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• Temp fluctuation solved by new thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Thu, 6 Feb 1997 18:07:01 -0000
  A new thermostat turned out to be the exact solution for my fluctuating temperature readings. Now the temperature quickly settles to one needle's...
• Re: Little heat output in a 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 6 Dec 1999 15:59:09 -0500
  No offense, but are you sure you put the thermostat in the right way? While I haven't done a Vanagon thermostat, I know...
• Re: 87 Westfalia - Running hot?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 6 Oct 2023 12:56:44 -0700
  ...When rebuilding the engine the mechanic replaced the thermostat, it's a 87°C thermostat... https://vancafe.com/vanagon-thermostat---87-degree-stock-temperature...
• Re: Flush & Fill & Fan Switch questions
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 18:38:39 -0400
  ...For an 2.1L engine, that is with the new 87deg thermostat and the new engine temperature sender (the black one in front of...
• Re: propex heater problems
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:16:07 -0700
  ...The heater is supposed to be "started" with the thermostat dial at the lowest setting, then once the on/rocker switch is turned left...
• Re: The value of instrumentation
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 27 Oct 2018 14:55:40 -0300
  ...Your next thermostat won’t last near as long. My original was 25 when replaced, the new one only lasted 5-years. > On 27...
• TIICo cooling issues
  Historical mailing list - Spooner, Robert E.
  Wed, 3 Jul 2002 13:23:29 -0400
  ...There was no thermostat installed. I replaced the switch. I put in a 80 degree thermostat. I don't have a good test on...
• Re: Thermostat,temp2
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 06:24:04 -0700
  ...What is your opinion? I replaced the temp 2 > about 3 months ago. > Darren > Lowell MI > 84 GL > > That sounds like a thermostat isnt...
• Re: Problem with Overheating with ABA conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:56:20 -0500
  ...If the thermostat is on the bottom, it might have a big slug of air keeping it from opening and clearing itself. I would...
• Bolt breakage on thermostat... what to do?? (WAS: Re: changing thermostat on 1.9l)
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sun, 6 Nov 2005 14:57:53 -0500
  ...I just twisted the head of one of the bolts on the lower thermostat housing. What can I do about this? I don't...
• Re: Thermostat woes--or--?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:47:11 -0400
  Whaler is a brand name and yes they make thermostats for other WV and Audi engines that are not proper for the water boxer...
• Re: leaking thermostat
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 28 May 2007 21:49:33 -0400
  ...They have SOOO many gasket compounds, and im assuming they are all pretty much the same, but reached for "Thermostat housing and waterpump sealant...
• Re: Confusion, thermostat, 78
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Mar 1997 08:44:02 -0500 (EST)
  ...two thumbs up for actually putting the thermostat in! Everyone here in St. Louis scoffs at me for insisting on putting them back in...
• Re: Dometic on 12 volts?
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:53:18 -0500
  ...the hotter it is, the more the dometic fridge thermostat will keep the heating element activated thus using more >>power. In the 12 volt...
• Re: Could Faulty thermostat cause poor mileage?
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Fri, 20 Jul 2001 07:57:31 -0700
  You're thermostat may not be working correctly. -Dana- Chad G wrote: > > Just trying to figure out why my gas mileage sucks. I've...
• Re: Thermostat Housing Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 3 Oct 2003 20:55:35 -0400
  ...03, 2003 7:29 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Thermostat Housing Bolts Good Morning, Due to a stuck bleeder I am going...
• Re: Lowering Coolant Pressure for Headgaskets
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Tue, 19 May 1998 14:51:03 -0700
  ...The original thermostat opens at 87 degr. cels. or 188.6 degr.fahrenheit experimental thermostat opens at 80 degr. cels. or 176.0 degr...
• Re: Thermostat-controlled gas heater?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 17:06:02 -0400
  I used to have a Stewart-Warner heater (kinda like a BN-4) that had a thermostat. The furnace draft fan ran constantly, and...
• Re: New thermostat funky?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 2 Dec 2007 07:36:23 -0800
  ...What the cause is I don't know. > > For me it was not the thermostat. When I pulled it and tested it in hot...
• Re: Why does engine run cooler w/ heater, The real reason
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Fri, 22 May 1998 09:37:12 -0700
  ...the previous answers were 100% correct, they just didn't mention the thermostat. It doesn't matter where you take the coolant from, the...
• RE: Oil temp
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Wed, 10 Apr 1996 12:56:08 EST
  ...Most oil cooler instal- lations will include a thermostat that sends the oil right back to the engine, not to the cooler, if the...
• vangon bleeding sysstem
  Historical mailing list - Jonc
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 08:43:27 -0400
  ...we set about for Sunday morning rehash of our thermostat puzzlement... It is our least favorite task on the waterbox cooling system as this...
• 85 westie spring rebuild, thermostat housing and coolant pipes questions
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Davis
  Mon, 6 Mar 2000 09:33:06 -0500
  ...My thermostat housing is leaking, does anybody have any words of wisdom on removing it, resealing it, etc? I am also going to replace...
• thermostat housing leaking
  Historical mailing list - Brian Honan
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 22:01:10 -0500
  ...I am also leaking coolant from I believe the thermostat housing unit. Although it is only dripping out a bit and no more when...
• [T2] Type 4 thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Sat, 9 Jun 2001 09:38:50 -0700
  Hi all, Anyone know where I can find a type 4 air-cooled thermostat? All of the places I usually go to say it...
• Re- oil buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sat, 13 Jul 2002 08:16:22 -0500
  ...Gauge should not normally run above the LED unless stopped in traffic.>> It may depend on the thermostat, I found the stock thermostat BD...
• Re: Difference between a Syncro Thermostat housing and regular 2.1?
  Historical mailing list - vw4x4
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 23:37:26 -0400
  ...Eric kevin obrien wrote: > Hello All: > > Can anyone tell me the difference between the Syncro > thermostat housing and the regular 2.1L Vanagon??? > > Are...
• Re: I need a suggestion for a 60C thermostatic switch
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 17 Jan 2005 05:56:23 -0600
  David Marshall wrote: > >>I am looking for some sort of small (M6 or M8), thermostatic >electric switch << > >>This switch will sample the temperature << David...
• Re: Okay, who jinxed my thermostat?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:34:37 -0500
  Once, during a trip, when I discovered that my thermostat had failed open, the engine actually started running rough as it was very cold...
• Re: Cooling system questions
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Mon, 15 Feb 2016 07:49:23 -0800
  Dennis, can you explain? I'd thought that putting an 87 degree thermostat would make my heaters run higher than usual, but then yesterday...
• Re: hall sender & cold start & tempII
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 19:02:04 EDT
  ...The syncros I have seen (which is only a couple) have had a aluminum or some type of metal bottom to the thermostat housing...
• Re: thermostat install
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 24 Feb 2003 19:29:46 -0700
  ...thermostat install > > Hello, > > I will be replacing my thermostat in my 91 Syncro Westy, just looking > for any advice to help speed the process...
• Re: Minimal Heat (2.1)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:29:32 -0500
  ...after replacing a bad thermostat on one of them. When I had the bad thermostat, the temperature gauge would hardly move off the cold...
• Re: intermittent running rich issue
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Wed, 7 Dec 2016 11:13:56 -0800
  ...So at cold >> start the thermostat should be closed and slowly open as engine warms >> up, right? >> >> IF it was stuck open while the...
• Missing messages? was:" Fail Safe " Type Coolant Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 24 Dec 2017 16:49:03 -0500
  ...Though the thermostat design may not be as critical as it is for a WBX engine, I worry about the type of thermostat my...
• Re: pressure testing cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Sat, 16 Dec 1995 19:36:20 -0800 (PST)
  ...Hmm, I guess you could remove the > thermostat and then pressurize the system while it's cold. The thermostat doesn't affect pressure testing...
• Re: Looking for some more 1.9l Vanagon Thermostat Housings
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 21 Mar 2017 17:57:19 -0400
  ...you really do collect the worlds right square headlights, 1.9 > thermostat housings, and distributors! Lol. > > I'm all out, you've gotten all...
• Coolant sensor O ring
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Wed, 27 Jan 1999 11:37:28 -0500
  ...Now, I am not a Physics major, but I see that the thermostat housing is lower than the radiator, and I don't want...
• new thermostat installed- now i have a question.
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 09:34:07 -0800
  ...I put new braked pads up front and changed the thermostat. I tested the old thermostat with a NIST traceable thermometer and it started...
• Re: 80 degree thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 10 Apr 2005 20:40:45 -0500
  Go with the normal thermostat. If you're going to overheat above 100, it doesn't matter what number you start out with, it...
• Re: 80 degree thermostat
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Mon, 11 Apr 2005 04:16:21 -0700
  ...Where I live, it makes sense to have the thermostat open as quickly and as long as possible. Thanks, Tim P.S. Another good...
• Thermostat housing differences, syncro and non
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:07:02 -0400
  In looking at my project, 1989 2.1 wbx, I have found a VDO temp sensor that fits into the side of the thermostat...
• Re: dometic fridge running away
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Mon, 20 Jul 1998 21:42:05 -0700
  ...That is how the thermostat and fan are set up to work. Even when the fridge is turned off, if the thermostat switch reaches...
• Re: Best flushing method - 2.1,and maintenance questions.
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Tue, 25 Mar 2003 08:29:55 -0800
  ...The Haynes manual tells you to disconnect the main coolant lines at the thermostat housing and coolant distributor then flush both the engine and...
• Re: changing thermostat on 1.9l
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 5 Nov 2005 18:28:11 -0500
  ...The thermostat sits in the housing right above that lower part I removed and can be pulled down (out) from there. Not a lot...
• Re: Thermostats...question(s)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 13 Sep 2015 06:56:00 -0700
  ...Thermostats...question(s) > > > > Is there an accepted method to test the function of one of our double > > style thermostats? I am skeptical about the...
• Re: Engine temperature in winter
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 21:10:42 -0600
  ...Obviously the thermostat works, I was told >that there is no warmer thermostat available. >------------------------------------ > >wow - brrrr! that's cold. > >Why do you say it...
• Re: Re[2]: Air cooled thermostat and tin questions
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 31 Dec 1998 11:20:20 -0800
  ...I could take a peek at mine, but since I'm the one who installed the thermostat in the first place, the result is...
• RE: Vanagon temperature problem(new thremostat)
  Historical mailing list - Joe Wagner
  Sun, 10 Aug 1997 20:55:06 -0400 (EDT)
  ...After fixing or replacing almost everything, I went to find a cooler thermostat. At the new Pep Boys Auto parts store in my area...
• Re: Slow thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 03:42:27 -0800
  Austin wrote: > ~ 5 minutes max - because I've discovered thermostats get 'lazy' (open too > quickly) after 30-50K miles; they can be swapped out...
• Re: Pumping OUT Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 08:17:43 -0700
  ...Thermostat bad?? New one 3500 miles ago. > Hose on down side of thermostat ? How the heck could we know... get under the van and...
• Re: '86 a/c rotary combo thermostat/fan switch - where to get a replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:57:58 -0400
  ...Mike Jeffrey Lubin wrote: > I need a new a/c rotary fan / thermostat switch for my '86 weekender. > It's the one with the...
• Re: Thermistat ???
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:18:06 -0400
  ...I replaced the thermostat with the standard temperature version (87�) at the earliest opportunity. Do yourself and your engine a favor and put a...
• RE Bentley Thermostat housing torque values
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Tue, 19 Nov 1996 08:39:14 -0500
  ...I recently replaced the thermostat in my Vanagon (87 Waterboxer), the Bentley manual (Back cover under "Coolant system, section 19) says I should tighten...
• Re: Another heating/cooling question
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 19 Nov 2000 08:10:15 -0600
  ...This tells me the coolant pump puts 4 psi pressure on the system until the thermostat opens. While cruising down an interstate I can...
• Re: Thermostats at Bus Depot
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 14 May 2001 21:05:55 -0500
  ...In Winter its battery hot plates and block/oil pan heaters and hot thermostats. In summer, you take it all off, or disengage it...
• How you will blow your motor using Bar's leaks
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 21:23:40 -0800
  ...Taking the thermostat housing apart today I made an interesting discovery why this engine overheated and blew . In the passage way beneath the thermostat...
• Re: Thermostat Replacement (1.9 L)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Mon, 14 May 2001 11:04:12 EDT
  ...Here's my experience with changing the thermostat on the 1.9. Some say they have been able to remove the lower thermostat housing...
• Re: HELP I need the housing for my water pump
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 2 Aug 2001 15:26:15 -0700
  ...HELP I need the housing for my water pump > Attempting to install a new thermostat today I ran into a few problems. > Discovering that...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:57:20 -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...