Hey Rocky, there was a recent thread on this part and its failure rate, the upshot of which was that, according to Benny boy, the dealer part was far superior. YMMV, Professional driver, No animals harmed, etcetera On 10/21/07, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > > Give the man a seegar! I do indeed have a failed expansion tank cap. > > I like it when I find a cause to a problem. > > -- > 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 10/20/2007 5:09 PM Ken Wilford wrote: > > > Your expansion tank cap is probably bad and not holding pressure. Take > > it off and try sucking through it (clean the coolant off first). If you > > can easily suck on it then it is toast and needs to be replaced. Many > > are in the condition and folks just don't know. It is important that > > they hold pressure because if not then the boiling point of your coolant > > is lower than it should be so it will overheat easier. > > > > Hope this helps, > > Ken Wilford > > John 3:16 > > www.vanagain.com > > > > Michael Elliott wrote: > >> I replaced the water pump in my 1.9L yesterday, a thoroughly pleasant > >> task, and filled and bled the cooling system. I did it using TJ > Hannink's > >> "raise the rear" method as shown on > >> > >> http://www.vanagonauts.com/The-Contrarian-(easy)-Method194.htm > >> > >> After the last of the bubbles came out of the hoses into the reservoir, > I > >> filled it, then filled the overflow tank to between the min/max lines. > >> Let > >> the engine cool, and noticed that engine had sucked in a bit of > >> coolant so > >> I added a taste to bring the level back between the lines. > >> > >> Took the van for a drive last night, checked under it this morning, no > >> leaks. Hurray! > >> > >> This morning, I saw that the coolant level was well above the max > >> line, so > >> I siphoned some out. Took it for another drive, let it cool for a > couple > >> hours, and it was above the max line again. Siphoned more out. I moved > >> the > >> van off the driveway and parked it on a hill, with its nose high to > stop > >> blocking the driveway. An hour later I noticed that there was coolant > >> behind the van. The overflow tank was completely full! > >> > >> Moved the van to level, siphoned more coolant out, cleaned up the mess. > >> > >> At this point I've removed about 2 liters of coolant from the system. > >> What > >> the heck? > >> > >> -- > >> 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 > >> > >> > > > > >
-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/ |
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