Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:46:02 -0500
Reply-To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: coolant leak story
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Subie 2.5!
Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Alistair Bell
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 10:18 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: coolant leak story
Maybe, but to tell you the truth when I first opened the hatch the engine
did not seem very hot at all. Plus it was a good 30-40 minutes before I got
going again and the buzzer went off. OIl level was fine.
I have thought about all of the swaps and I still have the (irrational?)
desire to put an I4 in. I had such good service from the one in my '82 westy
that I lean that way. I do not care about more power, I just want
reliability. I have all the mounting stuff from my '82 but that damn syncro
gas tank stopped me from putting in the I4 I have in the workshop. I might
ditch the diesel bellhousing and buy an adapter plate... but then I think if
I do that why not do a subie 2.2?
subie 2.2/I4 2.0 - that is the question.
alistair
PS thew buzzer went off only after revving above 2k
On 2012-11-27, at 7:11 PM, neil n wrote:
> Any chance the engine over heated enough to thin the oil and cause the
> buzzer to go off?
>
> (though that's the high pressure warning, so.....)
>
> Maybe this is hopeful thinking on my part.
>
> But the real question: which engine swap! ;^)
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> My '86 syncro still has the original engine in it. I admit to only doing
the bare minimum of work on it mainly because I have been planning (read:
procrastinating) on putting a different engine in it. Yesterday afternoon I
had time to do a couple of things on it which needed doing. One was to
replace the alt/waterpump belt and the powersteering belt. Both were old and
were making noise. The other thing was to clean the temp II sender
connection (it has a broken bit in the plastic and does not make the best of
connections).
>
>
>> .... About 500 metres from bus stop I notice the coolant warning light is
flashing AND the needle is still on cold.
>
>> So what had happened was the 8 mm ID hose that runs from head just under
PS bracket to the coolant "ring" that circles the engine had split. I think
the flashing coolant light was due to the low coolant level, the engine was
not, or did not seem to be, overheated. The temp gauge was not working
because I had knocked off the sender wire when I was mucking with the temp
II sender.
>>
>> ..... The van started up fine after the repair and it seemed (yes, using
"seemed" again) that I did not loose very much coolant. But when I revved
the engine the low oil pressure buzzer went off. Oh darn, I said.
>>
>> What to do? Did I really toast the engine? To hell with it, I'll drive
the 2 miles home. Buzzer was going as I drove, but halfway home the buzzer
stopped sounding. At home a restart and revving did not cause buzzer to
sound.
>>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Neil n
>
> 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp
>
> '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named.
>
> '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
> Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-
> engines
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