Date:         Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:41:39 -0800
Reply-To:     Rus <rusb01@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Rus <rusb01@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: hot Vanagon
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HEY all......Ok i got my van going again, no damage
that i can tell as it runs just as great as it always
did....but its not like i drove it across the country
with the oil light and buzzer going off.......ive got
a coolant leak someplace and i cant find it.....im
thinking its the coolant reseviour itself. anyway my
question is "since it did get pretty warm and my oil
light and buzzer came on for a few minutes......should
the heads be retorqued or anything???" someone
suggested this when my fan belt broke on my 87 mexibug
and it got hot
Thanks
rus

--- Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET> wrote:

> If the heater did not get warm you were not flowing
> coolant. Either the
> system was way too low or something major is a miss.
> Obviously the low
> coolant level warning system is not working. Just
> because the light came
> on once does not mean the complete system is
> working. The gauge finally
> pegged when you made steam and the oil light came on
> since the engine
> was so hot that you were losing oil pressure. You
> need to check things
> out but since you drove for a while without coolant
> flow you need to
> plan on some serious engine damage occurring. Most
> likely you will now
> internal head gasket leaks, along with melted
> gaskets and pulled studs.
>
> Dennis
>


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