Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:57:16 -0700
Reply-To: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: My van makes coolant!
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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
>>
>>
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