If the heater did not get warm you were not flowing coolant. Either the
system was way too low or something major is a miss. Obviously the low
coolant level warning system is not working. Just because the light came
on once does not mean the complete system is working. The gauge finally
pegged when you made steam and the oil light came on since the engine
was so hot that you were losing oil pressure. You need to check things
out but since you drove for a while without coolant flow you need to
plan on some serious engine damage occurring. Most likely you will now
internal head gasket leaks, along with melted gaskets and pulled studs.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Rus
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:33 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: hot vanagon

HEY all

I have another question about my 87 vanagon. I got a
different engine installed after a head cracked on my
old motor and its been doing GREAT..up til today...so
weird how things just pop up out of the blue, I drive
it to work just like i have for several weeks and this
morning just before i got to work the temp needle
pegged HOT and the oil buzzer and light came on and
when i got to work man steam was everywhere....but my
coolant light never did come on.......it has before so
i know it works.
so i check the oil and i have to admit it was a little
low.....drove it back home and low and behold its
still hot as hell and on comes the oil light and
buzzer.......I got a bosch filter on it......Oh and on
the way home the heater never did get warm......which
was strange....it was fine the night before.
i was thinking thermostate....but can that affect the
oil temp and such????
also is that a coolant line that runs around the top
inside of the engine compartment?
Thanks
Rus
in bartlesville

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