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• Re: Engine Running cold
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 17:52:53 -0500
  The purpose of the thermostat - after warmup - is to maintain a constant temperature for best operation. An inoperative thermostat - stuck open - means a slow...
• Rebuilt engine and coolant temp.
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 1 Nov 2018 09:45:58 -0700
  ...sensor, thermostat are new. - I use 80° thermostat on the old engine and rebuilt engine has a 87° thermostat.* thanks dan
• Re: Drilling a hole on thermostat?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 31 Jan 2016 15:08:02 -0500
  ...Drilling a hole on thermostat? hi all, someone told me to drill an 1/8" hole on a new thermostat. The original one doesn...
• Re: Thermostat housing leaking like Crazy!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 06:05:14 EST
  ...I always send it along with the thermostat just because you can't do the install without it. That is your problem. Get the...
• Re: Dometic Frig Will not stay cold with DC current
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 13:22:45 -0400
  ...The 12V circuit is just "on," no thermostatic control, but the AC circuit has thermostat so it doesn't freeze my food on the...
• Re: Refrigerator lighting
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 1 Sep 2011 22:01:21 -0700
  ...This tube runs straight back to the thermostat: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ouAxe0DZn7M/SoJYYq7198I/AAAAAAAADrk/LOayktrpS_c/Dometic182Athermostat.jpg Don't know the details...
• Re: 87: coolant temp sensor for syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jun 1996 11:51:51 -0400
  ...My original '87 Syncro engine had an aluminum thermostat housing and a screw-in temperature sensor. The 1990 engine had a plastic thermostat housing...
• Re: How you will blow your motor using Bar's leaks
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 22:48:41 -0800
  ...and this tale points to the need for bleeding the thermostat housing before adding the moroso... (and don't bleed it while moroso is...
• Re: Thermostats especially in colder weather
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 17:19:11 -0500
  Also to note Behr/Hella and Mahle thermostats are the same. They even use the same part number. On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at...
• Re: bleeding coolant system?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 17 Jul 2005 11:24:05 -0400
  ...open all bleeder, including front rad, rear heater under the rear seat and thermostat bleeder... Note:REMOVE the rear thermostat bleeder... pass the 2...
• Re: Engine running COLD
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:14:01 -0800
  ...Engine running COLD > Thanks Scott, et al, > > I've got an 87deg thermostat on the way from Bus Depot, so that will go in...
• Re: Excellent Advice / replacing themostat, Help!
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:21:30 EDT
  ...Needless to say, a 5 minute job of changing the thermostat turned into changing every hose attached to the engine. The four thermostat top...
• Re: Thermostat gasket?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:39:25 -0500
  ...On a '90 Westy, is there only the one rubber gasket for the thermostat swap is there more like maybe a cardboard like one...
• Re: 90 cooling problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:34:34 -0700
  ...I am happy to say that after replacing the thermostat things began to behave normally, so it appears that it was a stuck thermostat...
• Re: Scott: common knowledge?
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Sat, 26 Jan 2013 08:36:10 -0600
  I always wondered why thermostats and their plumbing are now arranged the way they are. Jim On Jan 25, 2013, at 8:40 PM...
• Infrared Thermometer Readings....analysis & feedback requested
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 13:06:48 -0700
  ...Left 155? Right 176? Big Hose on right side of Thermostat : 178? Big Hose on left side of thermostat: 176? Hose coming toward me...
• Re: no heat
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 07:46:17 -0500
  Hans, I agree it's most likely the thermostat but I had a tinge of doubt. As i recall this problem did not spontaneously...
• Dometic high altitude lighting tips
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:37:36 -0700
  ...Turn thermostat up to get bigger flame. If flame gets smaller (looks like it's dying) turn down thermostat. If goes out, try again...
• !RE: [WetWesties] What Should I See On the Temperature Gage?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Thu, 8 Oct 2009 10:30:50 -0700
  ...I had All Foreign put in a new thermostat when I bought the Westy two years ago, but it ran the same after as...
• Darn Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Kate McLaughlin
  Sun, 5 Dec 1999 12:54:37 -0500
  Hey all A friend of mine and I finally replaced the thermostat in Stella. Well actually I wound up putting it in upside down...
• What happens if...
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 15:21:44 -0700
  Hi guys, I was wondering, what happens when the thermostat does not open. I know that the engine will overheat, but would the coolant...
• Re: Reply to: To use Thermostat or not?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Jul 1996 17:34:36 -0700
  ...They did not get that way by VW putting any extra bits on, particularly expensive brass bits like the thermostats. VW made millions of...
• Re: uncle ron's(not MY uncle) radiator flush
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 14 Apr 2004 08:19:35 -0700
  George, I have tried three different thermostats and they all do the same thing. Curious that when going downhill it will cool only to...
• Fridge fan thermostat mounting screws
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Sat, 22 Aug 2015 11:49:50 -0500
  There is a thermostat on the back of the fridge connected to the cooling fins that turns on the fan when the fins heat...
• 85 1.9 Thermostat Housing Leak
  Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
  Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:20:27 -0400
  My 1.9 thermostat housing recently sprang a pinhole leak. Its behind the flanged piece that contains the short hose connection to the cylinder...
• Re: question about thermostat ... or not
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Thyer
  Thu, 4 Mar 2010 14:52:05 -0800
  ...question about thermostat ... or not > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Cool, > but why make a metal replacement for a plastic part with no purpose...
• thermostat question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Bauermeister
  Sun, 12 Nov 2000 13:38:41 -0600
  ...I'm thinking it's the thermostat. To my amazement my local parts place had one so I grabbed it along with a gasket...
• bleeding coolant system?
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Fri, 15 Jul 2005 23:00:57 EDT
  ...Is there just the two places to bleed? The Radiator & the Thermostat housing? I see in the manual that the system should be drained...
• Temp gauge problems too
  Historical mailing list - Rus
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:25:46 -0700
  ...gage wont budge either......have changed both sensors on the thermostate housing, thermostate and water pump....... i drive mine but with caution.......as i...
• Re: How do I....
  Historical mailing list - Chris Snyder
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:54:06 EDT
  ...for the gauge, but the other > one right over by the thermostat. I did replace this sensor some years ago when my mechanic (Not...
• Re: '81 thermostat necessary?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 19 Jul 1997 20:48:56 -0400
  ...Several people (including the parts manager at VW) have told me I would be better off not bothering with the thermostat. Some have said...
• Re: Thermostat soup: A comparison.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 May 2009 21:10:34 -0400
  Does it overheat at idle only? If so then the thermostat is not the problem. If it was failing it would always over heat...
• Re: driping thermostat on an 85 Westie
  Historical mailing list - Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne
  Tue, 2 Mar 1999 09:57:40 -0500
  ...assed job it is to try to get the G-d &%$#@!! thermostat >housing off an '85 as IT REALLY IS!!! I really ENJOYED ME...
• Re: Thermostats [Was: Spooked!]
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 13:25:05 -0700
  ...Spooked!] > Thanks for the deeper explanation of how the system works. > > I understood that the thermostat isn't a binary on-off thingy, but...
• Re: Need input on radiator problem
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 10:28:55 -0500
  ...The thermostat is cheap -- might be worth changing. But then she's got the problem of having the coolant system correctly bled --- which could...
• Re: At long last protype waterbox bleeding, draining and purging installed and operating
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 23:39:41 -0400
  ...Otherwise, could thermostat be in upside down (should be spring-side up) or have the O-ring in wrong (should be between thermostat and...
• Thermostats...question(s)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 12 Sep 2015 11:58:21 -0700
  Is there an accepted method to test the function of one of our double style thermostats? I am skeptical about the proper operation of...
• thermostat:
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 30 Nov 94 20:57:46 CST
  ...looking in the bentley book, for 86-91 vanagons with a/c, the 'thermostat' for the a/c is in the D-pillar ... those...
• Re: Stat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 1 May 1999 22:26:27 -0500
  ...John Rodgers * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- Joel, I recommend you change the thermostat. It should be done, IMHO, every 24 months, anyway, to...
• Re: Bumming...
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Jul 1996 18:18:56 -0300 (ADT)
  ...could a stuck thermostat have caused the head >gasket to blow...? I think you would have seen it running way hotter than usual after...
• Re: EMERGENCY POWER PLANT
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Sykes (SWUS)
  Mon, 8 Nov 1999 12:47:54 -0700
  search 'heater thermostat' in vanagon [text/html]
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:51:54 -0700
  the stock temp gauge sender is pretty close to the thermostat. so when that comes off the peg........... it's starting to close off...
• Re: Overheating while bleeding?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 23:08:18 -0700
  ...Anyways, before getting any coolant out of the thermostat bleed screw or radiator bleed screw, my coolant boils over! What a mess! Thoughts? Bad...
• Waterboxer engined Vanagon, T3, thermostat problem.
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:46:34 -0400
  These photos <https://picasaweb.google.com/102449862149336184707/WaterboxerEnginedVanagonT3Thermostat> show a correct waterboxer engined Vanagon, T3, thermostat on the right and an incorrect one on...
• Re: Thermostat all over after coolant flush
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Wed, 28 May 2008 19:47:18 +0000
  ...Both at the thermostat and the radiator. JC... -------------- Original message -------------- From: Jamie Fitterer <fittdog8848@HOTMAIL.COM> > I jsut had my vna in the shop...
• Re: Flush & Fill & Fan Switch questions
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Thu, 1 Aug 2002 20:24:10 -0400
  ...Ben! I have a new thermostat, and the van seems to run at 3/4 high temp.-wise all the time - I've been...
• Re: Talking About Thermostats...
  Historical mailing list - azsun99
  Mon, 11 May 2009 20:07:04 -0700
  ...Talking About Thermostats... > Question for the group about thermostats and temp and temperature gauge. > Assumtion here: Not all temp gauges show the same range...
• Re: Drilling a hole on thermostat?
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Mon, 1 Feb 2016 07:51:20 -0800
  ...Drilling a hole on thermostat? > > > > hi all, > > > > someone told me to drill an 1/8" hole on a new thermostat. The original > one > > doesn...
• 80 d Thermostat rocks
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 18:38:27 -0400
  ...and everyone else who told me to get the 80 degree thermostat because it totally rocks. :) My temp gauge now stays in the middle...
• Re: Substitute for aircooled thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:53:10 -0600
  ...Substitute for aircooled thermostat True, but that would be overkill. If the idea is just to just replace the stock thermostat, oil temp from...
• Re: Front heater: low heat at highway speed
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 29 Nov 2006 06:04:32 -0800
  Your problem is likely not the heater, the problem is likely the thermostat for the engine. To put it simply, your bad thermostat is...
• Re: Underheating?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Beckham
  Mon, 5 Oct 1998 09:40:09 -0700
  My 85 westy will do the same thing with a bad thermostat. I have replaced it 4 or 5 times with FLAPS thermostats and...
• Re: oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 28 May 2020 18:28:01 +0000
  ...sandwich adapter with thermostat at oil filter, cooler with > fan with thermostat in passenger side rear pillar cavity... > > why would you think to put...
• Re: Dometic Experts. Thermostat Part. What is it? PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:36:32 -0700
  ...I didn't know there was a filter inside the 182B thermostat. If the swap fits/works, maybe I'll dissect the 182B thermostat...
• Re: Where is temperature sensor & why does needle drop when heater is on?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Sep 2015 15:38:22 -0400
  Sounds like you have a Meyle thermostat or the wrong one with the incorrect lower block off disc. Another possibility is the radiator is...
• Re: Dometic thermostat control knob
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 14 Jul 2020 21:20:53 -0400
  ...Eric Caron > On Jul 14, 2020, at 7:59 PM, Douglas Toomey <drt@UOREGON.EDU> wrote: > > Two Dometic questions: > > 1) The thermostat control knob...
• Re: Help - Looking for a 1.9 thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 05:50:16 EDT
  ...Does anyone have a good thermostat housing available for a 1.9Ltr. engine. How much? Joel, I have two good rebfurbished ones in stock...
• Changed thermostat - temp gauge still reads stone cold
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:53:55 -0700
  ...Changed thermostat - temp gauge still reads stone cold >
• Re: Minimal Heat (2.1)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:38:06 -0500
  Thanks again John > > Another annoying pitfall is the four pressed-in threaded bushings the > thermostat bolts go into. If the bolts are rusted in...
• Re: Thermostats...question(s)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 14 Sep 2015 07:21:27 -0700
  On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 12:11 PM, SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) < scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > hi Don, > re "The thermostat housing...