Date:         Tue, 11 Apr 95 13:36:10 CDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Joel Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu>
Subject:      Re: 90 Vanagon

On Tue, 11 Apr 95 11:57:32 CDT Herb Harmison said:
>Since I have just gotten on this group, was the problem of "carb icing" with
>fuel injected engines discussed earlier? I had this problem and nearly drove
>me nuts until a regional service rep let me know what was happening. Cleared
>at no cost under the 50k mile pollution deal.

what was this all about?? tell us!! :)

>Also experiencing a VERY loud noise from the radiator fan. Can't find any
>obvious problems like interference. Are the bearings a problem in the fan?

i had this problem on my 86 bus ... VERY loud fan. not a screeching noise,
but just when the fan came on, it was very very loud. scared the hell outa
pedestrians. :)  it was like it had only one speed, and that was high speed.
the dealer never did care to even examine it, saying "they all do that."
yeah, right: my 88 is very quiet and has NEVER gotten as loud as that 86.

i suspect (in hindsight) a bad thermo-switch on the radiator. maybe a lousy
fan.

joel