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• Re: Flashing Temperature LED
  Historical mailing list - JOHN WESTENBERG
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 09:26:17 -0700
  Good morning William, I had a similar problem - temp light flashing without any overheating. My trusted mechanic found some coolant leaking from the coolant...
• Re: testing radiator fan
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 20:18:22 -0400
  Allan, This behavior is not atypical: "I noticed that the temperature gauge would go up and down based on whether I was moving.." Sounds...
• Aircooled Oil Temps
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  30 Jan 1997 21:23:01 -0800
  More than once, have I seen threads on "What are acceptable oil temperatures". I just found this in the Feb. '97 issue of European...
• Re: How to tell a radiator is bad
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 9 Sep 2005 09:19:28 -0600
  Same method but used a little different was that on a radiator I wasn�t sure about I found that the temperature in the...
• Re: Fridge Question
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:21:13 -0500
  ...Note that if the fridge is INSIDE, that is the temperature you have to consider, not the ambient outside temperature. If you go with...
• Re: Overheating symptoms?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Mar 1996 22:32:03 -0700
  ...It's probably >overheated at that point (or has some other problem like worn bearings). >Next get an oil temperature gauge. Don't drive...
• Exhaust Ceramic Coatings - Replies to most common questions
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:31:25 -0700
  ...This reduces the under hood temperature which, again, reduces the temperature of surrounding parts, such as, alternators and starters. It also reduces the amount...
• Re: Another operating temp question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 24 Dec 2001 13:32:11 -0600
  ...For an > air > cooled engine this temperature is ideal. It is hot enough to burn > off > water and fuel contaminants, yet cool enough to...
• sensor in coolant reservir
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 14:16:57 EST
  ...flashing warning light goes on and off, temperature gauge shoots up, then drops down etc. I do think the engine is actually running hot...
• Gas Saving Tips
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:25:08 -0600
  ...A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the...
• Cooler thermostats/head gasket fix comments
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Mon, 14 Jul 1997 17:24:36 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Engines are designed for optimum operation within a certain temperature range. Going much outside this range, either high or low, will reduce the engine...
• Re: Winters in the van... HYDRONIC HEAT
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 17:31:22 -0700
  ...Air temperature is not the key to maximizing comfort, it's the temperature of surrounding surfaces. That's why if you have an uninsulated...
• Re: Cause of the white corrosion deposit around a battery?
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:45:27 -0500
  ...special greases for this that have very high flash > point temperatures (autoignition temperatures don't count if there's a > spark). Generally I put...
• Re: '80 Westfalia-- best way to drive over passes
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 22:22:35 -0600
  ...At highway high temperature operation the oil temperatures about balanced within ten degrees but after a forty five minute (from cold) town run the...
• Re: Low Oil Pressure vs. Cooling System Efficiency (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Sat, 29 Sep 2001 08:06:21 -0400
  ...If only you also had a VDO oil temperature gauge so you could have shared some before and after data there. Was the radiator...
• Re: Update on AFM testing procedure
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 Jul 2014 15:15:01 -0400
  ...In use it would maintain the wire at a specific temperature and monitor how much current was required at that moment to do so...
• Re: thermostats, Was: Diesel "stumbling
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Dec 96 21:46:21 EST
  ...This causes the temperature to drop dramatically. For my last "bad" brand (Motor craft) it happended between 55 and 60 mph in the bus...
• Re: Frozen axle nuts
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 16 Nov 1998 18:42:07 -0500
  ...I discharged a CO2 extinguisher on it and dropped the temperature of the nut and the bolt way down. Then I rapidly heated the...
• Re: Another new owner question...
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 19:33:18 -0500
  ...I'd check the temperature sensor and connector. Normal operation for Vangons is good reliable running and reasonable power. >>> Lawrence Cortright <cortrigl@ERAU.EDU...
• Re: Deal on oil pressure/temperature gauges
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 18 Apr 2018 15:02:54 +0000
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• Temperature compensated battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:15:29 +0000
  Temp compensated chargers are readily available in the green energy field and don't cost $400 either: Link chosen at random: http://www.affordable...
• Hysterical thermal gauge.
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Sat, 28 Jul 2001 07:46:30 -0600
  I also have the problem of the Hysterical Thermal Gauge which always goes away when the engine gets up to operating temperature. When cold...
• Re: Aux Oil Cooler install...results Aircooled vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 29 Jun 2002 01:19:29 EDT
  ...With the temperature probes, it is very easy to see when the cooler turns on. The temperature difference first begins at about 150 F...
• Re: AC convert
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 16 Apr 2006 22:09:18 -0700
  ...Autoignition temperature is a distinct measure from flammability limits in air. Specifically, this test measures the temperature at which a substance will spontaneously ignite...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 9 Dec 2021 10:35:12 -0500
  ...COM>> wrote: > > > > and coolant temperature and oil pressure and oil temperature and cabin > > temperature and exterior temperature and driver temperature... then we will > > be...
• Request for Service Bulletins (The little red light)
  Historical mailing list - Noto-Gaudette
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 15:34:27 -0400
  ...ALL Order number:90-92-03 Electrical System Coolant Indicator LED is Flashing at Normal Temperatures Affected model: ALL Water cooled Model years: ALL...
• Re: 20W-50 oil question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 3 Oct 2007 22:16:36 -0700
  ...The Vangon's cooling system is unable > >>> to keep the coolant at a constant temperature in slow traffic or in climbing > >>> long hills, unlike...
• Hot Water Glitch?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 31 Aug 94 13:45:15 EDT
  ...When parking the van in the winter time at sub zero temperatures, this water will freeze and expand, possibly rupturing the lines. You can...
• Re: Temperature gauge and red light
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 Jan 1997 08:34:06 PST
  Lionel; First ; the two wires leading to the expansion tank only check for absence of coolant not temperature. The sender that affects your temp...
• Re: 1980 Vanagon (Missing knob for temp. control?)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Nov 2004 00:41:24 EST
  ...When I bought > the van there was a knob missing just below the temperature control panel. > It is centered right below it. Since I...
• Cornbread, brownies, etc. in a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:17:10 -0800
  ...The combination allows the temperature to come up (or drop) more slowly giving very good control over the temperature. I do biscuits for breakfast...
• Re: Temperature compensated battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:06:33 -0700
  ...It does not have temperature compensation. However, my solar charge controller does. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana...
• Re: Coolant Temp?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:07:27 -0500
  ...at ordinary, around town, temperatures. At this temp > the gauge rests near the bottom, on the white mark. That's how it almost > always...
• Re: Update on AFM testing procedure
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 5 Jul 2014 10:42:42 -1000
  the ecu doesn't read the temperature of the wires in the MAF sensor. it reads the change of resistance that occurs as more...
• Re: Overheating
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sat, 3 Oct 1998 21:51:57 -0700
  ...The following is from my 87 Vanagon Owner's Manual: "Engine operating temperature will vary with climate, traffic conditions and engine load. When the...
• Re: Oil Buzzer advice
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 18:54:52 -1000
  ...But the air temperature now IS the air temperature that the ECU should be seeing, and the one it should use in engine management...
• Re: looking for a source for temp 2/temperature gauge sending unit connectors
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:02:57 -0800
  ...also checking the wiring for the temperature gauge sending unit > today and the connector for the temperature gauge sending unit broke. I'm > thinking...
• RE: Temp Indicator On Dash rises to max: 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Lebron,Nathan
  Tue, 15 Oct 96 09:17:00 E
  ...It looked pretty appetizing ;-) > > Anyway, I think I broke something because when I started the engine, the > temperature indicator rose very quickly while the...
• Re: Canadian Mix (mea culpa, sort of)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 5 Feb 2011 12:30:38 -0600
  ...For my money, -13 F isn't adequate for parts of the U.S., even Oklahoma, as we had temperatures below that in parts...
• Bad "New" Thermoswitch
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:03:56 -0600
  ...Place the end of switch in water at the proper opening temperature- should read 0 resistance at opening temperature and beyond for the low...
• Re: engine surge on idle --- FIX
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Sat, 16 Apr 1994 21:14:56 -0500 (CDT)
  On Sat, 16 Apr 1994, Ron Steriti wrote: > I tracked it down to the idle temperature sensor. > Seems that it is a thermsistor that...
• Re: Fridge temps
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Oct 1995 16:12:09 -0400
  You need to be measuring the temperature of the *fins* inside the fridge to really know what is going on in there. On a...
• Re: Propex Heater Group Buy
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Tue, 21 Oct 1997 10:36:22 -0700
  ...I've heard that at 20 degrees F, it makes the temperature in the van around 50. >- is it strictly propane (and 12 volt...
• Re: Coolant Light Problem 90 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Sullivan
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 09:12:05 +0000
  ...Temperatures seem to be fine and the coolant temperature is normal. Anybody have any ideas as I don't really want to take her...
• tiico stalling when hot
  Historical mailing list - Jeff K
  Sun, 6 Jul 2003 09:39:36 -0700
  ...Its only done it after driving for at least an hour, leading me to believe its something temperature related. Once it dies, It cranks...
• Re: And now for something REALLY important
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:33:59 -0700
  ...Just how important > is > >it to know exactly what the temperature is just outside your van. If you > >stick your pinkie or something out...
• Blinking Temp Light
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Wed, 28 Aug 2013 12:29:53 -0400
  1984 Westfalia 1.9L auto trans The red temperature light began blinking a short distance from home today. I recently replaced the steel coolant...
• Re: couple of abrasive recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Stone
  Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:55:23 -0800
  After all that spate of tin can toaster talk, I made a coffee can oven/toaster complete with temperature gauge and adjustable racks. I...
• vanagon airco switches (mounting panel)
  Historical mailing list - Raf Knockaert
  Fri, 20 May 2011 23:03:48 +0200
  Hello, In the late Vanagon the airco switches (AC temperature control and blower fan switch) are mounted in a little panel between the radio...
• Is Death Valley too hot?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Jun 1997 14:58:07 -0400
  Any of you SW Vanagoners know if the temperatures create problems driving in and out of Death Valley? My kids are on the road...
• Re: Friday Question: What's Your "Dream Dash???"
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 12:29:36 -0800
  ...It's called Karputer! *Pbbbbflt* What do I need to know about silly things like coolant temperature, oil pressure, or fuel level... -MB -- _______________________________________________________________________ Mark...
• Re: more trouble with Billy
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 18:33:34 -0800
  ...I don't know if this fits the symptoms but I do know coils can be temperature finicky when they start failing internally. //Jack
• Re: 1980 Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 19 Apr 2004 12:08:02 -0400
  ...The ambient temperature was about 70 degrees. Your thermostat is bad. When they fail, they fail in the fully-expanded position.
• Re: Carpet for gray Westies...
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 00:07:53 -0400
  ...And if it isn't that means in a couple of years it will start disintegrating from being exposed to UV and high temperatures.
• FINDING FIRST GEAR
  Historical mailing list - suunytoday7
  Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:42:21 -0800
  ...I'm talking about outside temperature at 45-50 degrees F. After I drive it a few blocks all is well. I assume that...
• Need outside sliding door handle
  Historical mailing list - Weibel, Pius
  Mon, 4 Dec 2006 08:54:09 -0600
  Well, the cold temperature and iced door won the battle this morning as I snapped the outside handle on my 85 westy. Does anyone...
• Re: Hydro lifters (# of turn)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:34:33 -0400
  ...Hydro lifters (# of turn) > > > > yes, but the whole engine, including all the gaps and holes, expand with > > increasing temperature. if all the materials were...
• Re: running hot....ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sun, 26 Mar 2006 08:30:10 -0700
  ...the VW car (not van) I worked on had a 3/4 reading > in the front at normal operating temperature. I just changed > my...
• Re: test for radiator fan working?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 09:03:50 -0400
  ...You should buy or borrow an infrared temperature gun (~$50 at Radio Shack, I think), or install a calibrated temperature gauge to find out...
• Cold Idle Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Thu, 7 Sep 2017 13:44:24 -0400
  ...Is it too warm for the AAR to function? The air temperature when I tested it was 77 degrees. <https://www.avast.com/sig...