[Vwdiesel] Vanagon Part XI

[Mary Beth and Chris Geiser]

Don't forget to bleed the cooling system after you're done - it's a
closed system up front on those with the pipes running lower than the
radiator, so there's no way for air to get out.
As you face the front of the van, there's a bleeder valve on the top
left of the radiator.  Warm it up, then park it facing up a hill.  Have
someone bring the engine up to mid range RPM's and open the valve.  Keep
open until you get a steady stream of coolant.  If there's a lot of air
(which there shouldn't be with this little procedure), I drive it around
again and repeat a few times.  Don't add coolant in the back until
you've parked on a level surface again (for obvious reasons!!).

Chris



-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-admin at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-admin at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of Nate Wall
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 12:35 PM
To: jon
Cc: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Vanagon Part XI

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.
>
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