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• diesel vanagon needle bearing install - flush or more?
  Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:49:39 -0800
  ...Right now it's flush with the flywheel surface. It's in snug, but there's still more depth to go, and there's...
• Re: Radiator flushing - Art/Science or home ?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Aug 1997 11:25:46 -0400
  ...to the radiator - should i pull it and have it "professionally" flushed etc. or do it my self ? - what would i do. Thanks Ron...
• Re: HOW to flush system?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Fri, 19 May 2006 09:48:01 -0400
  Zoltan, How to flush and recharge the AC system has been discussed on this list many times. It is in the archives. Several people...
• Re: AC High Side - line leak - rubber hose
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:52:21 -0400
  ...How else,other than blowing with compressed air, is a/c flush gonna be blown out from hoses? Mineral spirits or $50 stuff. Avoid...
• Coolant Flush
  Historical mailing list - Randy Nunes
  Sat, 4 Jul 2009 20:15:54 -0700
  Hi Everyone! I decided that because we weren't going camping this weekend, that I would flush my coolant. I printed up some instructions...
• Re: coolant system flush ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Hotch
  Thu, 20 Feb 1997 18:56:48 -0500
  David Bayer wrote: > > Hello- > I want to flush my coolant system as the PO used regular antifreeze > which I believe has been in there...
• Re: Contests for a Vanagon get together
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:54:11 -0700
  ...1.) Who's Dometic can cool beer to the lowest temperature in one hour (day?) 2.) Coolant Speed flush - who can flush and burp...
• Re: Flush Mount Speakers
  Historical mailing list - frank furter
  Thu, 7 Jan 1999 12:36:21 -0800
  ...looked at a LOT of 4" speakers, and none actually mounted flush enough to clear the crank - I left the 6.5's without...
• Re: Thermostat all over after coolant flush
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Wed, 28 May 2008 19:47:18 +0000
  ...Is it possible that the flush made my thermo go tits > up? If not any other suggestions as to why this went from a...
• Re: porta potty
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:45:39 -0700
  ...Porta Potties One of the first things I bought nearly 20 years ago when I bought my first Westy was one of the flushing...
• Flush mount USB port, was Re: "step protector" project
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:09:00 -0700
  ...Any leads? alistair On 2013-03-12, at 5:50 PM, Ben T wrote: > Don't you mean "flush mount" instead? Surface mounts wouldn...
• Re: who has upgraded their front vanagon door
  Historical mailing list - Filcoff, David M.
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 16:08:23 -0600
  MB Quart makes some flush mount/ flush grill speakers that allow use of the stock window crank. I had Boston 4" now Boston 5...
• Re: AC servicing woes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 5 Aug 2016 09:29:44 -0400
  ...when flushing the system, is it lines only or does the flush material also get washed through the condenser and evaporator??? I have a...
• Re: Flush PS?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:14:44 -0500
  ...Flush PS? > > > > Due to low level, not too low, before I add more ATF I was thinking of >> flushing system since hasn't been...
• Re: Flush Mount Speakers
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Thu, 7 Jan 1999 18:44:25 -0600
  ...looked at a LOT of 4" speakers, and none actually mounted flush >enough to clear the crank - I left the 6.5's without...
• Pop top seal
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 10 Nov 2002 19:46:51 -0800
  ...Which way is that installed? It is assymetric, the lip of the seal being flush with only one of the clippy sides (the other...
• Re: Best flushing method - 2.1,and maintenance questions.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Tue, 25 Mar 2003 20:55:51 -0500
  It has the wrong (green) antifreeze so I want to flush it and replace with the blue. Now, is this really true? I'm...
• Re: overheating 84 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Justin Wolfe
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 09:06:42 -0400
  How much did this flushing out cost people?? justin
• Re: I lost my cool!!
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 9 Jul 2012 10:35:06 -0400
  ...AC flush should be available at your FLAPS. Since your system was upgraded, it probably uses ester oil, so you'll need to put...
• Re: '80 Westi- new brakes, now how to adjust them?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 24 Aug 2002 12:27:11 -0400
  ...I'm considering trying to find a place to flush the cooling system on my van, personally. It needs a good flush/fill to...
• Re: Front speakers
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:23:38 -0400
  ...As they aren't flush mounted they hit the dash. I wish they had gotten MB Quarts and flush mounted them instead. On Sep...
• Re: Noisy Lifter - to replace or not?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Thu, 12 Mar 1998 17:04:50 -0700
  ...Turns out the VW dealership wants $78.00 a lifter, outch!!!! In a measure of desperation, I tried Gunk Engine Flush ($1.99 at...
• coolant system flush, engine out
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Fri, 8 Aug 2003 11:12:24 -0400
  ...What's the best way of flushing the long coolant lines and the radiator prior to installing the new engine? I've got the...
• Re: Dometic won't light troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:12:57 -0700
  ...hydrochloric acid / sulfuric acid flush (from some hot-tub chemicals I had laying around) followed by a 99% isopropanol flush. It seems to have...
• Re: Archive not. Re: Radiator flush
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 05:48:56 -0500
  ...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: flushing the water system
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 22:00:03 -0400
  ...Flushed it out and the water smells and looks fine, >but what about drinking it? > >Pete >'87 Westy >"Joe's Van" > >Flushing with water...
• Re: Coolant sludge? (link to pics)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:54:37 -0800
  ...Good to know that if it's Bars, it will likely flush out. I'll flush the rad out and if I can rig...
• Re: Flushing the crankcase
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 9 Jan 2007 19:31:08 -0500
  ...I suppose if one suspected a blocked passage, it would be best to deal with it locally rather than by flushing with solvent. 50K...
• Flushing power steering system
  Historical mailing list - McBryde, Connor
  Wed, 25 Aug 2004 08:54:37 -0700
  ...seal, and noticed that the instructions for my rebuilt unit specify flushing out the system. However, there are no instructions for how do do...
• Re: '91 vanagon GL fuel injector flush/clean?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:26:41 -0500
  ...Do any of the Mechanics on this Vanagon List have an > opinion on whether a full injector flush/clean is recommended or would > a...
• Re: uncle ron's radiator flush
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 13 Apr 2004 23:56:43 -0400
  ...You would have had to dump pure mud in it, and at 3 years old, that would easily flush out. What clogs a rad...
• Dental Mirror to Check Dometic Flue Seal Pic
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:46:50 -0700
  ...With no screws installed, most of manifold sat flush to gasket, but forward portion seemed to have a gap. My understanding now is that...
• Re: Torque convertor seal
  Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
  Mon, 26 Feb 2001 21:32:03 -0800
  ...I set it flush, for I spoke with Bob Donalds this morning for clarification of a couple things. I dipped the seal in ATF...
• Re: Are Coolant Flushes Too Corrosive for Old 2.1Ls?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 24 Jan 2003 06:43:51 -0800
  ...The Haynes manual's method of flushing the Vanagon cooling system calls for disconnecting the main coolant lines at the thermostat housing and coolant...
• Re: Gradual switch to synthetic oil?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 18:27:38 -0600
  ...If you > do the engine flush just follow directions on the can. > > If you do a flush follow Stan Wilder's advice and filter...
• Re: New engine question revisited
  Historical mailing list - Bill Thomas
  Sun, 4 Jan 2004 23:02:30 -0500
  ...I installed a new piston and spring before trying the engine flush but this only improved the problem partially. I believe the flush removed...
• Re: Engine Flush
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 9 Dec 1997 13:58:32 -0800
  On an otherwise good engine I would NEVER use an engine flush. Especially on a engine with hydraulic lifters. There is just too much...
• Re: Flush the fluids
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 08:34:39 -0700
  ...At 09:30 AM 08/07/2003, you wrote: >When should one flush van fluids? And is it hard to do? I'd like...
• how do i flush my heater core?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Clark
  Sun, 2 Nov 2008 23:56:31 -0800
  ...Does anyone have a good way to flush out the front heater core besides shooting water from a garden hose through both lines? (because...
• Re: Gradual switch to synthetic oil?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 21:17:24 -0500
  ...I've eperienced no adverse results from any flushes. I flushed the '84 before switching to amsoil 15w40 synthetic. I ran it only for...
• Re: porta-potti
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 12 Jul 2001 11:05:18 -0400
  ...2) Before using the device you should open the flush gate and look to be sure the sewage chamber is not already full -- there...
• Radiator Rodding
  Historical mailing list - Richard M. Myers
  Fri, 18 Sep 1998 12:48:52 -0700
  ...All of the radiator shops I've talked to say thay can at least flush it out with compressed air and water. Anyone out...
• Re: Changing the Westfalia Submersible
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 25 Jun 2004 21:57:05 -0700
  ...soak over night in the lines, then flush *well*, then repeat with baking soda + water, flush again. -- Shawn Wright http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca...
• Re: '85 Vanagon Sunroof - DUMPING! HELP!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 00:21:46 EDT
  ...i usually stand on the tire and check to make sure its flush.. dont over tweak it tho - you'll hyperextend and pop your...
• Re: Another AC question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Sun, 4 Sep 2011 12:26:35 -0400
  ...Use a A/C flush on condenser and evaporator and all hoses. After the flush you must replace the A/C oil in the...
• Re: bleed valve
  Historical mailing list - Karen Winter
  Thu, 14 Aug 1997 10:59:22 -0400
  I have cleaned, flushed, cleaned and flushed the coolent system. 1. How much coolent does the system hold? I removed one lower radiator hose...
• Re: Alternative coolant flush procedure?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 6 Jan 2004 10:00:26 -0500
  On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Matt Sutton wrote: > I've been trying to figure out a way to do a flush w/out a...
• Re: Diesel na is breathing coolant
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:43:36 -0600
  ...Question -- Is it smart to flush the coolant system before adding new antifreeze mix? Flush with fresh? Motor Running? On Mon, Nov 14, 2011...
• Re: Prestone Flush'n Fill Kit
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 11 May 1999 21:47:12 -0700
  ...Prestone Flush'n Fill Kit > Fellow Vanageeks, > > Has anyone else installed the Prestone Flush'n Fill Kit on a 1.9l > vanagon? If so...
• Re: '91 vanagon GL fuel injector flush/clean?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:11:41 -0700
  ...Maybe they just flush and check pattern? Can you tell us what they do? cheers alistair On 11-Jun-10, at 8:26 PM...
• Re: Flush & Fill & Fan Switch questions
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 1 Aug 2002 15:00:34 -0300
  ...through it? or alternatively, how does the thermostat 'open" with cold flushing water running through the engine??? I still don't understand??? M On...
• Re: blue vs green vs orange coolant
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Wed, 9 Aug 2006 11:50:01 -0700
  ...I'm planning on running my Vanagon on the mellow yellow when I > flush next. Hey. No flushing on Mellow Yellow, no running Vanagons...
• flush radiator://adding distilled?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 5 May 2002 17:30:41 -0700
  ...Replace this coupling with one of those "radiator flush fittings" available at any autoparts store. (If I remember right, it's a 5/8...
• Re: Archive not. Re: Radiator flush
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 05:41:42 -0400
  ...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: '86 steering whines...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 23:19:57 -0300 (ADT)
  ...Try flushing the >system with ATF, clean or replace filter & top up. To flush, remove Hey folks, I did the ATF flush, noticed it...
• It's better than nothing d00d
  Historical mailing list - Bret Berger
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 22:31:22 -0700
  Here's the lazy man's "Well, it's better than nothing" method of "flushing" the cooling system. Every time I open the engine...
• Re: How to do a coolant flush? 2.1L Auto 88
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:00:33 -0700
  ...http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=283936&highlight=flushing+cooling+system >> >> Good luck, >> Miguel >> >> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12...
• Re: Archive not. Re: Radiator flush
  Historical mailing list - Janne Ruohom�ki
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 12:08:25 +0300
  ...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: A/C resuscitation - where to start?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:02:18 -0400
  ...flushed the system, removed the compressor for draining and flushing, installed the R-134A fittings, ester oil, evacuated the system (it held) and charged...
• Re: Radiator Fan Switch Problem Fixed & Alternate Flushing Method
  Historical mailing list - PNC Allen
  Wed, 7 Aug 2002 15:07:19 -0400
  excellent info!!! how often should someone flush the cooling system? I never have. been driving same van for 8 years. noticed lately my temp...