Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 22:28:18 -0500
Reply-To: John Lauterbach <jhlauterbach@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: John Lauterbach <jhlauterbach@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Organization: Microsoft Corporation
Subject: Re: Help! - Coolant spilling on long drives
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Won't the same thing happen if there is a small amount of air getting in the
system from a loose (to air not glycol) hose connection and/or the system
has not been completely bled?
John Lauterbach
Macon, GA
'84 7-passenger
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Romas" <jromas@COLUMBUS.RR.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: Help! - Coolant spilling on long drives
> 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)
> > -------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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