Hi Peter,

My first reaction would be to bleed the cooling system to eliminate trapped
air as a culprit. There are so many places air can hide in the H2O-boxer
cooling system.

Best of luck,

Darrell Johnson
'90 Vanagon Carat
'97 Subaru Legacy Wagon
'84 Saab 900
Mission Viejo, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: Buettner, Peter [mailto:PGB@DOLBY.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 1:36 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: overheating?

My van shows an above normal temperature.  When I bought the van 6 months
ago the needle of the temperature gauge was always just below the LED.
Several weeks ago the needle suddenly climbed just above the LED.  I checked
the coolant overflow reservoir and found it empty.  I filled it up with
about one quart of water.  The coolant level has been ok since then but the
gauge still shows an above normal reading.  Today during warm wetter and
slow traffic the needle went even higher, about halfway between the LED and
the end of the scale.  The radiator fan came on a few times also.
Does anybody have an idea what's going on ?

Many TIA,
Peter
90 Syncro Westy
SF, CA