Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 12:21:23 -0700
Reply-To: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
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From: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: vanagon Digest - 12 May 2003 - Special issue (#2003-508)
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matthias,
The temperature shifts are claissic signs of
having air in the coolant system. After replacing
the water pump the van needs to be bleed right. If
your mechanic is bleeding the system properly than
some how air is getting insto the system. It also
seems that perhaps you may have a problem with your
blue cap that sets the pressure on the back tank. If
that has not been replaced you should replace it. If
it has been replaced you might consider putting the
old one back on. I think that your problem may not
be with the waterpump? gary
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 08:10:08 -0700
From: zampano <matthias.k@ATTBI.COM>
Subject: water pump #4 in a year, vent hole leak
Hi Volks,
I had the water pump replaced under warranty again two
weeks ago by a
mechanic. The thing is leaking out of the vent hole.
It did it before,
and before that it did it before. You get the idea. My
van is a 84 WBX
1.9l w/manual tranny.
What puzzles me most is the erratic behavior of my
temp gauge. It went
up to little past where usually the van comes on, a
hair past the LED,
after going uphill in 4th gear on the freeway, at
about 3200rpms,
doing maybe 55mph (my speedo is highly embellished),
for 5 minutes
tops. It then went back down, but came back up, on the
flats. I pulled
over and saw squirted water, not just steam, allover
my pulley, coolant
pipes, extension tank etc. Can the vent hole squirt
out so intensely???
I double checked all my other hoses, clamps etc and
don't see where
else it would come from. Maybe it's venting out on to
the belt, then
tossed allover.
I know it is leaking, but that usually only happens
overnight, and
leaves a puddle the size of a spread out hand. It has
snail tracks from
the vent hole running down, but doesn't do it when I
run the motor, to
my knowledge.
What is the right water pump to install??
Happy Trails
matthias
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