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Re: Marooned 96 Astro Van
wookee #600356 January 28th 2013 12:11 am
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On closer inspection I think the rad is clogged pretty good.
I will also drain the oil and look real close at what end up in the drain pan.
A new bucket from the dollar store is going to come in handy.

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Re: Marooned 96 Astro Van
wookee #600359 January 28th 2013 12:55 am
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I was gonna suggest flushing the coolant, especially if it looks like coffee. A clog could be cleared with a flush, but it is possible the radiator was leaking and the color is from one of those quick-fix "leak sealers", which will also clog the heater core and some of the cooling components. A flush will clear those up, but will also remove the leak sealer, making the original leak come back. I'd do it anyway, but it might get expensive, depending on what was leaking.


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Re: Marooned 96 Astro Van
wookee #600364 January 28th 2013 1:37 am
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Some body has eliminated the heater control valve and replaced the core.
It is not showing signs of a bad head gasket YET.
The engine has all of it's 111,000 miles of grime on it yet.

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Re: Marooned 96 Astro Van
wookee #600481 January 28th 2013 10:06 pm
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I had to go a bit deeper in my now exploratory surgery on this Astro.

Swapped the stat it had a barrs leak mustache.
Went to fill up the rad and it only took a 1/2 of a gallon and started barfing up coolant.
So I quit for a bit.Went back at it and pulled the bottom hose this morning.Nothing came out of the lower hole.
It swallows coolant and has not even started yet?
Yes the drain plug is lower than the bottom hose.
There is still a 1/2 gallon of green stuff inside of that rad.
I think some body put a water pump in here at one points the rad was full of dents and slightly mushed coolant fins.
the block is black the pump is rusty color.

I will look a little closer at that once I get the fan clutch off....

the heater control valve looks good I will compare it to a new one tomorrow.

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Re: Marooned 96 Astro Van
wookee #600483 January 28th 2013 10:09 pm
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Good luck! Sucks that it wasn't just a drive and play! lol


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Re: Marooned 96 Astro Van
wookee #600515 January 29th 2013 7:08 am
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Hey Joe is there any sign that someone had replaced the radiator? Making me wonder if maybe they grabbed a JY rad that had debris in it and thought their problem was elsewhere?

Re: Marooned 96 Astro Van
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The rad looks original.
I want to install a new fan clutch.
I just need to figure out how to lock up the shaft coming out of the water pump to get the clutch off the end of the pulley.

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Re: Marooned 96 Astro Van
wookee #600652 January 29th 2013 10:51 pm
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On mine, I put a screw driver over one bolt and under the next, giving a lever to turn against. I hope that makes sense. . . .


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Re: Marooned 96 Astro Van
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They make a tool you can rent from the Zone and other places like that but I usually put my big Crescent wrench on the fan nut and give the handle a good whack, 99% of the time that works as long as the belt is still on it. If the belt is off, you about have to have the fan wrenches. It is standard right hand threads. If you were closer I would hook you up with a radiator and a water pump. I replaced the radiator on mine thinking mine had standard cooling and I bought a HD cooling radiator, turns out they were the same and I put a high volume water pump on it at the same time and the one I took off was about a year old. Not sure why, I guess the system design, but mine also takes anti-freeze slowly. You just about have to start it up and wait til the T-stat opens to finish filling it.


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