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Date:         Tue, 9 Jul 1996 23:00:16 -0600
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>Received: from [205.138.107.34] by mail.sisna.com (NTMail 3.01.03) id ja940013; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 21:12:07 -0600 >Received: from [205.138.107.34] by mail.sisna.com (NTMail 3.01.03) id xa939533; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 21:05:22 -0600 >Received: from [205.138.107.34] by mail.sisna.com (NTMail 3.01.03) id va939401; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 21:03:45 -0600 >Received: from [205.138.107.34] by mail.sisna.com (NTMail 3.01.03) id ba938575; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 20:55:20 -0600 >Received: from [205.138.107.34] by mail.sisna.com (NTMail 3.01.03) id oa937964; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 20:48:48 -0600 >Received: from [205.138.107.34] by mail.sisna.com (NTMail 3.01.03) id ka937440; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 20:43:54 -0600 >Received: from [205.138.107.34] by mail.sisna.com (NTMail 3.01.03) id fa936447; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 20:35:07 -0600 >Received: from [205.138.107.34] by mail.sisna.com (NTMail 3.01.03) id ka935594; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 20:25:13 -0600 >Received: from [205.138.107.34] by mail.sisna.com (NTMail 3.01.03) id ha933563; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 19:59:32 -0600 >Received: from [205.138.107.34] by mail.sisna.com (NTMail 3.01.03) id ca932128; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 19:39:56 -0600 >Received: from [205.138.107.34] by mail.sisna.com (NTMail 3.01.03) id ia931874; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 19:36:23 -0600 >Received: from [205.138.107.34] by mail.sisna.com (NTMail 3.01.03) id ea929686; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 19:08:33 -0600 >Received: from [205.138.107.34] by mail.sisna.com (NTMail 3.01.03) id ia926882; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 18:39:03 -0600 >Received: from [128.101.131.52] by mail.sisna.com (NTMail 3.01.03) id wa924556; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 18:05:39 -0600 >Return-Path: <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu> >Received: from halfdan.med.umn.edu by mhub2.tc.umn.edu; Tue, 9 Jul 96 18:56:41 -0500 >Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 18:55:52 -0500 >Received: from (localhost) by halfdan; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 18:55:52 -0500 >Message-Id: <v01510101ae0859c831cd@[169.207.5.99]> >Errors-To: gsker@lenti.med.umn.edu >Reply-To: tmarcini@execpc.com >Originator: vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu >Sender: vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu >Precedence: none >From: tmarcini@execpc.com (Tim Marciniak) >To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu> >Subject: Re: Overheating, '87 Vanagon >X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas >X-Info: SISNA > >> >>To:tzallen@uniserve.com >>From:tmarcini@execpc.com (Tim Marciniak) >>Subject:Re: Overheating, '87 Vanagon >> >>>I request some help with what has turned out to be a chronic problem of >>>overheating on my '87 vanagon. When driving at sustained speeds on the >>>highway, everything is fine for a while. Then the red warning light on the >>>temp guage starts to flash and the temperature starts to rise. I pull over >>>and check the engine. the coolant seems to be boiling and overflowing into >>>the "overflow" tank. It fills well over the cap and starts to come out. I >>>release some of the pressure and the engine cools down if I drive at lower >>>rpm, say 3000. The temp rises again when going up hills or if I let the >>>rpms creep up. >>> >>>In town, the red warning light often flashes, but there plenty of coolant >>>and the engine temp doesn't seem to rise above half way on the guage. >>> >>>I have been to the mechanic several times. There are no apparent leaks, no >>>apparent combustion of coolant (actually it doesn't seem to lose coolant). >>>He has changed the thermostat, the thermostat housing and says everything is >>>ok, but it isn't. It works for a few days than it acts up again. >>> >>>Any ideas? I have had problems with heads and head gaskets, could this be >>>related? Is exhaust gas getting into the coolant? What tests are >>>available? Help. >>> >>>Tom Z. >> >>Tom, >> >>Has the cooling system been bled of air? Is your coolant fresh or is it a >>couple of years old? When was the last time the cooling system was >>flushed? BTW if I'm not mistaken the red warning light signals a low >>level of coolant in the expansion tank and not an overheating situation. >>In your case the cooling systen is overheating because your temp gauge is >>going up and you have boil over so it sounds like you need to rule out if >>you have enough coolant in system, properly bled of air, and coolant is >>fresh. >> >>Good Luck > >Tim Marciniak tmarcini@execpc.com >90 Westy Multivan > > >.


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