It took awhile, but here's my reply to this issue... which I have been watching. I just blew a hose from head to water distributor on right side of 86 Westy. When I removed the hose to replace, I found some debris in the distributor- from, I think the lining of hoses. Removed the distributor and I scraped out about 1/3 of a cup of crumbly black deposits, cleaned things up and put it back together. It seems that most of my overheating came from the obstructions from that stuff. Now I can sit still w/ac on and not get too hot. Maybe worth checking out, as my temps acted the same way. Jim C 86 Westy "Vanilla" 71 Van On Oct 5, 2008, at 5:18 PM, Ken Lewis wrote: > Allan, > This behavior is not atypical: "I noticed that the temperature gauge > would > go up and down based on whether I was moving.." > > Sounds like the water pump or radiator are not up to snuff. > > Ken Lewis > http://neksiwel.20m.com/ > in statu viae |
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