Kim; I would seriously consider having the radiator professionally cleaned out. The lunatic fringe tuners out there are putting V8s in Vanagons and say the radiator has no problem cooling motors twice the size we are used to. What's up with the subject line? Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab, 60 356 T-5 http://Neksiwel.20m.com/ On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 16:02:17 EDT Kim Brennan <KimBrennan@AOL.COM> writes: > In a message dated 10/2/02 3:52:18 PM, normally knowledgable > FrankGRUN@AOL.COM writes: > > > > I have not yet seen the situation in which the second fan > > speed cannot control any thermal situation. > > > > I have. Encountered it while taking my Westy Syncro up Monarch pass > (US 50 in > Colorado). I tried to maintain 30mph in 2nd gear. The engine was > willing, but > the cooling system was not up to the task. Altitude and load > contributed to > the situation where the high speed fan just couldn't cool it > enough. > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. |
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