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Subject:cooling problems
From:Anthony Bailey
Date:Sun, 9 Sep 2001 17:19:48 -0500

Hello again, well this problem appeared again today. I had drove
about 30 miles to church, then on several other stops on our way
home. After starting up on the last stop it came on again, I checked
the coolant and the fan, both are fine. Any ideas?

Also where is the brake master cylinder at? I've been told its under
the dash but so far all I've found is the fuse box.

I do have a maint. manual on order but haven't received it yet.

Thanks for your help/info, Tony

>Hello all, I've had and fixed(?) a problem on my '87 Vanagon. The
>problem was that the light on the coolant temperature gauge starting
>blinking as I was going down the road. I checked my coolant it was
>very full, the temp gauge indicated a rising temperature. However as
>I headed on the highway towards home the temperature would drop back
>down to under the light, which was still blinking. I thought well my
>electric cooling fan had quit. At home, I checked the electrical
>connections on the overflow tank, one of which had some corrosion on
>its contacts and the connector, I reseated both of them  and then
>went and restarted the van. The blinking light went out and the fan
>worked as normal, one speed under normal use and then high speed when
>the ac was turned on. So was my problem caused by the corrosion on
>the connector on top of the tank?
>Wondering... Tony
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>Sent from Anthony Bailey KC0HZP (mailto: abailey@mac.com)
>on a PowerComputing PowerBase 180 in Marble Hill, Missouri
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Sent from Anthony Bailey KC0HZP (mailto: abailey@mac.com)
on a PowerComputing PowerBase 180 in Marble Hill, Missouri