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• Re: Re.: Synthetic oils
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Aug 94 16:12:12 PDT
  > >>I did not say that it doesn't cool, I said that it wasn't used specifically >>for cooling. Lubrication is it's main...
• Re: Blinking Coolant LED light and other cooling issues
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 20 May 2005 12:04:43 -0700
  ...Cooling/Overheating problem The symptoms you describe are nearly identical to the problem I had with my '85 (same engine/cooling system). The bottom...
• Refrigerator help-yes, I've already searched the archieves
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Wed, 4 Jul 2007 14:00:05 -0600
  ...Then have no cooling at all. Then just increase the flame very little and get very good cooling in the fridge (after the required...
• Front Cooling Fan Override Sw Instux wanted..
  Historical mailing list - UWanna Deal2
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 21:24:18 -0600
  Front Cooling Fan Override Switch Instux wanted-- Rather than look for a new adventure-any have the easy override switch install instrux for the...
• Re: got to fix the cooling system again
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:35:47 -0400
  have you pressure tested your entire cooling system? Doing this will find the weakest link in your cooling system without, driving down the road...
• Subaru Cooling System Conditioner ??
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:45:42 -0700
  Out trolling the samba archives Any body ever try this Subaru Cooling System Conditioner (part number SOA635071) as a preventative maintenance for head gasket...
• Re: Physics phun
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:50:54 -0800
  ...The cooling system is not effected in any way. In a Vanagon, unlike a baywindow, the cooling system and the heater are completely separate...
• cooling system leak
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:32:41 -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...
• rad fix
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Wed, 18 Oct 2000 08:20:00 -0200
  I've got a small leak that only shows up when I pressure test the cooling system. It's in the radiator. Is there...
• RE: engine tins
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 26 Jul 1995 11:45:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...This creates a slight venturi effect, helping to draw the cooling ait out from the cooling fins in the cyls and heads. The lack...
• Fwd: Cooling Air Cools?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Jan 1996 20:12:16 -0500
  --------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: Cooling Air Cools?
• Re: inadequate cooling
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Sep 1996 01:10:37 -0400
  In a message dated 96-09-07 22:51:05 EDT, chrism@michiana.org (Christine Murdock) writes: << Is my '86 Wasserboxer's inadequate cooling...
• Re: Tweak yer heater output!
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 14:20:27 -0800
  ...insulation on the long cooling hose......... I just have to jump in on this one. The insulation on the 'hot' cooling line going forward...
• On the Vanagon Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 09:26:15 -0700
  As frank has pointed out the design of the cooling system is clearly engineered to adequately cool a good engine that is properly timed...
• bleeding the cooling system....
  Historical mailing list - Tony Flores
  Wed, 3 Aug 2005 19:21:47 -0700
  I just replaced the water pump on an 84 westy and now need to bleed the cooling system. I have attempted several different methods...
• Looking for S42 Cooling Fan Fuse ???
  Historical mailing list - John C.
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:02:07 EDT
  ...I'm looking for the physical location for the Cooling Fan Fuse. Sez it comes off of the Radiator Cooling Fan Relay 3rd Stage...
• Re: Porsche water cooling (was Re: longivity of coversion engines)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 23:30:47 +1200
  > Liquid cooling also allows for four-valve (or five valve) >heads. The only way Porsche was able to get multi-valve heads with air...
• Re: Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 24 May 2012 18:39:15 -0500
  ---- David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote: > > The cooling system has quirks and way too many hoses, but it seems > massively overbuilt. The radiator (to...
• Testing the cooling system Re: How Hot is To Hott?
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:13:56 -0400
  Craig, 1 - First thing check (by squesing a hose) to see if the cooling system is holding pressure. ALL cooling systems (today) are pressureized...
• Re: Blinking Coolant LED light and other cooling issues
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Sat, 21 May 2005 16:56:44 +0000
  ...Blinking Coolant LED light and other cooling issues >Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 12:04:43 -0700 > >RE: Cooling/Overheating problem >The symptoms you...
• Re: 1.9 > 2.1 cooling kit?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 2 Sep 2010 12:51:52 -0700
  ...On their website, GoWesty writes that, "...there are many 83-85, 1.9 liter Vanagon cooling system parts that are no longer available. The...
• Re: Wasserboxer cooling (was:Re: aftermarket instrumentatio
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 10:39:44 PDT
  ...One of the most common is/was the failure of > the cooling fan switch. When the cooling fan doesn't go on when it...
• Re: porsche conversion
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Jan 1997 08:09:03 -0500 (EST)
  ...I am concerned by the postesd inticating cooling troubles. I always thought cooling was this vans strong point-it never gets hot even in...
• Re: What is the best way to get oil out of the cooling system?
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 17:08:25 -0700
  ...What is the best way to totally >clean the oil from the cooling system? Procedure for Mercedes oil contaminated diesel cooling systems is a...
• No air-cooling fan for air condistioner
  Historical mailing list - Terry Aguiar
  Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:57:54 EST
  I have 89 vanagon aand the cooling fan stopped working,it still blows cold air but no high speed fan. The fan still works...
• Re: Massive oil leak into cooling system!
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 17:26:30 -0500
  ...The oil/water emulsion that you are churning up in the cooling system does a poor job of cooling the engine. Be sure to...
• Re: Cooling System for Various Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 8 Nov 2010 11:11:36 -0800
  Hi Anthony, most nicely, the stock vanagon radiator and cooling system is Very Adequate ...to cool most engines. A 3.3 liter 230 hp...
• Re: Lube in the coolant?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 23 May 1996 07:06:45 -0700
  Water soluible oil added to the coolant will not harm the cooling system and it will do two things while there, It will lubricate...
• Radiator flush
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 1 Jul 2003 08:54:21 -0700
  Radiator not cooling as well as it used to. Any specific recommendations on what to flush the cooling system with? Mike
• Re: Radiator/Condensor fan
  Historical mailing list - Timothy J. Hannink
  Mon, 11 Aug 1997 09:16:14 -0400
  ...The contacts in this relay send 12V from Fuse S1 to the Radiator Cooling Fan Resistor, terminal #1. This will cause the Radiator Cooling...
• interesting subaru problem
  Historical mailing list - mortimer peaberry
  Tue, 2 Mar 2004 19:14:49 -0800
  ...is recommending > that a special conditioner be added to the engine cooling system of > certain 1999 through 2002 model year Subaru vehicles equipped with...
• Re: Larger Audi a/t cooler fits transporter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:04:39 -0400
  ...Most of the heat is generated in the torque converter and it does a great job cooling itself with those attached fins. The water...
• Re: how many quarts of fluid go into the cooling system?
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:00:41 -0400
  Hi Gary, Heh - "Let the one without sin cast the first stone" The back cover of my Bentley, under "COOLING SYSTEM", says Coolant Capacity...
• Head gasket crack?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Apr 94 13:47:02 PDT
  Hi, Here is that mind boggling cooling system again. Please comment on it. For an 83 H2O boxer, its coolant spilled from the overflow...
• Re: Cooling System performance at altitude
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 21:29:13 -0400
  ...The *gauge* pressure -- the difference between the pressure inside the cooling system, and the outside pressure -- won't be affected. But I assume the...
• Re: Dometic fridge cooling fan thermoswitch question
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Wed, 10 Sep 2014 09:55:35 -0400
  ...I use a low draw computer cooling fan switched manually, and I leave it running most of the time in very hot conditions. Geo...
• Re: CLEANING FRIDGE
  Historical mailing list - Brian Walch
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 13:53:21 -0800
  ...It won't really help cooling performance much. Cooling is dependent on how much propane is burned, the sealing of the fridge door, and...
• Re: aiding cooling system by turning on heater blower
  Historical mailing list - sg
  Wed, 16 May 2001 15:49:07 -0700
  ...Add a hydraulic ram > that would instantly raise the radiator to an upright position and get the > maximum cooling effect. Then, once you add...
• Re: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Robert Smythe
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 17:41:03 +0000
  For pictures of the KEP front bleed petcock see: http://subaruvanagon.com/conv1_cooling_9.htm Robert 90 MV
• Fw: flushing cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 16 Aug 1997 07:28:23 -0500
  ...flushing cooling system > Date: Friday, August 15, 1997 10:40 PM > > -------------- > Could some one please point me to the cooling system flushing and draining...
• Re: Cooling System Pressure Gauge
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 1 Feb 2001 18:10:39 -0500
  I think this needs work -- cooling system pressure ranges from a slight vacuum to close to 15 psi when the cap starts venting. All...
• Re: Cooling system drivel (long, sorry)
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
  Thu, 16 Feb 95 8:20:25 CST
  ...The system IS > cooling, just not at peak efficiency. If the water pump is > out/flakey, then I'd think I'd have SIGNIFICANT...
• Re: Overheating after on Road.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 15:44:25 -0700
  Perhaps there is some myth that the 86 and later 2.1 waterboxer cooling system is significantly better than the 1.9 wbxer cooling...
• second radiator
  Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 02:48:41 -0500
  Listies While dismantling an 86 van and removing it's radiator there was a second cooling unit directly behind the radiator, it had two...
• Refrigerator cooling: Do extra fans help?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:23:20 EDT
  I always read the refrigerator threads hoping to pick up tips to improve the cooling ability. Some of the tips involved adding an extra...
• non-AC cooling tin
  Historical mailing list - Tim & Kim Dayton
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 16:52:17 -0500
  ...Is there a cooling tin for non-AC westy's?
• Re: cooling fan relay
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 4 Mar 2001 13:20:23 -0700
  ...cooling fan relay > how can i test the cooling fan relay on my 88 gl ? > I donot think it is working and where is...
• Re: D'OH (metic) fridge
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Thu, 25 Sep 1997 07:49:44 8
  ...In the Dometic units it may take an hour to reach full cooling capacity. Pre-cooling the fridge doesn't get around this problem...
• Re: Air Getting into Cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 18:26:02 -0800
  How? A compression test will not reveal a tiny leak which is plenty to pump up the cooling system with air. I had this...
• Re: 2.1L into '84 Westy project - Cooling system question
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 9 Jul 2008 19:34:51 -0400
  If all goes well I'll have my own stash of '84 cooling bits for sale. Chris S. On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at...
• Re: cooling system diagnostic help? Long, lots of info about whats been done so far.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:36:43 -0700
  Sounds like a blown head gasket or cracked head, either letting combustion gases into the cooling system. The combustion gases are 1000s of psi...
• Re: cooling system leak
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:59:54 -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: 2.1L metal cooling pipe on left side of engine....
  Historical mailing list - Kerry G. Stanley
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 09:29:45 -0400
  ...It also has several little metal stubs where cooling hoses attach. Part number 025121081G list $93.75 from Camelback VW $70.33 Sealing o...
• air cooled engine cooling tin
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 13 Mar 2016 11:56:31 -0400
  I need the rear and bottom cooling tin for a 72 bus. I can use most anything from 72-79. Can anyone help? Thank...
• Re: 89' Wolfsy - Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Ed Hinchey
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 09:59:40 -0400
  ...I think, if I go with the cooling fan, I will install the external fan first and cirulate air over the cooling blades. Thanks...
• cooling system design
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 01:47:38 -0500
  i am interested in having a discussion about different types of cooling systems. specifically the design benefits and difference between the types of cooling...
• Re: Tweak yer heater output!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 16:16:05 -0800
  ...I can hardly see how this affect the cooling system of the motor. David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive Inc. 4356 Quesnel Hixon Road Quesnel...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: electrolysis
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Sun, 7 Oct 2001 20:51:30 -0500
  Didn't we have a discussion a few years back about some using the tannin in tea to coat the cooling system. I think...
• Re: Cleaning Oily Gunge out of Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 3 May 2010 09:12:12 -0500
  This only works for the surge tank but does nothing for what's spread through the entire cooling system. Tom -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:36:32 -0500
  ...How to - or not - bleed the cooling system > For pictures of the KEP front bleed petcock see: > > http://subaruvanagon.com/conv1_cooling_9.htm...