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PAGE 25 (1985 manual, PAGE 28 1986 owner's manual) "DO NOT STOP ENGINE
IMMEDIATELY AFTER HARD OR EXTENDED DRIVING. KEEP ENGINE RUNNING AT INCREASED
IDLE FOR ABOUT TWO MINUTES TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE HEAT BUILD UP."
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This is interesting... I had NEVER heard of that, but it makes complete
sense. I thought you were going to tell us to NEVER TURN YOUR ENGINE OFF...
which also makes sense.. not so practical, but an interesting concept.

My question is... When the car is off, and the front fan goes on, and often
stays on (in my '91 Golf it will stay on for 15 minutes sometimes) what is
this actually doing??

If there is no convection, then blowing on the radiator is not really
cooling the temperature in the system after the engine is shut off... or am
I missing something? (the Golf could be cooling off the engine directly, I
guess, as it is all together in the front of the car... but the Vanagon??)

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Robert S. Fish
Salzburg, Austria
1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender
1987 Golf Cabriolet
1991 Golf