Andrew; You have to be 100% sure the radiator is working properly. In both cases flushing with a "tee" made matters WORSE on our Vanagons. It is my personal theory that all the junk settles out in the radiator. I had to call around and find someone who could "blast out" the radiator. About $25.
Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab,60 356 http://Neksiwel.20m.com/ On Thu, 5 Jul 2001 09:25:33 -0400 Andrew Fox <afox@USGS.GOV> writes: > The symptom: > Van steadily gets hot upto about 7/8 of the temp gauge. Running > both > heaters on full blast brings temp gauge down to about 3/4 > 1. Flushed system with water by installing flush tee |
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