

| Subject: | Re: Radiator/Coolant/Overheating Issues |
| From: | Sunshine |
| Date: | Tue, 8 Sep 2009 18:47:44 -0500 |
oh WHOOPS I should have figured you'd be ON HERE Karl.
KARL MULLENDOR of WESTY VENTURES has been my own personal "on call" as
in via the telephone Vanagon guru since I began this wonderful
water-cooled adventure. :o)
Thanks Karl!
Peace, Love & VW Grease,
Sunshine
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'89 Vanagon GL - Wolfsburg Weekender Edition ("Stella Blue") *Daily
Driver*
'87 Vanagon GL ("Parts Van")
'77 Westfalia Bus ("Sunshine Daydream")
'74 Transporter Bus ("Buddy")
On Sep 8, 2009, at 6:22 PM, Karl wrote:
> Sunshine! Good to see you here! The buzzer is for oil pressure, not
> coolant level. Sounds like you have a new problem. Check the wire on
> the oil pressure sender that resides down by the lower left of the
> crank pulley. Then, if that's in place, check the 2-wire plastic
> connector that both oil pressure senders go to, it should be somewhere
> in the vicinity of the forward end of the AC compressor. Can't have
> any corrosion if that. I assume that you put in good 20W50 oil when
> you changed it last. And a proper VW/Mann/Mahle filter. If all is good
> you might need to replace that rear sender, some vans came with the
> wrong one installed from the factory. Should be a .9-bar sender IIRC.
>
> Karl
>
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