Not only have I never heard of this ... my '85, with the airconditioning running, has idled for long periods without overheating. My '84 went for 12 years with a bad thermo switch (radiator fan wouldn't turn on) and in heavy traffic on really hot days, the temp would creep upward unless I used my foot on the accelerator to increase the RPM ... therefore the coolant flow. I've since replaced the switch and all is normal again. Mike
Robert Cardo wrote: > I have a friend who has a 85 GL, and is having heating up problems in > slow / in town traffic. > > I told him first to check the thermostat and put the palm of his hand > over the front of the radiator to see if it has any cold spots. > > I think he's having plugged radiator syndrome. > > At highway speed it cools fine. > > Now here's the punch line. > > His mechanic told him that Vanagon's have an inherant cooling fluid > movement problem, and he is going to add an electric auxillary water > pump in line ( somewhere ) in the coolant tubes to move the H2O > more efficiantly to the radiator. > > And for the paultry sum of 500 big one's. > > I told him to get in the Van, turn the key, and get it the heck outa > there. > > I now there is a bunch of stuff I haven't seen or heard of in this life. > But this seems really too wild even for me. > > Anybody heard / seen of anything so crazy? > > RC > |
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