Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 12:45:21 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Overheated Westy '87
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2 WD 86 and later 2.1 waterboxer engine vanagons have a nice plastic
thermostat housing.
They melt, they determinate, they fail.
They're kinda funny looking when they do too.....like they fell in a
campfire or something.
Syncro's have that same part in made in metal.
1.9 wbxr's have it as part of the water pump area, and it's all metal
there, but corrosion on the bolts is a problem.
Aren't Volkswagens fun !!
Sometimes I like to say 'they're just volkswagens'
( i.e. not older Volvos or Mercedes or anything really well made like that.
Even Fords are considerably tougher, generally, the same era ones that is -
in modern cars almost everything is plastic, intake manifolds, valve covers
etc. )
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
neil N
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 12:00 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Overheated Westy '87
oh ok.
Was recalling the 1.9 WBX I had briefly. IIRC it had a metal t-stat housing.
Neil.
On 12/3/07, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
> Its plastic Neil - crappy VW plastic at that.
>
> On Dec 3, 2007 10:41 AM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Wow! A melted thermostat housing. I'd say you *may* have dodged a real
big
> > bullet there!
> > --- :^)
> > Was the thermostat replaced? Any wiring near the thermostat housing with
> > damaged casing?
> >
> > Neil.
> >
> > On 12/3/07, Bill Stokes <bstokes4@juno.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > While crusin' over a long bridge I threw my belts and the alternator
> > > light went on first, then a few minutes later the temp light went on
> > with
> > > about 2 miles left to be able to coast into a service station off the
> > > bridge. All the coolant was lost and it got so hot it melted the
upper
> > > thermostat housing where the coolant escaped. Since this incident, I
> > > have put about 700 miles on the car in city and highway driving
> > > conditions keeping close tabs for any coolant loss under the engine
> > > and/or oil consumption. So far, there has been no evidence of any
> > damage
> > > using these two criteria. The car runs as good as it ever did.
> > >
> > > My question is what areas should targeted for more trouble shooting
> > since
> > > this car got very hot. Should all the hoses be changed because of the
> > > risk of integrity loss due to the high heat. Also, what other
> > components
> > > should be checked if any. I don't want to have a catastrophic failure
> > on
> > > a trip due to this heat event. I am thinking positively and feeling
> > that
> > > after 700 miles, no fluid loss, good running, and no oil consumption I
> > > may have dodged the bullet. Any comments would be appreciated as to
the
> > > best thing to ensure any future failures as a result of this event.
> > >
> > > Bill in St. Petersburg
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia -
> > "Jaco" (Bustorius) http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> >
> > Engine swap beginings: http://musomuso.googlepages.com/home
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> Crescent Beach, BC
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/
>
--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia -
"Jaco" (Bustorius) http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
Engine swap beginings: http://musomuso.googlepages.com/home
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