breeze blows across an ice-cold chilling plate for a distance > of 18 or 24...
• Re: Air in cooling system
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Apr 1995 14:43:03 +0600
  ...running, overflow tank fills >3) ditto, coolant gets into cyls while cooling, overflow tank empties > >In all cases overheating/air buubles eventually occur. #3...
• Re: D17? See Bentley 80.14
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 7 May 2012 15:41:04 -0400
  At 03:29 PM 5/7/2012, Bill M wrote: >Mentioned before was the plastic H pipe junction on the 1.9 cooling >system...
• Re: PSI? Cooling system Mods, OK? THANKS!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 11:06:15 -0800
  ...the cooling system is relatively low pressure... like 15 psi I think... but the temperature... now that's another thing... Bill
• cooling system flush
  Historical mailing list - Doug Ezell
  Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:38:19 -0600
  ...them using a machine to pump out, flush, and refill the cooling system w/ new coolant. Is that how it's done for vanagons...
• Re: Synthetic oils
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 18 Aug 94 14:52:51 PDT
  ...Given that, I think changing > to an oil with a lesser cooling capacity merits discussion. > > -David Interesting considering the small amount of oil and...
• Re: Larger or additional radiator?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 23:04:53 -0400
  At 09:12 PM 7/30/2001, Stuart MacMillan wrote: >The Vanagon cooling system is twice the size (4 1/2 gallons) of >comparable...
• Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 15:16:19 -0700
  ...I had blown two hoses in two >days. > >My mechanic used the exhaust gas analyzer to find hydrocarbons in the >cooling system. He then...
• Re: Resistor pack for cooling fan
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 9 Jul 2012 10:21:35 -0400
  ...I need the resistor pack for the > cooling fan - VW part 251971284H. > > Can anyone help or direct me? > > Thanks, > > Michael Wildermuth >
• Cooling tin/engine mounts?
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 07:43:08 -0800
  There's a little too much clearance at the rear (front is front) of my cooling tin, and not as much in the front...
• Re: More 2.1L coolant system woes (long)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:26:40 -0600
  ...Dick the Bruiser Personified Power Purging Cooling system's ala Zenoland. I'll have to call VW in the morning and see if this...
• Subaru Cooling System Leak-Stop - Has anyone tried it?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 2 Nov 2007 18:14:46 -0400
  Hi, The other day, while scanning Vanagon stuff on e-bay, I saw a listing for Subaru Cooling System Leak-Stop (I looked tonight...
• Re: aiding cooling system by turning on heater blower
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Wed, 16 May 2001 16:28:55 -0500
  Friday or not, your present Vanagon cooling system should be sufficient enough to deal with your stock engine. If not, there's a problem...
• Re: Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 24 May 2012 17:38:33 -0700
  ...On 5/24/12, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > ---- David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote: >> >> The cooling system has quirks and way too...
• Re: cooling system design
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 06:20:03 -0500
  The major difference is the capacity of the cooling system. The golf has less than 2 gallons of coolant where the vanagon carries almost...
• Re: Front Cooling Fan on 84 westy 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:28:03 +0000
  ...Front Cooling Fan on 84 westy 1.9L> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > I have never heard my cooling van come on since owning...
• Re: '84 Vanagon, Help!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Aug 94 13:53:48 PDT
  ...Finally (about >>2K miles later) the leaking gas literally blows coolant out of most >>of the cooling system and the temperature sensor begins to...
• Re: Vitrfrigio install report
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:04:48 -0600
  ...Active cooling vs passive cooling, whatever that means.... Vitris should all be apples, but I guess we have apples and oranges.... BTW--I don...
• Filling spare tire rim with stuff / reduce cooling efficiency?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 15:56:50 -0700
  ...It seems that wrapping the tire in plastic would plug up this space and reduce cooling efficiency. The last thing I want is to...
• Re: Double T-fitting for 1.9 cooling system
  Historical mailing list - milpo_buff
  Wed, 22 Jan 2003 08:24:23 -0500
  ...NEVER DUMPED THE COOLING HOSES AND VARIOUS ASSOCIATED PARTS. CALL or write. tim allen sends buffalo ny -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...