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• Coolant expansion tank refill?
  Historical mailing list - Groff, Montgomery
  Mon, 8 May 2000 09:08:34 -0600
  This morning I experienced the infamous 'blinking coolant light.' Inspection of the coolant level in the overflow tank and expansion tank explained the problem...
• Re: Filling the coolant reservoir...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 26 Apr 2016 14:41:59 -0500
  Bring the coolant all the way up in the expansion tank, fill the overflow tank to the minimum line. If the water/coolant ratio...
• Re: 1.9 without expansion tank?????????
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Thu, 16 Dec 2004 17:12:48 -0800
  Actually, the tank behind the license plate flap is correctly called a coolant recovery tank (or reservoir) as there is no pressure for expansion...
• Re: mystery of the missing coolant
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:59:05 -0400
  I learn something this weekend! (I know, basic stuff, I should know better!!!!) The expansion tank will suck coolant from the refill thank until...
• blinking coolant light -- opinions on diagnosis needed
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 12:03:12 -0700
  ...Thin bit of coolant on the front lip of the expansion tank (left side of engine, not the overflow). Level in expansion tank looked...
• Re: Expansion Coolant Tank
  Historical mailing list - Dan Moy
  Wed, 1 Oct 1997 10:53:55 -0400
  There a two tanks; 1- Expansion Tank (It has the coolant level sensor) 2- Overflow tank (The one exposed through the license plate cover...
• Re: Coolant leak(again)
  Historical mailing list - Dan Moy
  Thu, 26 Mar 1998 09:26:47 -0500
  ...It never flows past the expansion tank cap back into the > overflow tank. The coolant I use is the dreaded green stuff made by...
• Coolant leak(again)
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Thu, 26 Mar 1998 08:05:40 -0500
  ...Apparently this is not happening, and the expanded coolant is forcing its way past the seal on the coolant sensor on the expansion tank...
• Re: blinking coolant light -- opinions on diagnosis needed
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 19:18:19 +0000
  ...Thin bit of coolant on the front lip of the > expansion tank (left side of engine, not the overflow). Level in expansion tank > looked...
• Re: Coolant loss in expansion tank but not fill tank
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 4 Apr 2007 11:51:55 -0400
  ...This would allow the vacuum from contracting coolant, to excape. New coolant from the overflow tank wont get pulled into the expansion tank this...
• Re: Overflow coolant Tank
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 26 Feb 2006 07:23:05 -0600
  ...When cold the expansion tank should be full and there should be coolant up to the minimum line on the expansion tank. If not...
• Expansion Coolant Tank
  Historical mailing list - Fast, Timothy
  Wed, 1 Oct 1997 08:47:51 -0500
  For quite some time now my 88 westy has been loosing coolant from the expansion tank. After just a few days of city driving...
• Re: Expansion tank under pressure when cold?
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Wed, 17 Feb 2016 11:55:07 -0600
  ...Something higher than your expansion tank letting air into the system while coolant flows back to the tank? That's my guesstimate On Feb...
• Re: Expansion Tank/Overflow Tank?
  Historical mailing list - Stebbins
  Sat, 10 Mar 2001 17:04:29 +0200
  ...The "first pressurized tank" on the left side, is called the "Coolant expansion tank" and the "second overflow tank" on the right side (that...
• Expansion tank under pressure when cold?
  Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
  Wed, 17 Feb 2016 12:39:53 -0500
  ...So when I look at my expansion tank coolant level is just above the upper hose inlet. Last time I did any maintenance to...
• Re: Coolant Bleeding Questions...need a Guru
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 29 Jun 2005 16:51:46 -0400
  ...It pays to check that little hose between the expansion tank and the reservoir too... it only carries coolant part time, but they do...
• Expansion tanks
  Historical mailing list - Stan Shapiro
  Wed, 20 Jul 2016 14:27:59 -0700
  I am on my 4th NEW coolant expansion tank in about a year. They leak at the seam. Any suggestions for a replacement? I...
• Re: 86 Coolant Pressure Leak/Problem.
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Wed, 25 Aug 1999 07:57:11 -0700
  Chris, I am not sure that I understand your use of the term "overflow tank." My definitions: 1) Expansion tank: The coolant tank in...
• Re: Coolant Bleeding Questions...need a Guru
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:27:18 -0700
  >any coolant you put in the expansion tank always either drips on the ground, runs to the reservoir filling it all the way to...
• Re: blinking coolant light -- opinions on diagnosis needed
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 17:21:06 -0500
  ...Thin bit of > coolant on the front lip of the expansion tank (left side of engine, > not the overflow). Level in expansion tank looked...
• JB weld on coolant expansion tank
  Historical mailing list - Lee Whetstone
  Thu, 1 May 2003 19:37:50 -0500
  Hi , I have an 83 1/2 waterboxer , My engine coolant expansion tank has a 1/2 inch long tube coming off the neck...
• Re: Blinking Coolant Light Mystery (to me)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 5 Feb 2006 21:51:00 -0600
  ...However --- if the coolant exits the expansion tank, and the coolant level in the expansion tank drops with nothing to replace it, then in...
• Re: Expansion tank under pressure when cold?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 17 Feb 2016 12:50:30 -0500
  ...Expansion tank under pressure when cold? My temp gauge is sporadically running a little high and I smell a faint sweet smell of coolant...
• Expansion Tank Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Chad
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 17:58:09 -0400
  What is the sensor it the expansion tank for???? Coolant temperature or amount of coolant in the engine or something different??? [text/html]
• Re: Coolant Level
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sun, 12 May 2002 00:03:57 -0400
  ...coolant always seems to go right to the top of > the top tube in the (non-expansion) tank and stas thbere whilethe expansion > tank...
• TECH SERVC. BULL.?
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sun, 10 Jan 1999 21:26:45 -0500
  I have heard that there is a VW Technical Service Bulletin dealing with the height of the coolant expansion tank. I recently replaced my...
• Re: Coolant leak(again)
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Winterpacht
  Thu, 26 Mar 1998 23:21:53 -0600
  ...It never flows past the expansion tank cap back into > the > overflow tank. The coolant I use is the dreaded green stuff made by...
• WANTED used coolant expansion tank 82 diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Derrek Wittmann
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 13:54:28 -0700
  Hi, I am looking for a used coolant expansion tank 82 diesel Vanagon in good condition. Thanks Derrek Wittmann
• 1991 westy vanagon - RMW expansion tank and libby bong for bleeding coolant
  Historical mailing list - Kevin P Gilleran
  Tue, 22 Aug 2017 12:38:13 -0700
  Hi all, I am switching to the RMW coolant expansion tank and previously used the libby bong and method for bleeding the coolant system...
• Re: 84 VVanagon GL: Coolant stays in Round Coolant Reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 12 Nov 1996 19:59:42 -0800
  ...When the coolant gets hot it expands into the expansion tank. When it cools down after the engine is shut off, the coolant is...
• Re: coolant leak after long idle
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:51:08 -0400
  ...coolant level should rise when engine is warmed up, as hot coolant flows into the refill tank from the expansion tank, then fall back...
• Re: Cooling System Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 11:02:00 -0400
  ...If it is not, then when the engine > cools and the expansion tank begins to draw coolant from the overflow reservoir > tank, instead of...
• Re: Expansion Coolant Tank
  Historical mailing list - John H. Fleming
  Thu, 2 Oct 1997 13:48:40 -0400
  You Wrote: > For quite some time now my 88 westy has been loosing coolant from the expansion tank. After just a few days of...
• Wanting advice on coolant loss theory
  Historical mailing list - Chip & Co.
  Fri, 3 Jul 1998 23:37:33 -0500
  ...The expansion tank was not effected until it became quite hot, and it had to send some coolant over to the fillerup tank. While...
• 87 Syncro Westy Puking Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Greg Baxter
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:11:50 -0700
  ...It seems that the coolant is being pushed out of the expansion tank when it's working hard, but when things start to cool...
• Re: Need Help with NLA Coolant Hose project
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:11:30 -0700
  ...The '82 coolant > expansion tank has been NLA for quite a while and is unlikely to ever be > reproduced. Later diesels used the same...
• Re: The Expansion tank story
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:36:48 -0400
  ...I'll replace the coolant and monitor. I thought that the expansion tank coolant cap would relieve pressure to the overflow tank. Should I...
• Re: Coolant Level
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sat, 11 May 2002 22:32:34 -0700
  ...Sounds as though the expansion tank cap is at fault and is letting coolant out at too low a pressure. you don't say...
• Re: Expansion tanks
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 20 Jul 2016 17:35:04 -0400
  ...coolant expansion tank in about a year. They leak at > the > seam. Any suggestions for a replacement? I have seen the metal tanks, > that...
• Re: Expansion tanks
  Historical mailing list - Stan Shapiro
  Wed, 20 Jul 2016 17:57:24 -0700
  ...Expansion tanks Have you checked for combustion gasses getting into the coolant? What brand of tanks are you getting? Ken On Wed, Jul 20...
• Re: 84 VVanagon GL: Coolant stays in Round Coolant Reservoir
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Wed, 13 Nov 1996 12:39:09 -0500 (EST)
  ...When it cools > down after the engine is shut off, the coolant is sucked out of the > expansion tank and back into the main...
• Re: snow! Can we talk about heat now?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 17:15:48 -0500
  ...You can add coolant by removing the expansion tank cap (cold engine) and starting the engine. Use 50/50 antifreeze/water Phosphate free coolant...
• Re: Cooling System Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 09:00:21 -0400
  ...If it is not, then when the engine cools and the expansion tank begins to draw coolant from the overflow reservoir tank, instead of...
• Re: Cooling System Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - t
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 08:10:34 -0700
  ...If it is not, then when the engine > > cools and the expansion tank begins to draw coolant from the overflow reservoir > > tank, instead of...
• Re: 87 Syncro Westy Puking Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:38:05 -0800
  ...It > seems that the coolant is being pushed out of the expansion tank > when it's working hard, but when things start to cool...
• Re: Blinking Coolant Light Mystery (to me)
  Historical mailing list - dusty edwards
  Sun, 5 Feb 2006 21:18:34 -0700
  ...If there are > no problems with the cap or hose, the coolant should be siphoned back > into the expansion tank as the coolant cools...
• Re: Expansion Tank: don't have one?!?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 26 Jun 1998 14:39:29 -0700
  ...an expansion tank. Thanks Malcolm S > Two possibilities: 1. If you have the standard cap on the coolant reservoir, you will lose coolant when...
• Coolant Level
  Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
  Sat, 11 May 2002 19:06:48 -0700
  ...coolant always seems to go right to the top of the top tube in the (non-expansion) tank and stas thbere whilethe expansion tank...
• Re: Flashing dash LED
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 20:21:53 -0500
  ...There is the coolant expansion tank, and the coolant overflow tank. The expansion tank is an active part of the system and when the...
• Re: Filling the coolant reservoir...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 26 Apr 2016 11:20:54 -0700
  ...I told him when the coolant expands the blue cap will open and the coolant goes to the expansion tank behind the license plate...
• Re: JB weld on coolant expansion tank
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 1 May 2003 21:03:41 -0400
  <Hi , I have an 83 1/2 waterboxer , My engine coolant expansion tank has a 1/2 inch long tube coming off the neck...
• Changing thermostat woes
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:35:05 -0800
  ...The expansion tank sucked dry and the flashing coolant light came on so I added more coolant. Flashing light went off but coolant not...
• Can Coolant be flushed this way?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 7 May 1999 18:17:41 -0500
  ...He suggested that I could flush my coolant from the expansion tank, by attaching a water supply to the expansion tank hose that supplies...
• Re: Expansion tank pressure cap - how tight?
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:13:12 -0800
  ...When checking the expansion tank, the past 8 or so drives I've > had to put in about 1 to 2 cups of coolant...
• Re: Expansion tanks
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Wed, 20 Jul 2016 19:08:52 -0700
  ...Expansion tanks > > > > Have you checked for combustion gasses getting into the coolant? What brand of tanks are you getting? > > > > Ken > > > > On Wed, Jul 20...
• Re: Denver to San Diego and back - Lost my cool in the desert (a trip report)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:46:08 -0700
  ...I could hear the > coolant boiling in the engine, the expansion tank was half empty, and the > overflow tank was completely full and leaking...
• Re: blinking coolant light -- opinions on diagnosis needed
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 20:06:15 -0400
  ...Thin bit of coolant on the front lip of the expansion tank (left side of engine, not the overflow). Level in expansion tank looked...
• Re: cooling system design
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 04:04:37 -0500
  ...Katz wrote: > as the engine cools the pressure drops in the expansion tank and coolant > is pushed up to the expansion tank from the...
• Re: cooling system design
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 06:20:03 -0500
  ...Katz wrote: > as the engine cools the pressure drops in the expansion tank and coolant > is pushed up to the expansion tank from the...
• Re: Expansion tank not connected
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:00:13 -0500
  JJ, The expansion is an important part of the WBX coolant system. In conjunction with the pressure cap it automatically bleeds the system of...