[Vwdiesel] Vanagon Part XI

[Nate Wall]

No need to drain the coolant. If you are fast, you can
unscrew the old thermoswitch and screw in the new one
and only about a cup of coolant will come out.
Caution, do With cold engine only! Don't forget to use
a new gasket too.

--Nate
--- jon <jon at kenneke.com> wrote:
>
> Yesterday, I dove into the radiator fan thermostat.
> Here is what I found:
>
> The PO simply had it unplugged, with two spades
> shoved in the connector
> running back to the switch. Wish I would have
> remember to take a picture
> of it.
>
> Well, I rewired the switch to be in parallel, and,
> so the plug could be
> plugged into the thermostat. I plugged it in, and
> off we went. The fan
> never came on (unless I turned it on).
>
> So, whoever guessed that the PO wired it that way
> because the sensor was
> bad gets a bonus point. Loren? :-)
>
> Oh yeah, when I had it apart, I shorted the slow
> speed wires, and it
> worked fine. So, the fan works fine at both speeds.
>
> I am now off to find a replacement thermostat sensor
> thingy.
>
> --
> Jon Kenneke, General Manager
> Kenneke Communications - http://www.kenneke.com
> PO Box 3126 - Albany, OR 97321-0702
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>
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