Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:34:24 -0800
Reply-To: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Sick sick sick of diesel Vanagon cooling problems
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Make sure the coolant is flowing in the right direction into the radiator,
from the bottom. Did you bleed with your Libby Bong?
Stuart
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jim Felder
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 10:22 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Sick sick sick of diesel Vanagon cooling problems
Two weeks ago I completed the conversion of my diesel Vanagon Westy turbo
diesel over to the new style tank with new engine hoses. As I write this I
am sitting in a Hardee's parking lot waiting for about the 15th time in the
last two weeks for my engine temps to go down to the point I can drive the
car. Before I left home for the short drive, I bled the cooling system
according to the Bentley for the eighth or 10th time since making the
conversion. I have only managed to have heat from the heater once or twice
in the last two weeks. I am on my second blue coolant In that time. When I
wake up in the morning I check it first thing. Always there is considerable
pressure left in the system from the night before. I installed a new
thermostat. I tested the old thermostat and the new thermostat on the stove,
and they both operated exactly the same. I put the new one in anyway.
Usually I can drive somewhere as to a store maybe 4 miles away. Going to a
store or on an errand it's likely to run just fine with the needle steady in
the center all the way there. Then on the way back I typically have to pull
over just like I have done now. I can let it cool down maybe leasing the L
some air out, and then be on my way with a slightly hi or sometimes normal
temp gauge. I never know what to expect. But no longer can listen to audio
because I have to keep my attention riveted on the temp gauge. It's not
leaking. I'm not losing coolant. I just can't get rid of this air bubble. I
don't think I have a leaking head gasket because yesterday I drove to a town
100 miles away and back without really having any problems. There are some
steep hills along the way. The temperature stayed normal. I don't find any
soot in the coolant or water in the oil.
Any ideas? The temps were perfect before my "upgrade."
Jim=
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