>Interesting,
>Yours is an 86. I test drove an 86 once and didn't buy it because the fan
>sounded like yours, even though  the owner assured me it worked fine. It's
>the only one I ever heard at that decible level, but it's the only 86 I've
>ever heard, so...

        But the original poster in this thread, Terry Ziniewicz
        <terryz@OLYWA.NET>has a '91:

>>        The cooling fan on my 91' Westfalia is driving me nuts.
>>        When the fan comes on it shakes the whole van.

        I'd think that "shakes" is a lot worse than the RRRRRRRRRR!!!
        emitted by mine (also a 91 Westfalia).

>David
>91 Multi

        Perhaps your super-high-speed takeoff pitch doesn't work?

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