Date:         Wed, 13 Dec 1995 13:29:15 -0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         SyncroHead@aol.com
Subject:      Re: Cooling oddities on 85 GL

In a message dated 95-12-12 19:37:10 EST, dbax@mindspring.com (Donald Baxter)
writes:

> The van would start to get warm as soon as I got off the freeway but
>ran great at speeds of between 65 and 70 MPH

The primary difference in around town driving and freeway driving is air flow
through the radiator.  At freeway speeds there is plenty of "free" airflow.
 Around town the fan must function properly to flow enough air through the
radiator to cool the coolant.  It sounds to me like the problem lies with
your radiator fan not functioing properly.

Good luck,
Jim Davis
87 Syncro
88 Wolfsburg

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