Some history: We bought an '85 westy with 65,000 miles about a year ago, BVL (Before Vanagon List). I had the coolant changed at that time by a local VW shop. I had no problems and drove it to South Texas in April-May, never overheated, temp gauge just below the light. Then I started listening in here and saw all the hype about phosphate free antifreeze, so I got scared that the guy used the wrong stuff and had it changed again, at VW dealer, a couple of months ago. On the way home from the change, I got stuck in a traffic jam on Atlanta's long Interstate Parking Lot (I-285) and was creeping along, stopping and starting, when I noticed the temp gauge up about the 3/4 mark, and it was cool outside, maybe 60°. Went down as soon as I got up some speed and no light came on. I have noticed that, now, whenever I idle for a while, the needle gets up there. Now I don't remember it ever getting that high before the 2nd change, but I won't swear that it did not. Question: could there be some air in the system that causes it to go up when at idle, or is that normal? TIA, Jim in Atlanta with Herbie, sometimes Hot Herbie |
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