Per, I just recently happened to notice that on our 90 Westy (2.1 engine) that it takes about 5 minutes for heat to start coming out when the car starts out at about 32F. Sounds like you may have a bad thermostat. There was a thread on the list recently to the effect that some aftermarket thermostats may not behave correctly. Dave 87 Wolfsburg 90 Westfalia At 01:52 PM 10/29/98 -0800, Per Lindgren wrote: >The engine in my 88 Syncro takes forever to heat up, and with the cold >season beeing over us already, this is rather annoying. My best shot >would be the thermostat, but I will not bother to replace it if the wbx >really is a slow heater. I will ask you how long does your vans take to >get any heat in the heaters? I have to do at least 15 minutes of city >driving to get any heat to speak of, my last car, a 5-cyl Audi needed 5 >minutes. If I'll need to replace it, where do I drain the coolant, and >how do I bleed it. I know there is a bleeder screw on top of the >radiator, there seems to be one on the thermostat housing, but I need >the procedure. I do not have any manuals, so don't bother to refer to >any. > >Tia >PerL >88 Syncro > |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.