Also I think the bleed on the main pipes in engine area has a big effect on flow. i get warm to
about middle of LED and i wonder. only blinked when overflow bottle was low, lost of presure, that cap
goes weak also.. german only.loose pressure from it also. so many areas.

The gauge on the cluster seems weak. readings can be false? who knows..

vanagon the mistery wagon, but then everyone overheating can act the same sometimes but have diffrent
results.. glad we have people on the list with help.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike Frost <mafrost@GMAIL.COM>
>Sent: Feb 6, 2006 3:38 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: running hot....any ideas? UPDATE
>
>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
>> >
>>