I would say we would need to know exactly how it is overheating first.
Will it overheat if it just sits and idles, or will it only do it going
down the road?  Also do you hear the radiator fan coming on when the van
is getting hot?  Have you felt on the radiator when the van was
overheating to see if it is getting hot?  These are all very important
things that you can check and it will cost you no money.  Just a little
time.  From the answers to these questions I can narrow it down a lot.

Thanks,
Ken Wilford
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of John Connolly
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 7:45 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Overheating

is there a way to tell if an overheating condition is caused by a bad
water pump or a bad radiator, without throwing $ at the car just
changing stuff until it's fixed? 2.1L Wasser.

TIA

John