Has this issue been resolved?
On Dec 10, 2015 3:53 PM, "vw_van_fan_Mark" <madvws@cox.net> wrote:

> Jim, I'm not saying that will fix all your problems but it is a place to
> start.
>
> All Vanagon cooling systems use the top of the tank as the collection
> point for air and then it gets pushed out through the cap over time. The
> water pump is supposed to draw coolant from the bottom of the tank. The
> way it is now the waterpump is drawing from the top of your tank, where
> any air would be, the opposite of how VW intended.
>
> Finally, the vendor confusion is understandable. There are 2 very
> different tank/hose configuration used in our diesel vans. When people
> with the earlier 81/82 system need a new tank they commonly use the
> 86-91 waterboxer tank since it matches up better with their 81/82 hoses
> and slight mods. Not so for people with the rarer 83 and newer diesel
> vans. Those people can use the 83-85 waterboxer tank and the 83+ diesel
> hoses fit it fine, without mods. Most vendors will have dealt with the
> more common 81/82 situation and thus may steer an 83 customer the wrong
> way without knowing all the differences.
>
> Mark
>
>
> Jim Felder wrote:
>
>> Glad to hear it, mark! I'd rather it be that than just about anything
>> else.
>> Thanks for catching.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 2:49 PM vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> Jim, you have the wrong tank, I can see that in your photo. You need the
>>> other waterboxer tank (1.9) 84-85. It would work with that new lower
>>> hose you thought was wrong. That new hose was actually right and didn't
>>> need the mod you made to it......
>>>
>>