on 6/8/02 9:02 PM, Jeff Emrick at jemrick@WOH.RR.COM wrote: > I tried the bike pump method for purging air from the cooling system. Seemed > to work great. I tried it because my 84 still runs hot unless the heater is > on full blast. Everyone says air in the cooling system. It's getting too hot > outside to be hot inside! I have felt the radiator when the van is running > hot and it seems cool and the electric fan doesn't come on. I thought I may > have a plugged radiator but coolant came out of the radiator from the bleeder > valve with a slight pump. Does this leave the water pump as the prime suspect > for overheating? Thanks Jeff Have you checked the gauge? The voltage regulator chip in the dash often goes bad, giving a false high temp reading. If it is bad your gas gauge will read wrong too. The chip is easy to replace and less than ten bucks. I've had to do mine twice. -- Miguel |
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