Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 2010 12:54:10 -0500
Reply-To:     B Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
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From:         B Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
Subject:      Re: No heat at stoplights.
Comments: To: David Prendergast <dprendergast@TRIAD.RR.COM>
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#1 this means you have air in the cooling system. There is probably 10,000
posts on this in the archives or I'm sure someone can summarize the
procedures for finding a leak if you have one. In the meantime get the air
out. When the van is ice cold tommorow open the engine lid and fill up the
plastic bottle located towards the read of the van (not the one behind the
licence plate, the one in the engine compartment).  Be sure to put in your
50/50 mix. Do this every morning until the bottle is full when you open it
in the morning. After (or during) this time you can use the bleeding
procedures (one of many variatons) found on this list. You can also do that
first but I like to make sure I have plenty of coolant first.

Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
David Prendergast
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 12:26 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: No heat at stoplights.

Did a search on this but didn't find much.  84 Westy, heat seems to be
working fine (although not as hot as I remember, although it could be my
imagination) Whenever I come to a stoplight and reach down to feel the heat
(front, havent checked the rear) its blowing cold until I start moving
again.  Weird and wacky to me.  No coolant leaks and bottle is full.