Is your radiator fan turning on? Getting heat out of your heater?
On Dec 10, 2015 12:35 PM, "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Drove five minutes pulled over again as temps rise past 3/4
>
> > On Dec 10, 2015, at 12:29 PM, Edward Maglott <emaglott3@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > odd symptoms.  when you went 200 miles yesterday with no problems, did
> you stop?  do symptoms correlate with stopping for some period of time
> during a drive, such as when you go to a store or on an errand?
> > Edward
> >
> >> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Two weeks ago I completed the conversion of my diesel Vanagon Westy
> turbo diesel over to the new style tank with new engine hoses. As I write
> this I am sitting in a Hardee's parking lot waiting for about the 15th time
> in the last two weeks for my engine temps to go down to the point I can
> drive the car. Before I left home for the short drive, I bled the cooling
> system according to the Bentley for the eighth or 10th time since making
> the conversion. I have only managed to have heat from the heater once or
> twice in the last two weeks. I am on my second blue coolant In that time.
> When I wake up in the morning I check it first thing. Always there is
> considerable pressure left in the system from the night before. I installed
> a new thermostat. I tested the old thermostat and the new thermostat on the
> stove, and they both operated exactly the same. I put the new one in
> anyway. Usually I can drive somewhere as to a store maybe 4 miles away.
> Going to a store or on an errand it's likely to run just fine with the
> needle steady in the center all the way there. Then on the way back I
> typically have to pull over just like I have done now. I can let it cool
> down maybe leasing the L some air out, and then be on my way with a
> slightly hi or sometimes normal temp gauge. I never know what to expect.
> But no longer can listen to audio because I have to keep my attention
> riveted on the temp gauge. It's not leaking. I'm not losing coolant. I just
> can't get rid of this air bubble. I don't think I have a leaking head
> gasket because yesterday I drove to a town 100 miles away and back without
> really having any problems. There are some steep hills along the way. The
> temperature stayed normal. I don't find any soot in the coolant or water in
> the oil.
> >>
> >> Any ideas? The temps were perfect before my "upgrade."
> >>
> >> Jim
> >
>