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Date:         Wed, 10 May 2000 16:06:07 -0400
Reply-To:     Bill Knight <Knight.Bill@ESC.STATE.NC.US>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bill Knight <Knight.Bill@ESC.STATE.NC.US>
Subject:      Re: Solved! Re: Having Problem with Overheating (1.9l to 2.1l
              conversion)
In-Reply-To:  <39.4deeecf.264b14de@aol.com>
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What are you planning to do about oil cooling? I went through the same conversion last year but the engine ran too hot (260 degrees).

I finally put the 1.9 back in until I could come up with a good solution.

Bill Knight

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of KENWILFY@AOL.COM Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 3:39 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Solved! Re: Having Problem with Overheating (1.9l to 2.1l conversion)

Thanks for all the input about the cooling system overheat problem I was having.

Here is what I found:

The van would warm up rather quickly to about 3/4 on the temp display. I figured this was overheating and I would shut the van down. However, I got so mad today that I just said, "Keep it running". Well it ran at the 3/4 temp and didn't rise. I noticed that the lines to the front heater core were full of air. I opened up one of the lines until a little coolant came out (this bled the heater system and that started working). Then we felt the radiator starting to get warm. Finally the radiator got hot and the fan came on as the gauge still showed about 3/4 hot. The fan cycled on and off like normal and both heater hoses were hot. So, I replaced the gauge sender (thinking it could be bad) and it still acts the same way. The only thing I can come up with is that the gauge is wrong somehow and that the motor is running at normal operating temps (this is confirmed by the brand new raditor fan switch cycling on and off while the gauge shows 3/4 hot. I have bled and bled the system and all the lines now seem to be full of coolant and all of them get hot after the van runs for a while. So I assume I am at normal operation here. Anyone else have the problem with their gauge reading high? Can it be adjusted somehow?

Thanks for all the help, Ken Wilford http://www.vanagain.com John 3:16 Phone: (856)-765-1583 Shop: (856)-327-0027 Fax: (856)-327-2242


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