Date:         Sun, 9 May 2004 11:35:21 -0500
Reply-To:     "Donald Baxter / Iowa City, Iowa" <onanov@MINDSPRING.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Donald Baxter / Iowa City, Iowa" <onanov@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      Re: Coolant coughing up?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Calle Fallberg" <calle.fallberg@TELIA.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: Coolant coughing up?


> Ok, It might be a headleak BUT IŽd try not to worry Žbout that right away
!
> You wrote that youŽd just replaced the waterpump, whatŽs the reason for
> doing so, was the Vanagon coughing water before that ??
> If not the problem you have is most likely to be caused by air !
> There are these looooong hoses and pipes, radiator away from the engine
and
> big chance that you have an airbubble somewhere !
> Additional heater under the back seat ?
> Another place to get air !


And I had this problem for a long time before I actually addressed it.  The
van was fine on short hauls as it took a while for the gas to accumulate in
the system.  It was after a long trip from Atlanta to Raleigh and back that
I finally decided that I had to address the problem.  I took the trip in
cold weather and the van was only overheating at idle--it was fine at 70.

Donald Baxter
Iowa City