Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 00:51:02 -0500
Reply-To: benoit <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
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From: benoit <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Subject: Re: Need input on radiator problem
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Mark, it seem that the fan come ON, but to late??? i'm not sure what she
mean by that! i just received an e-mail from her, it's hot over there
(95F), i know that, but still (i have driven westy in temp well over
104F)... if the rad is hot, both ways (for that she need to check the
hose comming IN and OUT), she as a engine/pump probleme, she just told
me that the van is still running hot without the thermostat!
Now, it's her imput, is it right??? I need more input from her.. she is
working hard to give me input.. i have great respect for that lady...
Thanks guys
Ben
Mark Drillock wrote:
> So, does she hear the fan working or not? I have driven through
> mainland Mexico in a Westy and some of those warm West coast mountains
> had my fan running for 20 minutes at a time. I had a new radiator.
>
> Mark
>
> benoit wrote:
>
>> Come on Mark, your better than that!!!! hey hey.... "more than the
>> radiator", ok what my friend!!!!
>>
>> Ben
>>
>> Mark Drillock wrote:
>>
>>> Is the radiator fan coming on? That is critical on those long slower
>>> climbs. I suspect that more than the radiator.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> Benny boy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Guys, yea, i need your input!
>>>> ..........
>>>>
>>>> Here is why i'm asking: i did a top-end and others small stuff for a
>>>> very
>>>> nice 62yo lady a few month ago, now, she is stranded with over-heating
>>>> problem deep into Mexico (near Acapulco), most coolant componants were
>>>> replace, heads/pistons are new, water pump, thermostat and many other
>>>> coolant related parts were replaced (not to say all). Since that
>>>> top-end,
>>>> she did at least 5000 miles without any problem. She just call me
>>>> from there
>>>> telling my some small town mechanic was removing the thermostat as we
>>>> where
>>>> on the phone, i went bazoukkk... i told her how to test the
>>>> thermostat wile
>>>> there and explain to her how to flush the rad to see if it was
>>>> flowing.
>>>> (it's a 1.9 by the way)
>>>>
>>>> The engine/coolant don't overheat at low speed, only on big hills wile
>>>> climbing, the engine sound and run fine all the time with good power,
>>>> even
>>>> when it's over-heating??? ........................
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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