Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 10:54:36 EDT
Reply-To: kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: Tune up help pleeassseee!
Barry;
I tried this method on our 85 GL and 86 Transporter. Both times I
experienced INCREASED engine temperatures. I later power flushed the
radiators and temps were lowered to normal. My theory is all the junk
ends up in the radiator when you try to flush using city water pressure.
The cooling runs are so long and the radiator is so big, that flow really
slows down in the radiator causing all the debris to settle there.
I recommend removing the radiator and having it "blasted out" by a
professional and leaving the rest of the system alone.
Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>
On Mon, 22 Jun 1998 09:23:09 -0400 Barry Armitage <Armitage@ASNT.ORG>
writes:
>On the tune-up stuff for a Wasserboxer, is it worthwhile to splice in
>one of those "T" connectors that you can buy to flush out the system
>with a garden hose? If so, where in the system should it be
>installed?
>
>
>Barry Armitage
>Editor, Materials Evaluation
>American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT)
>1711 Arlingate Lane
>Post Office Box 28518
>Columbus, Ohio 43228-0518
>614-274-6003 extension 205
>614-274-6899 Fax
>800-222-2768 Toll-Free
>e-mail: armitage@asnt.org
>
>> ----------
>> From: Andreas Fenner
>> Reply To: Andreas Fenner
>> Sent: Saturday, June 20, 1998 11:02 PM
>> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Tune up help pleeassseee!
>>
>> ----------
>> From: The Buslady <Route87@AOL.COM>
>> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Tune up help pleeassseee!
>> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 11:48:40 EDT
>>
>> Hey my wonderful VanaFriends !
>> It's about tune up time....
>> what needs to be done with the average tune up on our late model
>> vannies?
>> Granpa said all I could do is change the plugs and new air filter.
>> Isn't the
>> timing set permanently or something?
>> I know what to do for an air cooled type 1! Not a fancy FI 2.0
>> wasserbox!
>>
>> Hey there,
>> here is some advise from a fancy 2.1 Liter guy:
>>
>> 1.plugs, if you want to go fancy follow the postings on the 3-prong
>> bosch -
>> can't hurt anyways
>> replace the spark cables and distributor cap
>> 2.original air and oilfilter
>> 3.change oil to 20-50 synthetic
>> 4.bleed and replace (dot4) brakefluid - you need a helper and a no.7
>> wrench
>> 5.bleed and flush coolant liquid / replace with the new red stuff
>> 6. check the wiper blades and replace
>> 7.fill up both tanks for wiper fluid
>> 8.Listen to your engine and check the idle, should be 750 to 800 rpm
>> 9.check transmission fluid
>>
>> here is the computer (digifant), he resets and compensates for wrong
>> settings (e.g. distributor)
>>
>> two things here to visually inspect (and listen !) fuel injectors
>and
>> distributor,depending on both the age and mileage of the car
>consider
>> replacing (distributors wear out...)
>>
>> By now you have spent app. $150 and two hours and done a great
>> maintenance
>> job !
>> clean your windshields and windows and polish with Rain-X and take
>> your car
>> for a ride.
>> check whether it heats up and how fast, possibly replace the thermal
>> switch
>> and/ot thermostat.
>> Now you are up to $200 and three hours of fun work and got to know
>> your car
>> much better while extending the engines live and conserving both
>fuel
>> and
>> environment !
>>
>> check all the lights and functions, e.g. horn and cigarett lighter,
>> let the
>> car run and check the A/C if it is not running make a decision
>whether
>> it is
>> of importance to you and have the A/C serviced.
>>
>> (Now you need to refill the coolant liquid in the expansion tank as
>> the car
>> was running enough)
>>
>> That sound like a fun sunday project, at least to me,
>>
>> good luck
>>
>> Andreas
>> Vanagon GL Wolfsburg, 88
>> Vanagon GL , 88
>>
>
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