Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 11:30:22 -0700
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From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Temp Gauge -- why did this happen?-now flushing tee-
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Right on -- thanks!
Does it matter which heater hose I install this thing on? IOW is one
better at draining the system than the other 'un?
--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
Bend, Ore.
1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.
On 05/09/2012 10:40 AM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> For now go buy one of these kits:
> http://www.prestone.com/products/print/461?popup=1 I'll be making a copper
> version this weekend and I'll email you some photos.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rocket J Squirrel [mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 8:49 AM
> To: Stuart MacMillan
> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Temp Gauge -- why did this happen?
>
>
> On 05/08/2012 09:00 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
>> I put a flushing tee in the heater hose under the van. Hook up your
> garden
>> hose and flush away! Note: The plastic tees you buy at your flaps will
>> break in a few years, so either plan on changing it once in a while,
>> or make yourself one out of copper pipe.
>
> Details, anyone? I don't normally work on copper pipe but I do have a
> propane torch, some acid flux, and some solder, and I'm not afraid to use
> them. Even though I normally use the torch to caramalize crème brûlée.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> Bend, Ore.
> 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
> 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in San
> Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.
>
>
>
>>
>> Also, you can never get all of the water out, so first add undiluted
>> coolant in the proper amount to get 50%, and then fill with water.
>> Here in the northwest we have naturally soft water directly from
>> mountain snow melt, so I don't bother with distilled.
>>
>> Stuart
>> '85 Westy
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>> Behalf Of Rocket J Squirrel
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 7:53 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Temp Gauge -- why did this happen?
>>
>> So we dropped the leaky radiator on my 1.9 and set the hoses to
>> drooling into a bucket. Only a few quarts (litres) came out. The cap
>> was off the expansion tank.
>>
>> My son suggested starting the engine for a bit to pump out some more
>> coolant. I reckoned it couldn't hurt (watch: I bet I'm wrong) so I
>> started the engine.
>>
>> Within a few moments the temp gauge started climbing. Obviously the
>> engine, which had been on for fewer than 15 seconds, was overheating.
>>
>> So what was the gauge reading?
>>
>> IN OTHER NEWS, I plan to run a couple loads of distilled water to
>> flush out more gunk before we connect the rad and put in coolant.
>>
>> But if only a gallon or so comes out through passive droolage then
>> that ain't gonna work. So I tried a trick that Zoltan told me about:
>> stuck my air compressor nozzle into the top of the expansion tank,
>> sealed the gap with a shop rag, and blew some air in.
>>
>> A lot more coolant came out, but not the nearly five gallons my
>> owner's manual says is in the system.
>>
>> Other than disconnecting hoses from the friggin' water pump which I
>> will /not/ do willingly (the 1.9 doesn't make it easy to get to them),
>> is there something else I can do to get a more complete flush?
>>
>> The van is parked with the nose slightly elevated. It could be pushed
>> off the ramps to lower the nose if that would help.
>>
>> Suggestions from anyone other than David Bereil are welcome. He told
>> me to test the new radiator by jamming a screwdriver through the
>> coils. I'm not sure I can trust him any more.
>>
>> --
>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>> Bend, Ore.
>> 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
>> 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company
>> in San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.
>>
>
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