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Subject:Re: Thermostat all over after coolant flush
From:John C...
Date:Wed, 28 May 2008 20:31:30 +0000

Do Not drive Hot !!!
This is what ( free,$87 ) AAA Towing is for!
JC...

-------------- Original message --------------
From: Jamie Fitterer <fittdog8848@hotmail.com>
so should I be worried about driving to and fro?  I just do not want to over heat.

> Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 19:47:18 +0000
> From: Trvlr2001@COMCAST.NET
> Subject: Re: Thermostat all over after coolant flush
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
> Sounds like air to me.
> Have your mechanics bleed (rebleed?) your system.
> Both at the thermostat and the radiator.
> JC...
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: Jamie Fitterer <fittdog8848@HOTMAIL.COM>
>
> > I jsut had my vna in the shop and they replaced my rear heater core and O2
> > sensor and while they were there I had them flush the old Prestone coolant and
> > replace with Volkswagen cooloant. Now that I did this my thermostat is all over
> > and pegging high temps. Is it possible that the flush made my thermo go tits
> > up? If not any other suggestions as to why this went from a perfectly
> > functionaing thermo to now a bouncy ball?"Prohibition will work great injury to
> > the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it
> > goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite
> > by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A
> > Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded."