Date:         Fri, 8 Feb 2002 15:17:45 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject:      Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
Comments: To: Ben McCafferty <ben@KBMC.NET>

Mine's '86.

Gotta admit that there've been a few times that I only elevated it a foot or
so with no problems.
Karl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben McCafferty" <ben@KBMC.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 2:26 AM
Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss


> Maybe a newer version of the manual.  Mine is copyright 1991, editorial
> closing July 15, 1991.
> bmc  :)
> "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."
>
>
> > From: "Scott Sullivan" <gersil0@lycos.com>
> > Organization: Lycos Mail  (http://mail.lycos.com:80)
> > Reply-To: gersil0@lycos.com
> > Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 13:00:09 -0800
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM, "Ben McCafferty" <ben@KBMC.NET>
> > Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
> >
> > Interesting,  I agree, just looked in my Bentley and mine uses the same
words
> > but aprox. 40cm (15 3/4").  Makes me wonder why the differance.
> >
> > Scot
> > --
> >
> > On Sat, 9 Feb 2002 00:20:53
> > Ben McCafferty wrote:
> >> One of must have a typo, then.  Page 19.16, just below fig. 5, "--raise
> >> vehicle approx. 10cm (4 in.) at front under cross-member with floor
jack and
> >> wooden support or equivalent"
> >>
> >> What would be the benefit of going higher?  Is there another point in
the
> >> system that's higher than the top of the radiator?  Hmmmm....
> >>
> >> bmc  :)
> >> "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."
> >>
> >>
> >>> From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
> >>> Reply-To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
> >>> Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 13:05:49 -0700
> >>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >>> Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
> >>>
> >>> That's straight our of my Bentley.  Matter of fact, the first time I
bled
> >>> the system, I misread it as 40".  That was a bitch of a job!
> >>>
> >>> Karl
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Ben McCafferty" <ben@KBMC.NET>
> >>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> >>> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 12:58 AM
> >>> Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Karl, was that in a tech bulletin or something?  My Bentley say 10
cm, or
> >>>> about 4"?
> >>>> tx,
> >>>> bmc  :)
> >>>> "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
> >>>>> Reply-To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
> >>>>> Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 11:47:51 -0700
> >>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >>>>> Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
> >>>>>
> >>>>> @ 4", you may not have fully bled the heater boxes.  VW specifies
40cm,
> >>> or
> >>>>> about 16".
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Karl Wolz
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>>> From: "Walter Evens" <wrevens@MYEXCEL.COM>
> >>>>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> >>>>> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 9:48 AM
> >>>>> Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I am new to the list so Greetings to all.  It had been some years
since
> >>> I
> >>>>>> changed hoses on a Vanagon and I forgot to "bleed" the system when
I
> >>>>>> recently removed the alternator bracket to fix a stripped stud.  I
had
> >>> to
> >>>>>> empty the system in order to remove the water pipe that goes across
the
> >>>>>> engine in front of the bracket.  While driving it afterwards it
heated
> >>> up
> >>>>> a
> >>>>>> little and for some odd reason corrected or bled itself as I
haven't
> >>> had a
> >>>>>> temperature problem since.  Lucky me.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I don't know about anyone else's van but there is no mistaking when
my
> >>>>>> cooling fan is on. When I've been driving it and I shut the engine
off
> >>> it
> >>>>>> runs a while afterwards.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On a funny note, the last time I bled the system, some "expert"
told me
> >>> I
> >>>>>> had to jack the front of the van 3 FEET OFF THE GROUND!  I used a
Handy
> >>>>> Man
> >>>>>> "High Lift" jack that time. I have found out since that 4 inches
will
> >>> do.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Walter Evens
> >>>>>> Hesperia, CA
> >>>>>> 85 GL (late 84)
> >>>>>> 85 GL (early 85)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>>>> From: "Bob Stevens" <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
> >>>>>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> >>>>>> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 7:37 AM
> >>>>>> Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Thanks Ken and Ed. I didn't do anything with the radiator when I
> >>> changed
> >>>>>> the
> >>>>>>> thermostat. This is the first time I've had any indications of
trouble
> >>>>>> from
> >>>>>>> the front end. NOtice that I don't think the cooling fan comes on
so,
> >>> of
> >>>>>>> course, it heats up more when driving up hill or when stopped. I
don't
> >>>>>> hear
> >>>>>>> the fan but it may be operating. I'll just do first things first
and
> >>>>> check
> >>>>>>> where the leak is coming from this a.m. and go from there.
> >>>>>>> Bob Stevens
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
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