Date:         Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:15:22 -0700
Reply-To:     kevin obrien <kevindobrien@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         kevin obrien <kevindobrien@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      1990 Carat...Overheating Saga that won't end....Help????
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Hello All:

Short history...
Last December a coolant hose blew....Vanagon
overheated...cooked my head gasket. Head Gasket and
Heads redone over the winter. Vanagon has had a
persistant overheating problem for months....I thought
it was a bad expansion tank bottle...replaced it and
the cap...and the hose to the overflow bottle. Put in
80 degree thermostat.
Van ran fine on flats...overheated on long, steep
hills. Mechanic found distibuter was hanging
up...screwing up timing. Replaced distributer with a
spare.
Van ran fine...temp needle below or just above red
blinking light..depending on hills, outside temp,
etc.(By the way...I replaced the sending unit on top
of the expansion tank...and red light continues to
blink...it has done this for YEARS!!!)

Then went up REALLY LONG, STEEP Hill...overheated
again.

Now...here is another oddity. My front fan/blower
doesn't work. I've been using the rear blower/heater
to pull heat off the engine when she gets hot. When I
do this the vent by my right foot (above accelerator)
blows cold....but will suddenly start blowing hot
air...and the engine temp will drop. Then it will blow
cold again.

Tonight I came up a 5 mile hill....needle climbed to
3/4 and oil buzzer went off (it has been doing this
intermitantly as well)

Anybody got an idea as to what the hell is going on???

kevindobrien@yahoo.com

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