| Transporter cooling problems [message #777584] |
Wed, 12 July 2006 16:39 |
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Hi All,
Someone named t4 wrote a message about a cooling problem with their 2.4
transporter. I have had such a problem with mine. I stripped down the
rad (becareful of the power steering fluid - top hoses), took out the
thermosat (which I had already changed) and flushed out the system = no
problem. However, with the rad off I noticed that there are a set of
louvres over the fans. These open - presumably by the heat operated
device in the centre of the rad - and I found this to be seized. I
removed the device that operates them, reassembled the system and went
for drive = problem solved! So, no need to go anywhere the head gasket
(big sigh of relief).
The interesting thing for me was that the vehicle was fine ticking over
but as soon as you made it work (say on the by-pass/motorway) it got
hot in seconds.
Hope this helps.
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| Re: Transporter cooling problems [message #777593 ] |
Thu, 13 July 2006 03:38 |
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"happysparks" <roygarside [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1152715173.216866.259970 [at] i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi All,
>
> Someone named t4 wrote a message about a cooling problem with their 2.4
> transporter. I have had such a problem with mine. I stripped down the
> rad (becareful of the power steering fluid - top hoses), took out the
> thermosat (which I had already changed) and flushed out the system = no
> problem. However, with the rad off I noticed that there are a set of
> louvres over the fans. These open - presumably by the heat operated
> device in the centre of the rad - and I found this to be seized. I
> removed the device that operates them, reassembled the system and went
> for drive = problem solved!
Yep this is a common failure item on T4 VW vans.
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