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• Re: (water-cooled) blinking light ... some tech bulletins
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 12 Jul 1994 08:10:17 -0500 (CDT)
  On Mon, 11 Jul 1994, James Lu x3702 wrote: > What's the "normal" temperature for an '83? The right edge of the > temperature needle...
• gauge recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Tim & Kim Dayton
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:13:12 -0500
  I currently have a voltmeter and oil temperature gauge in this Westy. Any other gauges recommended?
• Re: HELP: problem with temperature gauge (or something)
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:24:13 -0400
  David, your good! Cheers, Ben http://pages.infinit.net/eurokit/
• high temp thermistat
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:49:05 -0500
  anybody have a recommendation for a source for a high quality high temperature thermostat? mike
• thanks on blinking water temp light and groups in Europe
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Sat, 13 May 2017 15:27:35 +0200
  ...2) Engine temperature exceeding about 15/16ths on the gauge. The coolant temperature sensor is a variable resistor. Its resistance DECREASES as the temperature...
• Re: 87 syncro water temperature sender
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 00:44:48 -0400
  ...87 syncro water temperature sender > > > > > >dittos on Mark's description with one exception. The Temperature Sender > >to the Gauge has 2 wires (Yellow/Red...
• Dual Air Conditioning in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 23:05:32 -0500
  ...To run the thing you simply turn on the front air conditioning and set the fan speed and temperature. If you want the rear...
• Re: Diesel oil temperatures
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Jan 2000 22:04:03 -0500
  ...Diesel oil temperatures > Do any of you diesel owners have any feedback regarding oil temperatures? My > 82 Westy has a 1.9L diesel conversion...
• Re: RX7 Aux Oil Cooler install...results Aircooled vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 29 Jun 2002 08:22:13 -0500
  ...Since the results of changes in the cooler operation take as much as ten minutes to register on the temperature gauge, it still holds...
• Re: OOPS Overheating - Radiator temperature?
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 27 May 2005 16:43:11 -0400
  ...OOPS Overheating - Radiator temperature? > John Bange just pointed out that I was feeling the AC condensor not the > radiator, I haven't had a...
• Re: Oil overfill... or not? (long post)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 21:42:44 -0700
  ...The outside temperature dropped into the fifties, and the oil pressure gauge indicated a rapid increase in pressure to around 40 psi. The temperature...
• Redline Water Wetter + No-Rosion
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 8 Jul 2013 08:37:12 -0700
  ...Sometimes a properly functioning cooling system and everything working as designed....it is still not enough to allow the motor to maintain temperature properly...
• 84 Cooling System Problem
  Historical mailing list - John Thomas
  Thu, 2 Oct 1997 08:16:54 -0700
  ...When we started back out, as we started to leave the parking lot, the red temperature warning light started to blink and the temperature...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor / Full Throttle Switch
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 11:27:15 PST
  ...The reduction of peak temps is to attenuate the production of oxides of Nitrogen (pollutants) that are formed only at high temperatures. Two bits...
• Re: Vitrifrigo temp data
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sun, 7 Jul 2013 12:37:29 -0800
  ...There was a person on the forum who did some testing on the Vitrifrigo refrigerator, and charted the temperatures of the freezer versus the...
• Re: Oil and Filter Changes
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 29 Jun 2005 17:22:11 -0600
  If you are in an area of high humidity and wide temperature swings you can end up with water condensation in the oil. This...
• Re: Clip for temperature sensors at thermostat housing (2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 08:16:18 -0400
  ...Clip for temperature sensors at thermostat housing (2.1L) >Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 05:42:22 -0500 > >Hello all! > >Thanks for the advice...
• Re: How long to reach full operating temp?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:19:00 -0600
  ...your Vanagon to reach >full operating temperature, considered the center of temp gauge, and >at what outside temperature? > >-- >Chris S. >Disclaimer: "Death and serious...
• Re: Oil temperature sender
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sat, 14 Jan 2017 11:57:17 -0500
  What I'm looking for is the temperature sender that will fit where the current oil pressure switch adapter is. I've already moved...
• Re: Tan paste on inside of oil cap
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hooper
  Wed, 12 Mar 1997 01:29:56 -0600
  >running at warmer temperatures/longer stretches is a band aid not a >solution. I may be an idiot on this one too, but why...
• Re: external temperature gauge
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:56:28 -0700
  ...external temperature guage > > You can shorten or lengthen the probe wires with no change in the = > measurement, but you have to do an excellent...
• Re: Synthetic oil not worth it (long)
  Historical mailing list - S2
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 22:54:38 -0600
  ...You repeated the testers comments that the synthetics flowed better at low temperatures and provided better protection at high temperatures. That news alone is...
• Re: B. Bobs day at the dyno and the importance of fuel airratio update
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 09:37:27 -0600
  ...However, I think it would be very cool and informative to be able to know what is going on temperature-wise with each cylinder...
• 2.1L coolant light problem
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 16 Jul 2003 12:30:52 -0700
  I have always observed that there is a bit of a disconnect between what you see as an engine temperature(the light) and what...
• Re: Gauged Animals?
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 09 Nov 1995 18:55:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...single CHT (Cylinder >head temp) guages, single EGT (exhaust gas temperature) guages, combined >single EGT and CHT, 4 channel EGT, 4 channel CHT, 6...
• Re: RE.Advice on Evaporator Icing
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Aug 2000 11:12:09 EDT
  ...I was thinking about this again this morning while waking up (I know I have a problem) and I remembered that the temperature knob...
• Re: Carpet for gray Westies...
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 23:47:47 -0700
  What high temperatures in the middle of the van? And UV? No different than any home's. Same usage than in a house. I...
• Re: engine compartment temp?
  Historical mailing list - kW
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:09:48 -0800
  ...In order to avoid false alarms, I need to know the MAXIMUM temperature that will occur in the engine compartment under normal operating conditions...
• Oil cooler questions. Reply was blocked.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Oct 2022 14:32:10 +0000
  ...Ideally oil temperature should be close to coolant temperature. 3) On the Waterboxer, the oil cooler/heater is actually designed to both. It is...
• Re: Overheating 2.1L Questions
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 01:43:37 -0500
  ...Using the heaters > would stabilize the temperature a little above the halfway point. > > I decided that the engine should be repaired or replaced. The...
• Re: Quick and easy auxiliary heat
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:17:07 -0500
  ...My current outside temperature is >> 39F, and my van has been at 75F for over 24 hours. There is a lot of heat >> stored...
• Re: ..TD conversion
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 7 Dec 1996 00:05:00 -0500
  ...If you have a pyrometer keep the >temperature below 950F. I am hoping that your pyrometer was mounted downstream of the turbo as my...
• Re: Won't start cold
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:10:57 -0400
  ...On 4/17/09, Greg Marshall <mr.marshall@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi all, > > My van won't start when the temperature is below about...
• Idiot Light
  Historical mailing list - Barry Mercer
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 21:15:55 -0500
  ...After a run, or during, as the engine temperature guage moves to the usual position just over the red LED... the light starts to...
• FLASH: Canada tries to invade California again
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 15:13:56 EST
  ...is when we turn off the heat in California. >> Keith, So you Canadians turned our heat down so that the temperature is more to...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 May 1997 14:52:55 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I measured the temperature at: 1) the oil filter (to measure the temperature after the oil cooler and just before it enters the engine...
• Request for insight
  Historical mailing list - David Chasteen
  Sat, 25 Jul 1998 13:17:38 -0500
  ...Outside temperature 80 deg F or less, engine starts and runs fine. Outside temperature 90 deg to 98 deg F (approx.), engine runs very...
• Re: Temperature sensor II in '77
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Apr 95 18:00:17 EDT
  ...Does any one know the temperature at which the sensor "activates" the CPU to enrich the mixture? FWIW I had a head temp gauge...
• Re: temperature questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 10 Aug 2017 23:02:04 +0000
  For the oil temperature where did you place the gauge sensor? Is it sensing the oil coming out of the engine or after it...
• Re: Boiling a Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Stones
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 09:54:34 -0400
  ...it takes about 2-3 minutes to >open completley once dropped into the boiling >water-dont ask what temperature the water is, i dont...
• Re: Transmission question
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 16:21:38 -0700
  ...The only > differences seem to be the outside temperature. Today it is in the 50s and > through the week it was in the 30s...
• Re: [WetWesties] Ft Lewis troubles
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:59:35 -0500
  ...temperature_ gauge started to go down! By the > time I pulled into the station, the needle was resting right on the > lower temperature mark...
• Re: Summer Oil pressure drop + higher temperatures with oil error (Was: Is 20w50 Oil OK in the winter?)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 23 Dec 2002 11:57:42 -0800
  ...Summer Oil pressure drop + higher temperatures with oil error (Was: Is 20w50 Oil OK in the winter?) This new learning amazes me. Here is...
• Re: Quick and easy auxiliary heat
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Tue, 29 Oct 2013 21:12:18 -0500
  ...So well I had to cover the water containers with a large towel to keep the temperature reasonable. I got to the site at...
• Re: external temperature guage
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:21:34 -0600
  ...external temperature guage Which two did you buy/not like? I am interested in adding same thing, and would like to avoid the crap...
• Re: Temp Indicator On Dash rises to max: 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Hotch
  Mon, 14 Oct 1996 12:25:10 -0400
  ...It looked pretty appetizing ;-) > > Anyway, I think I broke something because when I started the engine, the > temperature indicator rose very quickly while the...
• Reply to Ben: Re: Front brake noise of 91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Fonni Chang
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 11:55:24 EDT
  ...Is it a grinding, squealing, clunking, thumping or ???? You also need to indicate weather conditions (that is temperature). Temperature extremes can make brakes and...
• '87 Fuel Injection & General
  Historical mailing list
  21 Aug 1996 09:45:49 GMT
  ...If I were to replace the thermostat what temperature should I ask for? Is the fan coming on at the right temperature? Where should...
• Re: Mobil 1 oil change interval
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 09:29:03 -0500
  I beg to differ on 180 degrees being optimum oil temperature. Standard passenger car motor oil, whether dino or synthetic, lubricate best between 180...
• Re: cyl head temp gauge
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Oct 94 18:30:03 EDT
  ...That is, if there is a calibration > screw on the temperature guage (some of the cheap ones I have seen are > sealed). As a...
• Re: Oil pressure standard -- 13.1 or 29 PSI?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 28 Sep 2000 21:23:21 -0700
  ...but on my 90 Westy Syncro I get about 30 psi at 2000 rpm with 15 - 50 synthetic oil at operating temperature (middle of...
• Re: Dometic in 100F ambient?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:59:06 +0000
  ...Michael Diehr <md03@XOCHI.COM> > After this last weekend's positive experience with a coleman xtreme > cooler in 100F+ temperatures, I'm wondering if...
• RE: '85 engine trouble -- help!
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Sun, 15 Oct 1995 19:17:49 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Radtke wrote: > Aaron, > > 1) Temperature gauge: Almost for sure a bad thermostat. This also > could cause all of the other problems except: Not necessarily...
• RE: Temperature needle low: thermostat or sensor?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 20:06:04 +0100
  ...I fixed that, and lo and behold, the temperature indicator started to behave, _and_ the battery stopped going flat in two weeks. There was...
• Re: Head temperature sensor
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Fri, 1 Sep 2000 08:35:05 -0700
  ...Re: [VANAGON] Head temperature sensor > >Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 10:26:02 -0700 > > > >Francoix, > > > >Not that high! > > > >The Type 4 VW engine is...
• Coolant Indicator LED is Flashing at Normal Temperatures
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Coolant Indicator LED is Flashing at Normal Temperatures
  February 29, 1992
  CONDITION Coolant overheat / low coolant level indicator LED is flashing at normal coolant temperatures. SERVICE Check the coolant indicator LED according to the list...
• Coolant Indicator LED is Flashing at Normal Temperatures
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Coolant Indicator LED is Flashing at Normal Temperatures
  February 29, 1992
  CONDITION Coolant overheat / low coolant level indicator LED is flashing at normal coolant temperatures. SERVICE Check the coolant indicator LED according to the list...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:22:35 -0500
  ...Is that correct? I would expect oil temperature to run closer to coolant temperature with the external cooler than without, under load or at...
• Re: Oil temperature sender
  Historical mailing list - C. Abney
  Sat, 14 Jan 2017 11:42:10 -0800
  ...http://www.egauges.com/Auto-Meter-Temperature-Senders-1994-earlier-gauges-s/23303.htm On 1/14/17, Robert Clemmer <n51219@comcast.net> wrote...
• Re: Repaint Different Color?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 01:36:20 -0800
  ...The temperature was about 25C in the shadow, 40 in the sun, and the sun was high. The cars stood in direct sunlight for...