Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 09:01:17 -0600
Reply-To: Darrell Boehler <midwesty@MIDWEST.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: Darrell Boehler <midwesty@MIDWEST.NET>
Subject: Re: Vanagon Content - Need Advice CORRECTION
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Hi Terry,
Your wife is very thorough and observant.
Item 1 Check to be certain your digijet has proper ground on the lower
mounting screw. ( if in doubt add a wire to the left head from the bottom
mounting screw)
item 2 there was some air in the coolant system and she felt the surge of
heat as the coolant displaced the air. Keep a close watch on the coolant
level. While running check for bubbles at the left tank , maybe pressure
test the coolant system see if it can keep the pressure up over night.
item 3 white smoke is coolant, blue is oil and black is fuel. Maybe you are
overfilled on oil and it was blue smoke looking like white in the rear view
mirrors. Keep the oil level just above the lower mark on the dip stick
be sure dip stick tube is fully seated). My 86 has left huge clouds when
oil was over filled a quart.
Darrell
-----Original Message-----
From: Terrence Tickle <tickle@ENG.MC.XEROX.COM>
To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM <vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Monday, November 30, 1998 7:16 AM
Subject: Vanagon Content - Need Advice CORRECTION
>>From tickle@eng.mc.xerox.com Mon Nov 30 08:10 EST 1998
>Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 08:10:42 -0500
>From: tickle@eng.mc.xerox.com (Terrence Tickle)
>To: vanagon@vanagon.com
>Subject: Vanagon Content - Need Advice
>Cc: tickle@eng.mc.xerox.com
>
>Hi,
>
>Just when I thought I got everything set for the winter, my 83.5 wb threw a
curve ball at me ...
>
>(This is a new motor from VW dealer, less than 3000 miles.)
>
>My wife was driving at highway speeds 55-60 mph. Then the following
happened within several seconds, then operation returned to normal with no
problems for the rest of the day.
>1) gradual loss of power (like she was removing her foot from the
accelerator)
>2) she felt a sudden increase of heat from the heater (blowing on her feet)
>3) a large cloud of white smoke visible in the rear view mirror
>
>This was all within 5 - 10 seconds, then everything was ok. When she got
home, I could find no evidence of coolant anywhere, but the coolant level in
the OVERFLOW tank was slightly down. The coolant in the other (pressurized)
coolant tank was full.
>
>I have a very bad feeling about this, what do you think?
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Terry Tickle
>
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