Date:         Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:21:48 -0700
Reply-To:     Bill Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bill Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Subject:      Re: Help ..
Comments: To: Van A Man <vanaman99@HOTMAIL.COM>
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  I'm new to the Vanagon world and I need a few answers .

  1 -   I just purchased a 1988 Vanagon GL , 7 seater and the middle seat slides from side to side on the rails, I've looked for a 
         locking system ,but haven't found any . How do I secure it ,I must be missing some part ?

  Dunno...

  2 -   The coolant light flashes when I start the van and stays on until the vehicule gets warm then it goes away,I've change      the coolant sensor and a leaky coolant overflow tank,and it still flashes, the temperature gauge doesn't  show any 
        overheating it doesn't go over the halfway mark .  Does anybody  have any idea what I can do to resolve this ??

  ****Could be the temp sensor is bad... or the coolant level sensor... even though you replaced it it could be a bad one...

  3 -  On my first long trip  with the van the oil  pressure light came on  after about 90 minutes of highway driving , again the 
        the van wasn't overheathing ,I just had an oil change 3 days prior to this trip , I checked the oil level everything was o.k.
        It didn't do the problem the next day in city driving , but when I drove back home about 2 hours it did this again . 
  It seems  to happen when I take the cruise control off, ex: I cruise at 60 miles/hour everything is o.k. I hit the bakes the rpm goes  down and the oil temp seems to turn on at around 2000 rpm. I've had the compression checked and everyting is o.k..

  *** the most common cause is using the wrong oil filter and/or the wrong oil... What filter do you have??? What weight oil???
  Should be using a Mann/Mahle filter (or VW dealer filter replacement) and 20-50 oil (except in winter in very cold places).

  Bill


   Can anybody help ????

  Thank you in advance , 
  Vanaman99

     

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