Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 19:11:08 -0400
Reply-To: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Radiator/Coolant/Overheating Issues
In-Reply-To: <9881afffb346641ea5fa7075bdeeafc1@kc.rr.com>
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Sunshine,
Is the coolant light blinking?
The buzzer you speak of is the .9 bar oil pressure sensor. Check to see if
it only buzzes when you are over 2000rpm.
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Sunshine <vwbusgirl@kc.rr.com> wrote:
> Hey Bob,
> You aren't too old and paranoid as I'm 35 and think that it's almost
> fishy that the price is so low considering the cost input that had to
> be incurred for the upgrades/modifications.
>
> Anyway I wanted to say HI to everyone, I just resigned up for the list,
> I'm Sunshine in Kansas and I have loved and gotten greasy with
> Volkswagens for 15 years. I currently own an '89 VW Vanagon (wolsberg
> weekender edition), an '87 "parts" Vanagon, a '74 Transporter Bus and
> an '77 Westfalia Bus. My daily driver is the '89 Vanagon.
>
> Anyway I had a question for you guys. My Vanagon was overheating so I
> put in a new thermostat, flushed the coolant system, burped the beast,
> did some other coolant hose/pipe replacements and burped her lines
> again....she drove well and the coolant seemed good and saying at a
> good temp, then she began beeping as it does when the coolant level in
> the expansion tank is low, then I noticed a leak around the coolant
> expansion tank coolant level sensor and that my radiator fan stopped
> coming on as well. So I just replaced the thermo switch or radiator
> temp switch just now. I haven't gotten it hot enough to kick on the
> radiator fan but I just test drove her around a few mins to hear that
> the buzzer kept sounding and that the coolant temp gauge didn't float
> over the LED bubble, but rather was on the hot side.
>
> I have a new coolant level sensor ordered and coming in the mail, but
> until then....any thoughts, comments or advice for me on this issue?
>
> Thank you all and it's good to be on this list, I've been going at the
> restoration of this vanagon by myself for over a year now after being
> used to the air-cooled VW bus world and it's been fun and I've learned
> tons, the biggest thing I've learned is that reading is only prep work,
> that doing the actual work itself is where you learn everything!!
>
> Peace, Love and VW Grease,
> Sunshine
> in KS
> On Sep 8, 2009, at 5:20 PM, Bob Stevens wrote:
>
> I must be old and paranoid .... the price is so reasonable considering
>> all
>> the upgrades/modifications that it seems waaaaayunder-priced to me.
>>
>> bob
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 12:02 PM, David Wilhite
>> <dlwilhite@comcast.net>wrote:
>>
>> Not mine, but noticed it on the local craigslist.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/1361930459.html
>>>
>>>
>>
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Thanks,
Jeff
'90 Carat (Grover)
'86 (We call this one Parts)
'78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
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