Date:         Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:29:48 -0700
Reply-To:     "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Gurgling after engine shutoff... normal?
Comments: To: Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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I can't answer whether other Vanagons present with Gurgle Syndrome, all
I can say is that I've never heard anything like it even after parking
in a quiet forest campground after having climbed 5000 feet in hot
weather. I've never noticed much in the way of noise from the engine
compartamento even when playing with leveling blocks under the tires.

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

On 6/25/2007 1:11 PM Jim Felder wrote:

> It's hotter than hell around here, as I imagine it is in much of the
> hemisphere. I have recently noticed that after I park the car and
> turn the engine off, after 10 or 20 seconds I hear gurgling from the
> coolant reservoir. The one time I bothered to look I didn't see much
> going on except the main tank (which was full) trying to take in
> water from the expansion tank, which was dry.
>
> I added water and still it gurgled, presumable it needed more to
> "catch up" than what I put in. So, yesterday I added more.
>
> It still gurgles. Checked cool, the reservoir is completely full
> without a bubble. The car doesn't overheat (doesn't even get above
> the coolant light) except in a long line in direct heat with the AC
> on, and the coolant light operates as if the system is normal. The
> recent addition of water was the first time I have added any since
> January. There is no odor or antifreeze inside or outside the car
> that I can detect.
>
> Is this something that I have just now noticed that's been going on
> all seventeen years of ownership, and I just never noticed it before?
> Do other Vanagons gurgle like this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>