Chris, Did follow any previous threads on your troubleshooting so forgive and obvious stuff here... Red dot is blinking? Needle is buried on 100%? Are you boiling over? Can you confirm from your experience that anything feels hotter then usual? If truly NOT hot then... Bad sender Bad Gauge Bad Voltage Stabilizer in gauge cluster (usually fails both gauges from what I read) Shorted wire will cause 100% reading If TRULY hot...and good heads and you pressure tested the coolant system then... Bad flow due to water not being moved or blockage (you mentioned new radiator) is your answer. Thermostat closed 100% shut Bad water pump (just happened to my jeep, no noise but not 100% efficient so was over heating) Shawn
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of JordanVw@AOL.COM Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 11:53 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: running hot....any ideas? 85 vanagon was running hot... so i replaced the radiator... didnt solve anything.. needle still is way over the red dot... any ideas? and yes, the heads are fine.. no leakage..coolant full.. what else could cause the needle to be way over the red dot? thanks.. chris |
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