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Date:         Sun, 2 Jun 2002 19:52:05 -0400
Reply-To:     "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@RELITECH.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@RELITECH.COM>
Subject:      Re: coolant temps
Comments: To: Dart 330 <dart330@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Sounds like air in the cooling system - had the same thing happen to me a few years ago.

Check your coolant level and top it off. Then bleed the system of any air that might be trapped in the system.

TomC tcarrington@relitech.com http://www.relitech.com/tomc http://volksweb.relitech.com http://checkerweb.relitech.com 85 Vanagon Crew Cab 82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion 81 Checker A-11 (Taxi) 65 Notchback

> -----Original Message----- > From: Dart 330 [SMTP:dart330@HOTMAIL.COM] > Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 7:25 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: coolant temps > > I drove a 200 mile round trip on the interstate today and twice as I was > driving the coolant warning light came on and the temp needle immediately > rose to the extreme high side. I turned off the engine and turned the key > to > on and watched the needle drop back down to normal and released the clutch > and kept on driving. This happened twice and was beginning to worry me > that > the water pump was going out. Could that be the case? But since it is belt > driven I would doubt it would start working again after the engine was > shut > off. Or is this probably an electrical problem? Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Nathan > 85 Westy > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.


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