Vanagon EuroVan
Previous messageNext messagePrevious in topicNext in topicPrevious by same authorNext by same authorPrevious page (May 1994)Back to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGON (or change settings)ReplyPost a new messageSearchProportional fontNon-proportional font
Date:         Thu, 26 May 94 20:18:43 CDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Joel Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu>
Subject:      vw heat / night problems

vw heat: the electric fan is/was, from what i understood, to help at idle and in slow moving traffic ... cause if you could keep the rpm up about about 2000, you had plenty of heat coming through ... assuming, of course, that all the other parts were in working order.

smell/oil in heat: check also the valve cover gaskets. if they are leaking, they'll drip right onto the heat exchangers .... and any rust-holes in the heat exchangers will let the hot oil stink up the air. (it's how i used to know when my 1971 bus gaskets needed changing. :)

carb/fuel problems but only at night: check also the voltage regulator. my old bus would start acting 'funny' at night about every two years, and only in August ... it was the voltage regulator dying. you can notice that the headlights are looking dimmer and dimmer and yellower and yellower. it seems that the heat from the engine compartment, especially in the summers of alabama, were just too much for it.

and if you do decide to replace the voltage regulator, DISCONNECT THE BATTERY FIRST!!! i'm serious ... do it! i didn't ... just one time ... and i slipped and dropped the partially connected regulator, which naturally grounded to the chassis. ever seen a great big red wire (that runs to the generator) just 'evaporate' right in front of your eyes? well, it will! luckily, it didn't polarize anything or hurt the generator ... but it certainly increased the pucker factor that day! 8*

joel


Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!


Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com


The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.