Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:44:21 -0600
Reply-To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Sick sick sick of diesel Vanagon cooling problems
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Pulled over third time.
No heat even while priming cooling system. That is another thing that makes
me think it is not a head gasket. With a head gasket leak, I could prime it
and it would be OK heat wise until I got out on the road or pulled a hill.
Then the bubble would take over. But what's happening now is that I'm never
getting any heat at all at any time.
On Thursday, December 10, 2015, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Radiator fan: sometimes. Heat: five percent of the time.
>
> On Thursday, December 10, 2015, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jim.felder@gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Both. Forgot to mention it could be the sensor but no real evidence of
>> that
>>
>> On Thursday, December 10, 2015, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Drove five minutes pulled over again as temps rise past 3/4
>>>
>>> On Dec 10, 2015, at 12:29 PM, Edward Maglott <emaglott3@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> odd symptoms. when you went 200 miles yesterday with no problems, did
>>> you stop? do symptoms correlate with stopping for some period of time
>>> during a drive, such as when you go to a store or on an errand?
>>> Edward
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 1:22 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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