You might try opening the bleed valve on top of the radiator. If there is
coolant flowing through the radiator, it will come out there.

On 2/6/06, don spence <dkspence@telus.net> wrote:
>
> Just guessing Chris, but if the heater blows hot then hot water is
> getting to the front of the van. If the rad is cold and in/out pipes
> are cold maybe you have a clogged rad hence no circulation through
> the rad.  Dunno. Heater and rad are separate circuits right?  Does
> the thermostat only close the rad circuit? if so it's probably the
> thermostat. If not clogged rad.   Just thinking out loud here   See
> Bens place      www.bensplace.com/cooling_system_flow.htm
>
>
>
>
> On 6-Feb-06, at 1:46 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>
> > Date:    Mon, 6 Feb 2006 13:09:41 EST
> > From:    JordanVw@AOL.COM
> > Subject: Re: running hot....any ideas? UPDATE
> >
> > ok, well i swapped my whole instrument cluster.  and the needle
> > still reads
> > over the red dot. sooo...its not the gauge in the dash.
> >
> > i started the van, let idle for like 15 mins..   main coolant tank
> > and lines
> > out of tank were hot.   but hoses at front "firewall" were not
> > hot.   hoses
> > coming out of bottom of rad were not hot.
> >
> > heater blows hot air.   running the heater didnt seem to have any
> > effect on
> > the temperature gauge..
> >
> >
> > my guess is thermostat...?
> >
> > chris
> >
>