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• Re: Thermostats and coolant additives
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Tue, 15 May 2001 18:29:35 -0700
  I tested this junk on a lesser car than my vanagon (89' Jeep wagoneer 4.0) Using average temperature and a digital heat detector...
• aging problems
  Historical mailing list - Felix Bello
  Mon, 15 Nov 1999 09:55:25 -0500
  ...They need assistance going up. ???? 3- Temperature light blinks constantly, but temperature does not go up. This, even after flushing and filling the system...
• Re: Cooling System Pressure
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 00:18:32 EST
  ...I would check it cold AND after it has reached operating temperature. I have seen hydronic systems test out good cold then, once up...
• Re: ES-12 Refrigerant - Caution
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 15:46:25 -0400
  ...ignition temperature is 1585�F at both 5 psi and 0 psi (which is better than the DuPont R-134a's ignition temperature of...
• more oil viscosity...
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 08:46:32 -0800
  Okay, So is the 'thickness' of say 20-50 oil the same for both Dino and Synthetic oil at the same operating temperature? Bill
• Bleeding coolant
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:30:02 -0500
  Hi All, My temperature gauge light is blinking despite topping off the overfow tank. What is the proper procedure for bleedinging your coolant lines...
• Re: drive from Oklahoma to Spokane, WA
  Historical mailing list - James
  Sat, 4 Oct 2014 23:14:31 -0400
  Dave, are you sure that it's the high speed of the radiator fan that comes on when the temperature gauge needle is at...
• Re: strange sounds flashing lights
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 5 Dec 2000 09:17:03 -0800
  ...as for the coolant temperature light, have you checked your coolant level? did you change coolant lately? did you use a 50/50 mix...
• Re: temperature issues
  Historical mailing list - John Pronk
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:43:00 -0000
  ...temperature issues > hey all, > okay new h20 pump (thanks bus depot) new 80 degree C thermostat (thanks > vw)and heres whats new: temperature seems...
• Re: '87 temperature gauge
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 11 Apr 2004 18:56:03 -0400
  ...You'd be better off getting a VDO electric temperature gauge from a junkyard, if you can. Tip: Run a seperate ground wire for...
• Best Practices for Engine Rebuild Break In Process
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 5 May 2009 18:27:00 -0400
  ...1) Allow coolant temperature to come up to normal running temperature before driving. 2) Avoid full throttle application. 3) Do not exceed an engine...
• Re: Oil Temperature??
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 19:12:20 -0700
  ...course on the same day, with and without the cooler installed. Temperature outside was roughly 80F (27C) and the route I drove was long...
• Re: how to cool a poptop?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 11 Jun 2015 22:47:13 -0500
  ...all in sun with the same exposure aspect, and measure the temperature gain inside over a measured time period. Statistical analysis of the result...
• Normal temp?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:14:04 -0700
  ...Having owned nothing but early Vanagons I do not know where 'normal' is on the later temperature gauge (digital clock/tach). On the early...
• Re: Another operating temp question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Dec 2001 22:43:47 -0500
  Where is your Temp gauge sensor mounted? If this is an actual oil temperature, be happy. You engine is running well and your are...
• Re: And now for something REALLY important
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:57:48 -0700
  ...Stephen --- Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > The temperature will surely be the same as ambient! > > On 9/18/07, vanagonvw <ac.vanagon...
• Re: Update on AFM testing procedure
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 5 Jul 2014 17:42:02 -1000
  ...The temperature of the heated wire in the MAF is determined by the mass of air flowing over it ( i.e' throttle opening ) plus...
• an issue of temperature
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:54:57 -0700
  ...This should hold your coolant to the lowest temperature the thermostat will allow. gary --- "Brian T." <nobleman36@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Gary, > > I have...
• rear heater blowout - stranded: Chapter Two
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:13:13 -0700
  ...Soon it was on the high end temperature-wise and the radiator was completely cool to the bottom (!) the fan would not come on...
• Engine temperature non-problem
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 20 Mar 1996 12:43:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...With this temperature switch, it's supposed to come on when the coolant temperature gets to around 210 degrees., then shut off when the...
• Re: Propane fired airconditioning
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:30:44 -0700
  ...As you slowly leak in Propane, you watch the R12 *temperature* scale on the high-side gauge and the actual temperature of the fitting...
• Re: Summer's coming and my van is getting hotter than ever!!
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 17:14:40 -0400
  ...Where do you need to take temperatures, and what sort of temperature should you see? The operating temp for most watercooled VWs is 90...
• Re: temperature-oil pressure (rather long)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sun, 9 Aug 2009 08:53:59 -0400
  David, An oil temperature gauge would be a handy aid here. Before I added an oil cooler I used the oil temp gauge to...
• RE: Lotsa gauges
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ham '64 Type ][
  Sat, 20 Apr 1996 07:59:18 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Pressure Gauge >> > >> >Beer Inventory Gauge (stashometer) >> >Beer Carbonation Gauge (fizzometer) >> >Beer Temperature Gauge (Chillinometer) >> >Beer Quality Gauge..Schmidt all the way to Red Hook...
• wasserboxer idle overheating
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Sep 95 11:18 CDT
  ...When temperatures approached and passed the 100 mark, suddenly the idle speed on my Vanagon began to increase by itself. I thought "lubricate the...
• Combi Relay
  Historical mailing list - David Chasteen
  Sun, 22 Mar 1998 21:09:55 -0600
  ...Engine starts and runs fine when ambient temperature is under 70F. When engine warms up, begins to miss, run rich, and finally chokes out...
• Fw: losing power
  Historical mailing list - pierre a. lachance
  Sat, 30 Dec 2000 09:35:06 -0500
  ...completely empty to full, especially when there is a change in > temperature, always fill from a gas station that sells a lot of gas...
• Re: intermittent radiator fan / overheating SOLVED
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 4 Oct 2006 13:00:32 -0700
  ...With the pump running, the reduced temperature > coolant doesn't cut the fan off until coolant has circulated and cooled the whole system. __________________________________________________ Do...
• Re: propane explosion
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 10 May 2007 20:47:24 -0700
  ...As anyone who's ever tried to start a car in winter knows, that chemistry works better at warmer temperatures. As the night wears...
• Re: Extreme high idle
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 18:48:35 -0700
  Hmm, things that come to my mind are stuck air flow meter flap bad o2 sensor, bad temperature senders vacuum leaks dirty distributor Joe
• Re: Gas consumption higher in winter?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:10:48 -0500
  ...To compensate, the pump would have to measure the > temperature, and integrate an algorithm to adjust the metered volume to > what that volume would...
• Re: Electric Power for Accessories
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Thu, 23 Jul 2015 21:40:31 -0700
  ...it pushed the engine temperatures too high (stressful!! - regulating your speed based on keeping one eye on the engine temperature gauge...) In the resulting...
• Nice little Zerex shower this afternoon...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 7 Aug 2010 19:41:53 -0700
  My temperature gauge stopped working this afternoon. Been putting off changing my motor over to a new to me one and I have been...
• Re: '86 Westy A/C Switch Desperately Needed
  Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
  Thu, 25 May 2006 18:01:09 -0700
  ...Hot temperature of switch, I think one of the listees posted a suggested solution to this problem some time in the past year or...
• What weight oil to use in 2.1L?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 May 1996 20:47:40 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Reviewed the owners manual and found that SAE 15W-50 and SAE 15W-40 were recommended for temperatures 10 degree F to 90 degree...
• Re: diesel warm start ??
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Mar 97 13:13:36 EST
  I wrote: > Anyway, for a quick, dirty fix, just pull (and leave unconnected) the > wire to the glow plug temperature sensor on the head...
• Re: Procedure for checking computer Temp sending unit
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 7 Sep 2002 13:51:15 -0400
  ...anyone tell me the approximate resistance of the temperature > sending unit at normal operating temperature. Bently gives table, > but doesn't indicate what normal...
• Re: A/C cycling
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 04:33:39 -0400
  ...3) The fan switch is defective, turning on the high speed at too low a temperature. Bill
• Re: Thermostat opening vs. all open temperatures
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:32:21 -0400
  On 7/14/05, tabe johnson <xtabe@yahoo.com> wrote: > Does anyone have the specifications or real world > data for what temperatures our thermostats...
• Re: Propane Tank Gauge
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Tue, 21 Aug 2001 23:01:19 -0700
  ...Propane Tank Gauge At 12:57 AM 8/21/2001, Coby Smolens wrote: >'Course, there's the temperature strip gauge - a thing you stick...
• Re: A tiny overfill of oil -- enough to worry about?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 12 May 2014 06:18:12 -0700
  ...According to Wikipedia, "[t]he winter season in Bend provides a mean temperature of 31.1 °F (−0.5 °C) in December, and nighttime...
• Re: Quick and easy auxiliary heat
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 31 Oct 2013 19:13:26 -0700
  ...My current outside >>>> temperature is >>>> 39F, and my van has been at 75F for over 24 hours. There is a lot of >>>> heat >>>> stored...
• head temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 28 Dec 1999 22:45:32 EST
  Greetings and Salutations; Those of you who monitor head temperatures, air and/or water cooled; what kind of temps are normal? I am thinking...
• Whew - it's hot in here....
  Historical mailing list - schur xxxxxxxxxxx
  Sat, 14 Oct 2000 18:39:25 -0400
  ...If I open the vents I get hot air coming out regardless of where the temperature knob is. I took the heater control panel...
• Re: Transmission question
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 18:59:41 -0500
  ...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: Removing radiator bleeder screw
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:18:21 -0400
  Well, I drove around until the temperature gauge came up to "normal" then stopped and opened the bleed screw. Hot coolant immediately. No air...
• Re: New Battery specs???
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 16:38:27 -0500
  ...When comparing CCA's, be sure you are comparing the ratings at the exact same temperatures, some manufacturers like to brag up their batteries...
• Re: Oil Temperature??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 22:44:51 -0400
  ...Oil Temperature?? I think Dennis has a point by removing the stock oil cooler - which I call it a heat exchanger - I am thinking...
• '86 Westy A/C Switch Desperately Needed
  Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
  Thu, 25 May 2006 09:38:13 -0700
  Now that summer (temperatures of 100+) has arrived in Sacramento, CA, I desperately need the air conditioner switch from a 1986 Westy. This circular...
• Re: Low readings from gas gauge and temp gauge..84 tintop
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:45:43 -0700
  ...I think this may be a ground > issue. > In the past, my temperature read lower than it was when tbe connection > was loose at...
• Re: Idea for gauge placement
  Historical mailing list - Craig Morton
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:37:50 -0700
  ...I used oil pressure, oil temperature, coolant temperature and voltage gauges. The coolant temperature and oil temperature are the same gauge with a a...
• '87 Transporter GL Cooling - Have data. Help!
  Historical mailing list - Craig Bodie
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 08:18:45 -0400
  ...Since the temperature gage sensor is in the back it measures more accurately the temperature of the motor, while the thermoswitch measures the radiator...
• Re: Blinking temperature light
  Historical mailing list - Goetz Aust
  Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:57:16 -0600
  ...On the way home temp warning lights flashed again after about 10 minutes but I continued on as the temperature remained at mid point...
• Re: low coolant indicator lamp
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 Jul 1998 22:10:04 EDT
  In a message dated 98-07-18 12:12:50 EDT, Dagbear@AOL.COM writes: << The red blinky on my temperature gauge sometimes refuses...
• FW: Adding Slick50 to engine and transmission of 91 Westy,Opinion?
  Historical mailing list - al jordans
  Mon, 9 Sep 2002 14:05:28 -0400
  ...The way I understand it is that synthetics flow better at lower temperatures and keep their viscosity better at higher temperatures. Hence the higher...
• Re: Running on Tap Water - attempt at de-confuscation
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 17:24:26 +0100
  ...Their intakes design and then efficient compressors can (easily) make up the pressure, especially when starting with very low temperatures. Clive Smith
• Re: Multi Conductor Shielded Automotive Wire Temperature Rating
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 10 Jan 2018 16:18:04 -0500
  Drain wire is what you need to make shield connections when the shield is made of foil instead of braid. Yrs, d
• Re: Oil Temperature??
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 19:15:46 -0700
  thanks... so the heat from the oil was transferred to the coolant circuit which keep the oil temp down...? did you notice a raise...
• Re: Trip Report. I-5 Portland to So Cal.
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 1 Jan 2013 21:11:25 -0800
  RE: Temperatures I't cold to very cold all over the west coast, near freezing to well below in many area.
• Re: another led question
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 08:59:52 -0800
  > Should the water temperature LED come on during start up? Yes, it should blink at with key turned on and go off when engine...