Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
Subject:Re: Symptoms of Stuck Open Thermostat?
From:David Beierl
Date:Wed, 16 Aug 2000 16:50:25 -0400
At 15:22 8/16/2000, Jay L Snyder wrote:
>2) instant heat up front in the winter.  My '86 took forever to get heat to
>the front, this one ('85) gets heat within minutes

This would be a symptom of a working thermostat -- you're not having to
wait until the whole radiator loop is hot because the thermostat is
shutting off that flow.

d
David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"