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Subject:Re: More overheating
From:neil N
Date:Wed, 5 Sep 2007 20:27:22 -0700

Blocked (stuck closed) thermostat?

Neil.

On 9/5/07, Ed <fasteddy64@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Ok lots of suggestions about electrical possiblities.  I checked the connections on the back of the cluster, that got the tach and the idiot light working again.  Now I have a pegged out temp gauge and a blining idiot light.
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> I can hear the coolant boiling, lots of pops and clunks coming from the coolant lines under the van.  Drove a little, pegged out again within just a few blocks, kicked the fan on high with no change, tried to run the heat in the van to help, blows cold air.
> Now what?
> Ed
> 84 Vanagon
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