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• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:34:49 -0700
  ...That should work, right? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Short of removing the thermostat, boiling it in a pot of water and >>>>> watching/measuring with a thermometer, I would...
• Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:16:43 -0700
  ...If you have one, aim an infrared thermometer at the exhaust header right near each exhaust port. Do this quickly, going to each cylinder...
• Re: AC questions - 1984 Vanagon - Correction
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 7 Jul 2020 23:20:42 +0000
  ...Also...it's important to have a thermometer handy for ambient temperatures, and then use one of those handy charts available online for R...
• Re: Intermittent brake sticking
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:36:54 -0500
  ...My infrared thermometer is really helpful though once it did smoke a bit from that wheel. I hope I didn't cook the grease...
• Re: 87 Westfalia - Running hot?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 6 Oct 2023 12:56:44 -0700
  ...Ran up the engine, came back around > > front, still coolant coming out so I closed it down. > > > > Used the IR thermometer to check various...
• 12V Slow Cooker Tests
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sat, 8 May 2010 14:20:37 -0700
  ...Using a metal-probe thermometer, I got these results: After 30 minutes the water was at 95F (35C) After 60, it was at 120F...
• Re: dometic won't light
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 04:23:23 -0500
  ...After 20 minutes you should see the evap temp dropping if you have a thermometer on it, but it takes much longer to cool...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:50:37 -0500
  ...That should work, right? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> Short of removing the thermostat, boiling it in a pot of water >>>>>> and >>>>>> watching/measuring with a thermometer, I would...
• RE: Dometic - Have Flame - No Cooling
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Sun, 22 Jun 1997 00:51:36 -0400
  ...I >didn't actually check with a thermometer. On the 27th I'm going on a >trip and after that I'll be able...
• Re: Aircooled vanagon acceptable oil temperature / timing problem?
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Mon, 8 Jul 2002 09:31:47 +1000
  ...It was always fitted with a VDO dipstick thermometer. I lived in Nigeria in West Africa with it for three years. It crossed the...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: Oil temp gauges, choices? Using water temp sender + gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:17:47 -0700
  ...Same test can be done with regular sensor in water + using a digital meat/bbq thermometer as reference. First slowly heat the water to...
• Unusual Vanagon D radiator sidetank baffle failure and DYI soldering
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sun, 10 Jul 2016 17:37:40 +0000
  ...As it was warming up I monitored the temp of the various parts with an IR thermometer. While warming up the coolant out pipe...
• Re: oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
  Wed, 9 May 2007 00:38:08 -0700
  ...You should be able to change the cover gasket with the pulley in > place. > > For checking oil and case temperatures, an infrared thermometer will...
• Re: [Syncro] Re:[Q] What is the value for the std. required R12 fill ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:19:10 -0400
  ...Then you start the system and using the gauges, and thermometer, see that it is working properly. Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: robert shawn feller...
• sensor not hot enough
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 08:16:05 -0800
  ...At one place where I used to > get the smog done, they used an IR thermometer to > measure the cat to make sure it...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Timing Advice
  Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
  Wed, 18 Aug 2004 07:57:05 -0500
  ...When the engine is cold, have someone turn the key on, and check the glow plugs with an infrared thermometer after 10-15 seconds...
• Re: 87 Westy Engine Running Warm---At Wits End
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 17:59:08 -0500
  ...An IR type thermometer is a very useful tool in cases like this. You can quickly check the temp of hoses on both sides...
• Re: Truma heater, like propex, for cheap but...
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:47:47 -0700
  ...camping that I wake up in my Westy >>>> and see the thermometer in the teens (F), but I've always been able >>>> to warm...
• Re: My 84 Westy Winter Project
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Feb 2019 13:39:09 +0000
  ...plugs (1 on Aux Battery, 1 on main) .          Added new remote thermometer .          New LED Light Bulbs in H4 Headlights .          License Plate Bulb holders sand...
• Re: Fwd: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:19:38 -0700
  ...Without gauges, get one of those infrared thermometers. Run it > > long and hard on the highway for 30 minutes. Pull over and shut the...
• Re: Electric door lock problems with '90 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Tue, 7 Jan 2003 17:42:31 -0800
  ...my '90 Carat's electric door locks act up. > > When the thermometer diips to below freezing, and I go to lock the driver's...
• Re: Mini Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:42:54 -0500
  ...I keep a thermometer in the refrigerator, and in the bottom, it is usually between 34-38 F, but more like 40 to 45...
• Re: Oil cooler questions.
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 2 Nov 2022 09:44:03 -0700
  ...This was measured (with an infrared thermometer) on the oil cooler near the thermistor so it should be an approximation of the temperature of...
• Re: Fridge on 12V
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Sat, 30 Aug 2014 08:50:02 -0700
  ...For monitoring fridge temperature, you really need a remote thermometer installed; the human hand is poorly suited for measuring temperatures(other than a child...
• Re: How to Keep Cool in Your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 15:27:12 -0700
  ...Get an indoor/outdoor thermometer and mount it where you can see it easily, and monitor how the system performs. Mine will cool off...
• Re: 2.1 L Oil filler tube needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:50:48 -0700
  ...air type, coil oil cooler, I probably will > get an oil thermometer, but perhaps from this source: > > http://www.dakotadigital.com/ > > Don't KNOW...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:11:45 -0500
  ...Tachometer! >> >>> So many gauges on these old VW’s! >> >>> But no Thermometer! >> >>> >> >>> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> >> >>>> On Dec 8, 2021, at 2:26 PM...
• Re: project 2: fuel lines done, now on to fan
  Historical mailing list - Brian W.
  Fri, 1 Sep 2006 15:16:39 -0700
  ...If you have a thermometer you can be more scientific about it. When you remove the switch note the condition of the end exposed...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:58:10 -0700
  ...That should work, right? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Short of removing the thermostat, boiling it in a pot of water and >>>>>>> watching/measuring with a thermometer, I would...
• Re: 83 h20 fuel injection problem
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 21:43:51 EDT
  ...I accomplished this by leaving a digital thermometer in the engine compartment over night and checking the sensor in the morning when both temps...
• Re: Boiling Point
  Historical mailing list - David Clark
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 22:22:04 -0000
  ...If so how without getting scalded? My wife has a jam thermometer which registers up to 200c or 400f might give this a try...
• Re: How to Keep Cool in Your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 21:51:07 -0600
  ...Get an indoor/outdoor thermometer and mount it >where you can see >it easily, and monitor how the system performs. Mine >will cool off...
• Re: R134 conversion.
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 13:40:14 -0500
  ...couldn't find a spec in Bentley. > > I borrowed a good thermometer from an HVAC tech at work to check my '87 > Westy. The...
• Re: Fwd: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:40:33 -0400
  ...Without gauges, get one of those infrared thermometers. Run it long and hard on the highway for 30 minutes. Pull over and shut the...
• Re: A/C Performance in '91 GL
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 07:10:41 -0400
  ...the list can add a bit of data. > > I have a thermometer in the ducting just in front of the driver to > monitor the...
• Amazing fridge success and another fun-filled road-trip!
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:33:27 -0700
  ...at the same time adding a Radio Shack indoor-outdoor digital thermometer, placed on the face of the stove panel, with the inside-temp...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:25:32 -0500
  ...That should work, right? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Short of removing the thermostat, boiling it in a pot of >>>>>>>> water and >>>>>>>> watching/measuring with a thermometer, I would...
• engine compartment fire alarm
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 17 Oct 1999 18:56:54 -0700
  ...Last May/June on a trip to Arizona I had the remote sensor of a digital meat thermometer in the engine compartment... it never...
• Re: 87 Westfalia - Running hot?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Fri, 6 Oct 2023 23:05:21 +0000
  ...Used the IR thermometer to check various temps as the gauge ran up to above the LED. Top of the radiator, about 115 on...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: Oil temp gauges, choices? Using water temp sender + gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 14 Sep 2012 23:42:45 -0400
  ...Same test can be done with regular sensor in water + using a digital meat/bbq thermometer as reference. First slowly heat the water to...
• Re: How to Keep Cool in Your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 20:51:41 -0600
  ...Get an indoor/outdoor thermometer and mount it >where you can see >it easily, and monitor how the system performs. Mine >will cool off...
• Re: Aircooled vanagon acceptable oil temperature / timing problem?
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 16:54:03 -0700
  ...It was always fitted with a VDO dipstick > thermometer. I lived in Nigeria in West Africa with it for three years. It > crossed the...
• overheating
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Warner
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 17:40:37 GMT
  ...ways to take the temperature of the van using an external thermometer? > > How can I tell if my coolant hoses are clogged and where...
• Re: Over-full overflow tank..cause for alarm?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:52:09 -0700
  ...past..with the gauge indicating so and checked with an infared > thermometer. I think my thermostat may be misbehaving some..it was never > replaced...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Oil temp gauges, choices? Using water temp sender + gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:18:50 -0700
  ...the same setup as testing the FLAPS gauge, a reference meat thermometer and the sender in a kettle of water, the VDO gauge seems...
• Re: coolant system trivia
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 08:31:33 -0700
  ...This > >> is why you're seeing a difference in temperature, > >> not because > >> of a change in circulation rate. > >> BTW that IR thermometer from Radio...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 Dec 2021 14:55:46 +0000
  ...Tachometer! >>> So many gauges on these old VW’s! >>> But no Thermometer! >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Dec 8, 2021, at 2:26 PM...
• conflicting cooling problem data...(this one is for the true experts...)
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:40:29 -0400
  ...I doubted the gauge so I pulled out my 3M Non Contact Thermometer and it shows EVERYTHING seams fine, block and coolant hoses are...
• Re: Porta Potties / Heating / Radiator Bleeding / MB Vito {Long}
  Historical mailing list - David Clark
  Sun, 12 Dec 1999 21:08:03 -0000
  ...It runs off the gaz and auxiliary battery, and works fine takes about half an hour before the thermometer hits 80f. However, I would...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:53:59 -0700
  ...That should work, right? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> Short of removing the thermostat, boiling it in a pot of water and >>>>>> watching/measuring with a thermometer, I would...
• Re: Refrigerator Fans
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 11:37:30 -0700
  ...Result...the inside temp increased! (i have a digital thermometer to monitor the inside temp) these were the little radio shack CPU fans. Davidson...
• Re: parts list for radiator replacement on 1988 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:40:41 -0700
  ...said my lab thermometer. Temp gauge reads consistently a bit lower than before Rad replacement. Temps still rise when the engine is working hard...
• BC trip aborted after 300km :( :( . 1.9l TD engine runs hot.
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sun, 1 Jul 2012 11:27:58 -0700
  ...I have an exhaust gas thermometer (EGT) between the manifold and turbo. EGT readings were quite normal at 400C and would climb towards 500C...
• Re: Wiring! Will I make it through it??
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 2 Oct 2001 12:08:48 -0400
  ...I tried it >thinking it was the fridge 12v line, but alas, nothing happened after a >couple hours and a thermometer in the box...
• Re: What's my Westy worth?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:38:42 -0700
  ...It cools well and I > actually improved design of vent and added remote thermometer sensors to > track fridge temp. > > . Propane tank was replaced about...
• Re: dometic won't light
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 08:58:07 -1000
  ...After 20 minutes you should see the evap temp dropping if you > have a thermometer on it, but it takes much longer to cool...
• fridge upgrade test results-long
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Mon, 16 Feb 2004 20:34:30 -0500
  ...i bought a digi probe thermometer to gauge temps, driilled a hole in back corner of fridge to run the wire and probe then...
• Re: 87 Westfalia - Running hot?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 8 Oct 2023 10:17:22 -0600
  ...Ran up the engine, came back around front, still coolant coming out so I closed it down. > > Used the IR thermometer to check various...
• Re: Questions: 1.9l Turbo Diesel Westy running hot. Weak cooling?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sun, 1 Jul 2012 15:36:37 -0700
  ...Temp readings were taken with an IR thermometer while van was still. In your set of tests below it passes all except 4. It...
• Re: Dometic drain plug removal; 86 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Rich Durant
  Thu, 6 Aug 1998 09:43:55 -0700
  ...and ran the outdoor probe of a Radio Shack Indoor/Outdoor thermometer from behind the sink under the fridge faceplate and into the fridge...