Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1998 19:40:53 -0400
Reply-To:     Michael Sullivan <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Sullivan <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Overheating
Comments: To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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At 08:37 PM 10/5/98 -0700, Richard M. Myers wrote:

>Try an 80C thermostat and a new fan switch (on rad.).  The currently available

>fan switches come on at a lower temp than the stock '88 switch did.  These will

>help, but it's likely that the real problem is air in your cooling system.  Try

>getting it bled by an experienced Vanagon mechanic.

>

>Dick Myers



This past summer my '87 Syncro, with 90k miles, often ran "hot", especially sitting in traffic, so I bit the bullet and replaced the following:


new fan switch on radiator

new 80C thermostat

new temperature sensor

new resistor (it was definitely burnt out)

and bled the system


Result? The vehicle never "gets hot", the fan comes on at the proper time, and the system typically runs right at the LED in the middle of the scale. Total cost was well under $100 and well worth it in my opinion.


Cheers,





<bold>Michael J. Sullivan

</bold><italic>Director of Catalog Design

Open Market, Inc.

</italic>

'87 GL Syncro Westfalia

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