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Subject:Re: VW Camper Cooling problems
From:R. Hotchkiss
Date:Sun, 10 Nov 1996 17:59:04 -0500

Richard Fischer wrote:
> 
> kenneth d lewis wrote:
> >
> > Richard;
> > Sounds like the system is settling down after the normal fits. Had
> > anymore trouble?
> > Ken, no not yet. I thought it might be a head gasket, but if so, I can't understand why
> it blows combustion gases into the coolant, causing it to overflow one time, then not do
> this for quite some time later? When this happened the last time it was rather cold out
> (in the 30's). The same thing happened this summer when it was warmer out?
> 
> I'm still perplexed. Right now it's behaving itself.
> 
> Rich Fischer

Rich,

I think that if this is only happening after you do your flush and bleed
that it could just be getting "normalized".  Mine did the same thing
then stayed at a normal level.  You might just want to bleed it again
just in case though.

Hotch
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