Date:         Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:44:46 -0400
Reply-To:     Clark Duff <clark@CLARKSPLACE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Clark Duff <clark@CLARKSPLACE.COM>
Subject:      Help needed, close to Bristol, TN
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Hello all,



                My daughter and a few of her friends left New Jersey this
morning, on the way to the Bonnaroo music festival. They are now stuck on
highway 81, a little south of Bristol. She's driving my 1991 Vanagon. She
said all the gauges look normal, no red lights. She has checked the water
level in the expansion tank and the oil. Everything looks good. The van is
smoking from the back, they can't tell exactly where it's coming from and
has no power. They can only drive ~ 30 mph. I had her let it sit and cool
off, then start again. It ran normally, then started smoking and lost power
again, after just a mile or two. It sounds like it might be overheating?
Even though the temp gauge reads normal. I had her run the front and rear
heaters, she said there was a lot of hot air blowing.



                Any ideas what she should be looking for?



                Is there anyone close, willing to take a look, or recommend
a good shop?



                They are going to get a hotel for the night, but need to be
back on the road as soon as possible, as there are 5 of them, at ~$250 a
ticket L for entry to Bonnaroo. If they can't get the van going they might
need to rent a car or something.



Thanks,



Clark

clark@clarksplace.com

908-391-9740