Run a compression check! Most likely you'll find one low. Been there, done that. Joe 84 vanagon 1.9 (new head gaskets) 93 Eurovan MV 99.5 hetta tdi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blake Heinlein" <blakeheinlein@HOTMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 5:01 PM Subject: Help! - Coolant spilling on long drives
> Hello Vanagoners! > > I need some help. I believe that I have a leaky head gasket but I want to > get a confirmation about what I think is happening. Here is what's > happening: > > Around town and 1/2 hour drives the van runs great. Heater works and it > never drips a drop of coolant. The Van runs right at or slightly below the > red warning light. > > Yesterday I drove almost 400 miles in one day. (To much driving) Traveling > at about 70 to 80 mph the entire time. With two stops inbetween everything > seemed fine. (Now that I recall at one stop there was a faint smell of > antifreeze but I couldn't find anything coming off my van.) When I pulled > off the freeway right by my house, and slowed the van down, the light > started flashing and the needle pegged. I pulled over and the expansion > tank was low on water. The reserve tank was full and the water had all > dumped out somewere on my trip. > > So I release the air in the expansion tank and then topped off the empty. > I'm bleeding the system right now. > > To me all this sounds like air is getting into the system some how. Here > are the specs on my van. > > -84 Vanagon > -2.1 L rebuilt engine with 25,000 mi > -all new coolant system. (think everything that the water touches, > everything) > -running low temp thermostat and radiator fan switch > > Well, As you can expect I'm a little frustrated but that's life with a > vanagon. I'm going to have the expansion tank cap pressure tested (even > though it's new) and if it's ok I'm going to talk to the shop that built the > engine. > > Any advice or experiences would be appreciated. Do you guys think that this > is a head leak problem? If so what are the best fixes? If not what else > could it be? > > Loyal Vanagon Lover! (If I hadn't spent so much money on it I would sell > it) > > Thanks, > Blake (I have a neet website)"plug" "plug" :) > > ------------------------- > Blake Heinlein > blakeheinlein@hotmail.com > http://members.accessbee.com/heinlein/ (Has vanagon stuff) > ------------------------- > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > |
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