Date:         Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:55:30 -0700
Reply-To:     David Hally <davegh@PACBELL.NET>
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From:         David Hally <davegh@PACBELL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Not overheating,
              but maybe not "right"...opinions sought. Other Van Other Question
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My '90 GL acts differently: The temp gauge runs "nornally" just at the
top of the LED. Even in cool weather, the High speed fan comes on
sometimes, in slow traffic or in town more often than not. AC in
inoperable and turned off. What should I look for?
Radiator? AFAIK is original, with 216k miles
Thermostat?
Temp senders- the one on the radiator is new, the others not.
Heads have been done about 10k miles ago.
Very minor coolant leak, which I haven't been aable to trace-not going
into oil.
It doesn't seem to be harming anything, but it's very annoying and
scared ths SH*T out of some old lady in a cross walk the other day when
it came on (cool night in Santa Cruz, about 15 minutes after starting
the van)
TIA
Dave

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Dave Hally
1990 Vanagon GL
1974 BMW R90/6
1977 BMW R100/7 Frankenbeemer
1951 HD Servicar
Zayante, California

--- Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> David Bohannan wrote:
> > <snip>
> > High speed fan hasn't come on in a long while I think due to lack
> of
> > sitting
> > in traffic...I haven't seen the needle get that high recently. What
> on
> > earth
> > is that high speed fan for? AC on, idling in traffic? Does this all
> sound
> > normal? Or should it not get into those higher ranges with the AC
> on -
> > meaning that the low speed fan is running continuous...
>
> Hey, David. Mellow Yellow's high speed fan will come on after a while
> when climbing several thousand feet at freeway or highway speeds with
> temps in the 80's and 90's. Temp gauge will climb as high as midway
> between the LED and the beginning mark of the "hot" range to the
> right
> of it under those conditions. I'd be sweating, too. In fact, I
> usually
> am, not having any AC and with hot air leaking out of the auto shift
> housing.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>
>
> >
>