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Subject:Re: No heat at stoplights.
From:David Prendergast
Date:Tue, 5 Jan 2010 14:36:48 -0500

Both fans work great and the coolant level looks fine.  My camper
doesn't leak anything that I've ever seen so maybe I just need to have
the coolant system flushed and filled, about time for it anyway.
On Jan 5, 2010, at 2:05 PM, Ken Wilford wrote:

> Check your coolant level at the expansion tank (in engine bay with
> blue or black cap on it) to see if your level is low there.  The no
> heat thing is a warning that something is not right in your coolant
> system.  Either low coolant or air in the system from a bad head
> gasket or cracked head.  Hopefully it is just low coolant.
>
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com
>
>
> David Prendergast wrote:
>> Just past the halfway point on the red light, maybe 3/4.
>> On Jan 5, 2010, at 12:35 PM, Ken Wilford wrote:
>>
>>> Where is your temperature gauge reading?
>>>
>>> Ken Wilford
>>> John 3:16
>>> www.vanagain.com
>>>
>>>
>>> David Prendergast wrote:
>>>> Did a search on this but didn't find much.  84 Westy, heat seems
>>>> to be
>>>> working fine (although not as hot as I remember, although it
>>>> could be
>>>> my imagination) Whenever I come to a stoplight and reach down to
>>>> feel
>>>> the heat (front, havent checked the rear) its blowing cold until I
>>>> start moving again.  Weird and wacky to me.  No coolant leaks and
>>>> bottle is full.
>>>>
>>
>>