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Date:         Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:34:36 -0600
Reply-To:     Ralph Meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ralph Meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Sick sick sick of diesel Vanagon cooling problems
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <B3E593FE-8F99-4327-95DB-B94DB7AA8746@gmail.com>
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Does this happen mostly with city driving or hwy driving? My AAZ warms up a touch in the city but cools better on the hwy. On Dec 10, 2015 12:22 PM, "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Two weeks ago I completed the conversion of my diesel Vanagon Westy turbo > diesel over to the new style tank with new engine hoses. As I write this I > am sitting in a Hardee's parking lot waiting for about the 15th time in the > last two weeks for my engine temps to go down to the point I can drive the > car. Before I left home for the short drive, I bled the cooling system > according to the Bentley for the eighth or 10th time since making the > conversion. I have only managed to have heat from the heater once or twice > in the last two weeks. I am on my second blue coolant In that time. When I > wake up in the morning I check it first thing. Always there is considerable > pressure left in the system from the night before. I installed a new > thermostat. I tested the old thermostat and the new thermostat on the > stove, and they both operated exactly the same. I put the new one in > anyway. Usually I can drive somewhere as to a store maybe 4 miles away. > Going to a store or on an errand it's likely to run just fine with the > needle steady in the center all the way there. Then on the way back I > typically have to pull over just like I have done now. I can let it cool > down maybe leasing the L some air out, and then be on my way with a > slightly hi or sometimes normal temp gauge. I never know what to expect. > But no longer can listen to audio because I have to keep my attention > riveted on the temp gauge. It's not leaking. I'm not losing coolant. I just > can't get rid of this air bubble. I don't think I have a leaking head > gasket because yesterday I drove to a town 100 miles away and back without > really having any problems. There are some steep hills along the way. The > temperature stayed normal. I don't find any soot in the coolant or water in > the oil. > > Any ideas? The temps were perfect before my "upgrade." > > Jim


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