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• Re: Form Jay Leno's Garage
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 15:44:51 -0500
  ...For steam, the temperature of the water has to exceed its boiling point at the pressure of the system it is in . Your cooling...
• Re: engine temps
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 28 Mar 1999 01:00:05 -0500
  ...It will keep the water flowing past it at <roughly> the same temperature -- until it's wide open. At that point, any additional heat...
• Re: blinking temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:04:44 -0400
  ...No change, still blinking. > >4) There is not much left in the circuit except for the temperature >gauge assembly itself. Not sure how to...
• should 10W-40 be avoided?
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Sun, 15 Oct 2000 15:40:49 -0300
  ...In the winter base your decision on the lowest temperature you will encounter, in the summer, the highest temperature you expect. The polymers can...
• Re: Castrol, QT, 5W50 vs. Amsoil - cold no-start
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 10:45:23 -0500
  ...Helps Engine Start Easier The Cold Crank Simulator Test determines the apparent viscosity of lubricants at low temperatures and high shear rates. Viscosity of...
• Re: Trip Report & other data Oil temperature
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 6 Jul 2021 11:42:31 -0700
  ...Also curious to know what the temperature of your oil > actually is given all the various readings. > > Bruce > > On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at...
• Re: Is John right about the temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 18:12:07 -0700
  ...My 87 clearly has the coolant sensor > unrelated to the temperature sensor when the coolant > level is low in the tank. The temperature gauge...
• Re: Dometic question.
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 1 Jul 1999 08:36:30 -0400
  ...No matter what the temperature during the day, the fridge on AC got down to 27 or so degrees at night. It got so...
• Cold enough for ya? (Frydaye)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Fri, 15 Dec 2000 09:24:02 -0700
  I was just looking at the weather info for Calgary ( http://weather.ec.gc.ca/forecast/yyc.html ) and it lists the current temperature...
• Re: 85 vanagon heater don't heat
  Historical mailing list - Jesper Johansen
  Sun, 3 Mar 2002 19:38:07 -0500
  ...Does the temperature gauge go >up about halfway? > Another possibility is that the hot water valve near the heater may not >be opening because...
• VW oil cooler..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 19 Oct 2017 19:53:05 -0700
  ...But my oil temperature was going higher than I wanted, so I installed the stock cooler, opting to not believe that it won't...
• RE: Speedo Light Replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 4 Oct 1995 14:02:07 -0500 (CDT)
  On Wed, 4 Oct 1995, Casey, Tim wrote: > I'll add another question to this note. > > My temperature control levers are not lit up...
• Re: Head gasket FIX!!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Mon, 14 Jul 1997 18:59:16 -0400
  ...I can only assume that it would have been even hotter if the starting temperature had been higher or if I had switched the...
• Re: Air cooled overheating
  Historical mailing list - Marvin Westenburg
  Sun, 4 Oct 1998 09:06:02 -0500
  ...light? >I'm guessing that any environmental temperature extreme would still be far >under operating temperatures so the engine could still cool itself. Under...
• Re: DOT3/DOT4 ?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 21 Jun 1999 16:41:04 -0400
  The main difference between the brake fluids is the Temperature range. The Toyota is fine. I would drain and replace the Vanagons fluid with...
• Re: My dream Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 16:12:39 -0700
  ...My dream Vanagon? > > My dream van would be the one I've already got but located with me where > the temperature was 65 in...
• Re: propane explosion
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 11 May 2007 05:42:50 -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: high temp thermistat
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:29:27 -0800
  ...12/12/2012 6:49 AM, Mike Riley wrote: > anybody have a recommendation for a source for a high quality high temperature thermostat? > mike >
• Re: HELP! Windshield needed
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Fri, 12 Sep 1997 02:19:42 -0400
  ...broke the windshield (rather dramatically) while finishing installation of my oil temperature gauge (don't ask). >> I'm asking! Do tell....Inquiring minds want...
• Re: Rad Fan isn't working properly
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 8 Apr 2004 15:32:47 -0400
  ...This is also true if you change temperature senders. David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia '86 Volvo 240DL wagon
• Re: 83 temperature gauge goes berserk
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 09:27:39 -0700
  There are 2 coolant temp sensors and 1 coolant level sensor. Which of the 3 were replaced? Mark Barb Cotton wrote: >mark drillock <drillock...
• Temp. reading too high on gauge ...
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:02:46 -0700
  Hi all, My temperature reading is a bit too high on the gauge. It reads halfway between the warning light and the top line...
• Re: Fast German Auto chip and rockers
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 23:12:14 -0600
  ...In most of todays airplanes the settings for all this can be monitored very closely with sensitive exhaust gas temperature gages. The pilot has...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:55:17 -0600
  ...So I'm thinking of switching back to castrol 20 50 which i used or years without this much loss of pressure at temperature...
• Radiator fan woes [87 Westy Syncro)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Transue
  Sun, 20 Aug 2000 18:46:23 -0700
  ...a) My temperature no longer hovers right in the middle of the temperature gauge. When I'm on the road, it cools WAY down...
• Re: 20W-50 oil question
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 07:18:22 -0700
  ...But the number of 50 in 20w-50 is good for the rising coolant temperature when in bumper to bumper traffic. The Vangon's...
• Pensioner, Re: Oil Temps, Ullage, fill level
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 1 Jun 2001 11:26:27 -0700
  ...The bearings don't know about crankcase volume, > only temperature and pressure at the bearing surface. > > In most consumer applications, oil temperature is ignored...
• Re: Idle problems
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:27:57 -0400
  ...temperature ranges specified in the Bentley manual. > I checked > the temperature of the sensor with my nifty new VOM that has a temperature > probe...
• Re: Radiator fan switch wierdness
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 1 May 2014 14:29:58 -0500
  I believe the radiator fan runs at a certain temperature, and that the high speed comes on at a still higher temperature. Yes, it...
• Engine temperature in winter
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 12:03:38 -0600
  ...As I was driving around this morning running my errands I noticed that the temperature needle never went into 'normal' range. Normally my needle...
• Re: Thermostat Woes
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 7 Jan 2012 19:35:58 -0800
  ...The rated > temperature is where they first begin to open, they don't open fully > until the temperature is 10-15F higher.
• Re: scratch on heads mating surface for cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:31:51 -0400
  ...The temperature guage will show it. > >David > >--- Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA> wrote: > >> Hi Pascal, unless it's very deep and long enough so...
• Max Engine Oil Temperatures
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 15:57:41 EDT
  As I've indicated on the list in the past, the whole issue of motor oil operating temperatures and the use of synthetic vs...
• Re: drive from Oklahoma to Spokane, WA
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 5 Oct 2014 07:58:16 -0700
  ...The temperature indicator almost always sets dead on the led after the vehicle warms up, but occasionally in traffic in town with a lot...
• Re: Let's Talk Coolant Drainage (long)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Fri, 11 May 2012 10:21:05 -0400
  ...I refilled the system and ran the engine to operating temperature, then drained again. According to my calculations, at this point 83% of the...
• Re: Oil Filter? Oil Flavor?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 10 Feb 1999 22:01:34 -0500
  ...Did I mention that I can't wait to move back to Seattle where > the temperature is moderated by all of that water, both...
• Re: A/C performance with Freeze-12
  Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
  Tue, 18 Jul 2000 07:58:32 -0700
  ...Air temp (measured by thermometer in outlet above > driver's right eye) is running about 28 Fahrenheit degrees below outside > temperature. Is this about...
• Re: Sensors for accessory gauges
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Mon, 16 Sep 2002 15:28:47 -0700
  ...Any other ideas out > there??? > > > > --- Todd Last <Rubatoguy@MINDSPRING.COM> wrote: > > > If anyone has added an accessory coolant > temperature > > > gauge, > > > I'd be interested...
• Dometic
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Mon, 22 May 2006 22:50:13 -0400
  ...It also seems that there is a time just before the temperature begins to drop that the temperature rises rapidly, almost as if the...
• Web Address
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 12:01:07 -0600
  ...Excuse...I was reading 220 Vanagon@lenti messages and watching the Bulls while the temperature was approaching -28 a couple of hours past my...
• Looking for aftermarket instrumentation
  Historical mailing list - John Sweet
  Fri, 12 Jul 1996 17:43:28 -0700
  ...a *real* oil temperature gauge, and a tach. I feel a little underinformed up there in the cockpit. I'd like to rip the...
• Re: cracked skylight vent
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lumb
  Wed, 30 Apr 1997 17:39:18 +0200
  ...remove it and pack it away in a dark, temperature controlled airtight > vault. > > chris or try not to leaving it open when driving into...
• Re: American Automobiles, English Motorcycles, Women, and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 13 Nov 2000 14:05:22 -0700
  ...last evening, on the shoulde of the road. > Boy was I hot. ( not in temperature either) > > Later, You sounded a bit agitated! Karl Wolz
• Re: noise reduction sound deadening
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 13:20:10 -0500
  But what of condensation in these cavities sealed with vapor barriers - humidity and temperature fluctuations would still lead to rust - right? Just trying to...
• Re: Coolant Lines - How hot?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 12 Apr 2003 18:41:36 -0400
  ...I'd say about the same temperature your thermostat is rated for. Mike
• Re: Water Temperature Light
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 9 Feb 2007 10:58:32 -0800
  While on the subject of the coolant tank/sensor, how does the coolant sensor come out of the tank? Wanted to pull mine the...
• Re: Oil Leak
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:33:25 -0500
  We blew the puley seal on our subaru 2.5 last winter in very cold temperatures. We were running 5w30 regular oil at the...
• Re: Operating temp question/Boston Bob's solution?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Moery
  Sun, 23 Dec 2001 14:36:30 -0900
  There is an ideal temperature range for any engine to operate within, and the thermostat is designed to get the engine up to that...
• Re: question on oil cooler for 1990 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - phil zimmerman
  Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:11:32 -0700
  ...Engine cools Ok but, I have no direct oil temperature data. Under heavy/hard engine use, the Water Temps (on stock gauge) stay significantly...
• Re: 1980 Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 19 Apr 2004 12:25:59 -0700
  The problem is slow warm up on "cold" startup, even when the temperatures are warm, leading to increased wear on the engine and a...
• Re: Low readings from gas gauge and temp gauge..84 tintop
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 13 Sep 2017 15:09:06 -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: Tooooooooooooo ritch a startup...com on guys!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Kuecker
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 06:42:54 -0500
  A note about the temperature sensor - I found out where those grey wires I spliced come from. Yep, the coolant temperature sensor. My '91...
• Re: Blinking temperature light
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:36:14 -0600
  ...What I think the gauge was telling me was the system is saying "GIVE ME COOLANT!" I've also learned that ambient temperature has...
• Re: Eurospec Conversion: Digifant Comment
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 29 Jul 1998 14:50:03 EDT
  ...In my application/installation, I monitor oil temperature, oil pressure, voltage (both batteries), current, manifold vacuum, coolant temperature and exhaust manifold temperature. At 75...
• Re: Wheel squeal more info not solved
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 15 Jul 2019 22:17:25 -0400
  ...The temperature rise could also be wheel bearing, but I think that's much less likely. Yrs, d On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at...
• Re: collant pipes (was gas tank and straps)
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Tue, 8 Mar 2011 11:28:25 -0500
  ...the 180 F >> maximum temperature rating is enough, as the control temperature for >> the waterboxer exceeds that, and certainly excursions occur under >> some conditions...
• Re: external temperature guage
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:56:22 -0600
  ...external temperature guage RE: Remote Thermometers One thing to keep in mind with such thermometers with external probes. You can't shorten the length...
• Re: '86 Westy A/C Switch Desperately Needed
  Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
  Thu, 25 May 2006 13:01:24 -0700
  ...On 5/25/06, Ray Reinhard <rayreinhard@gmail.com> wrote: > > Now that summer (temperatures of 100+) has arrived in Sacramento, CA, I > desperately need...
• Re: Dometic gas cooling problems
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Tue, 14 Oct 1997 21:23:19 -0700
  ...After comparing the new with the old switch, I found out that the old one would only turn on at a much higher temperature...
• Re: Additives and Oil
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Wed, 16 Nov 94 10:28:55 PST
  ...My take on oil, based on what I've read, is that the viscosity should be chosen according to the outside temperature at which...