Date:         Wed, 2 Oct 2002 06:19:35 -0700
Reply-To:     warmerwagen@HOTMAIL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: On the Vanagon cooling system
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Frank Grunthaner wrote:

<<"Ok, so what is the capacity of the Vanagon radiator core. Answer (thank you,
archives), 23.250 (W) x 16.50 (H) x 1.75 (T) for 671.34 cubic inches. I
therefore have effectively twice the cooling capacity in the radiator than I
need. Overcooled says I. Good design says I".>>

Just what I knew all along. In six years I've never had a cooling system problem in my I-4  powered Westfalia- and it isn't due to luck. That's a big radiator!

 New pump, hoses, and regular maintenance and I found that water-cooled isn't so much trouble over air-cooled after all. You just have to maintain it.  

Once I had a problem - a rock wedged in the water-pump pulley and chewed the belt off, stranding me in the mountains for two days. Of course for me, being stranded in the mountains doesn't happen often enough, living here in the crowded lowlands.  



Robert  


1982 Westfalia
1991 Syncro VanagonHolen Sie mehr aus dem Web. Unter http://explorer.msn.de/intl.asp#de gibt es einen KOSTENLOSEN Download von MSN Explorer.