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• Re: Dometic Fridge question
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 30 Jul 2000 18:02:56 -0700
  ...the flue was at > room temperature (75 degrees) and the lower two coils were also at room > temperature. Obviously the thermometer would have read...
• Re: Aircooled vanagon acceptable oil temperature / timing problem?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 09:31:40 -0400
  Chris wrote Adam has suggested my high oil temperature could be a timing problem... can anyone elaborate? Air-cooled engines and air cooled vans...
• product report
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 09:00:57 -0400
  ...display for easy viewing at night * Stores minimum and maximum temperature readings * Displays temperature in Fahrenheit or Celsius * 12/24-hour digital clock Obviously...
• Re: Tire pressure question 2
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 31 Jul 2005 11:05:38 -0700
  ...The first rest stop I pull into (or gas stop) on a trip I check the temperature of each tire. I'm going on...
• Re: 6/8 Temp Reading
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:48:46 -0400
  ...Shawn On 7/23/06, Jon Kanas <kanas@qadas.com> wrote: > > Robert, > > Something came to mind regarding your temperature problem that I don't...
• Re: Some thoughts Mansi Speed products. Moving onto to coolant temperature possible problems or gauge readings.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 1 Jun 2021 18:35:52 +0000
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• RE: Oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 20:19:26 EST
  ...My take on oil pressure and temperature gauges is that you're not looking for absolute numbers but for relative numbers and change over...
• Re: instruments, interviews
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Feb 1995 10:35:43 -0500
  About the dipstick oil temperature guage..... I had one on my '67 bus for many years. It was electric, not mechanical like the one...
• Re: Atlanta to Moscow Road Trip (Awfully Long)
  Historical mailing list - Seth F Gordon
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 19:44:04 -0500
  did you replace the coolant temperature sensor, or at least check it. It is fairly cheap but important. Check and re-check all grounds...
• need dealer part # for coolant temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - Gary E Thaxter
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:47:45 -0400
  ...Anyone know the dealer part number for the coolant temperature sensor on an 86 syncro? He cannot find a listing for it. He keeps...
• Re: Starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 14:17:38 -0500
  ...It says to pull the handle full out down to 5F (-15C), but in temperatures below this, do not pull the handle out until...
• Re: Once again, The cold...
  Historical mailing list - pierre a. lachance
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 09:30:40 -0500
  ...you can start with a 50 cents alcool bottle in your gas tank...different temperature at this time of year brings water in your...
• guages for sale
  Historical mailing list - Tim & Kim Dayton
  Sat, 30 Mar 2002 07:29:52 -0500
  ...new cylinder temp gauge with temperature probe $35 new amp meter guage $35 new VDO rubber 2 guage pod $10 Several audi 4000 volt...
• Re: Meter Recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 12:14:45 -0800
  While talking about meters, Radio Shack has the hand held (very small) remote temperature sensor on sale right now at $29.95, Christmas special...
• Re: Van content (really)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 23 Dec 2006 16:30:50 -0500
  ...Ben, you mean to say that the temperatures drop below 60 degrees in the winter? :P OH WAIT, I forgot. You left-coasters turn...
• Re: Gas Saving Tips
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:55:29 -0500
  ...In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the > temperature of the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other > petroleum products plays an...
• Re: Mini Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:16:07 -0500
  ---- Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MYMTS.NET> wrote: > Impressive! Am i reading that right? After three hours, solely on propane, hardly any change in interior temperature...
• Re: Synthetic oil not worth it (long)
  Historical mailing list - S2
  Fri, 26 Mar 1999 23:10:00 -0800
  ...You repeated the testers comments that the >> synthetics flowed better at low temperatures and provided better protection >> at high temperatures. That news alone is...
• Re: R134 conversion.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Wed, 2 Jun 1999 12:18:02 PDT
  ...I'll >probably add one more can of refrigerant for good measure. > > >Ric > Volks - Is there any consensus on the air temperature you should...
• Re: Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 16 Dec 2012 13:29:47 -0700
  ...It is fairly cold here so the > best I can do is 190 degree oil temperature. At that temperature I have 18 > lb. at...
• Wonky Tachometer when 45f or colder
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:16:37 -0500
  ...1991 GL with a 2.2 Subaru engine and Manual Transmission When temperature is below 45 degrees Fahrenheit, the tachometer cuts out when driving...
• Re: diesel-winter oil
  Historical mailing list - Joel Hembel
  Thu, 19 Nov 1998 21:36:01 -0600
  GREEN-DANIEL ALLAN wrote: > > Hello all, > What kind of oil should I run in just below freezing temperatures for > my 82 diesel? What about...
• Re: Displacement Efficiency etc and the half-Lilley
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:21:56 EST
  ...For comparison purposes, record temperature, make certain tire pressures are the same as any previous trials and weigh the vanagon. If you know the...
• Need information on Bosch temperature sensors (More on 8 miles to the gallon)
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 23:23:56 -0400
  ...I ran a temperature/resistance check on both. The old 341 seems to be within the specs in the manual, but the 346 isn...
• Re: WBX oil pressure with/without cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 23:57:53 -0400
  ...The goal is really to have the oil temperature follow the coolant temperature. Warming the oil faster helps improve fuel economy and emissions during...
• Re: Warning light
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 5 Nov 2014 09:11:13 -0600
  ...The coolant warning > > light is in the coolant temperature gauge. > > The oil pressure warning system is a bit complex. There are two sensors. A...
• Re: PWM controller , was Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:47:17 -0500
  ...If the engine was seeing huge over > and undershoots in temperature then a better control system would be warranted. > But the large thermal mass...
• 85 Westy Temp Guage - what's 'normal'?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Guttman
  Mon, 19 Jul 1999 18:20:40 -0400
  ...Wolf seemed in good spirits first few miles down the road - but noticed the temperature gauge was above the half-way point where its...
• Re: Overheating - but no to windward
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:32:35 -0600
  ...I think the wind matters little unless there was a significant ambient temperature drop as well. The radiator needs airflow to displace heat and...
• Re: Dometic fridge question
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Mon, 2 Jun 2014 07:41:20 -0500
  ...I was wondering what sort of temperature below ambient air temperature I might expect to see? Thanks. Andre Fiedler
• Re: '85 A/C Question
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Jun 2001 10:15:28 EDT
  ...The inner knob is for fan speed the outter ring around this knob is for temperature control. You need to not only turn the...
• Re: Oil Weight Reccomendation
  Historical mailing list - Filcoff, David M.
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 15:42:10 -0500
  Here's a very basic explanation of multi weight oil from edmunds.com: "...20-weight oil would remain 20-weight oil at all temperatures...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:27:13 -0700
  ...Your coolant temperature gauge is measuring and indicating the temperature of the coolant. Your oil temp gauge gives a better indication of the temperature...
• Re: Metric this, metric that
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:57:41 -0600
  ...Most human-habitable areas experience > temperatures that range inside 0-100F for the most part. Centigrade, > though, > is optimized for science, which marks the...
• Re: Dometic Frig - Realistic Cooling
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:23:44 -0700
  ...However, the differential is also proportional to the ambient temperature. The lower the temperature, the greater the differential between the boiler temp and the...
• Temperature needle low: thermostat or sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Thu, 23 Jan 1997 21:23:02 -0000
  ...new sensor? For a brief time after changing the coolant, the temperature did swing to the middle and back. Can I assume this was...
• Temperature Sensor Light/Difficulty Starting
  Historical mailing list - Harold Jaynes
  Sat, 11 Dec 1999 18:35:44 EST
  ...First, sometimes the temperature sensor light starts to blink upon starting occasionally and will not stop blinking for a mile or two. Sometimes it...
• Newer Vanagon Technology in older Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Kyle Davis
  Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:03:21 -0700
  ...on my westy would be thermometers, one for inside temperature, and one for outside temperature--certainly I'm not the first to think of...
• Re: Low readings from gas gauge and temp gauge..84 tintop
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 13 Sep 2017 18:39:31 -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: Mobil 1 0W 50 any one use it yet
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 15 Jan 2016 22:48:40 -0500
  Are you using your van as a winter daily driver? Temperatures in the teens? If not than just stay with the 15w-50. As...
• Re: Still need HELP with hot start problem 84 Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 3 Sep 2012 19:42:16 -0600
  ...Replaced the temperature sensor. > 9. Replaced the wire from the computer to the temperature sensor. > > Tomorrow I am going to see if I can...
• fridge questions
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Tue, 4 Mar 97 23:00:44 EST
  ...Well, with outside temperatures in the 40s and inside temperatures probably in the high 60s to low 70s (electric heater) the fridge inside temperature...
• Re: not all thermostats are equal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:41:33 -0600
  For what it's worth, remember that you can buy a variety of temperature ranges in thermostats. Make sure you are comparing identical temperature...
• Re: Fw: Flashing Coolant light on a diesel van.
  Historical mailing list - stephen de la salle
  Sun, 8 Apr 2001 20:53:58 -0400
  The Coolant temperature gage has an LED in the middle of it ...the early water cooled vans with diesel engine did not have a...
• Re: Cause of the white corrosion deposit around a battery?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:01:02 -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: Dometic fridge question
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 2 Jun 2014 11:22:41 -0700
  ...I was wondering > what sort of temperature below ambient air temperature I might expect to > see? -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Wed, 6 Feb 2013 18:33:11 -0800
  ...Noisy Valve lifters That suggests to me that VW meant for the oil to be checked when the engine was at operating temperature, not...
• I'm Back! Also, Hot water with no drain
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 07:19:22 -0800
  ...The critical part is to have a temperature limiter or else you'll have 220 degree water and a severe scaling hazard. I used...
• Subject: Fuel octane
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 14:17:42 -0800
  It was my understanding that higher octane gas simply burns at a higher temperature. Energy contents is no different so there is no advantage...
• Not an oil temp post
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 28 Feb 2021 00:18:35 +0000
  ...Any suggestions? Winner gets the entire string of posts on oil temperature questions.
• Re: Multi Conductor Shielded Automotive Wire Temperature Rating
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 10 Jan 2018 16:18:45 -0500
  It's included in the shield, not something you add. Yrs, d On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 4:18 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl...
• Re: Cold Idle Problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 8 Sep 2017 00:57:22 -0400
  ...Temp-I is inside the AFM and measures air temperature. They have identical resistance vs temp curve. Yrs, d
• coolant system pressure
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:16:04 -0500
  I recently remarked, concerning using rescue tape, that temperature and pressure in a vanagon cooling system exceed those in a garden hose. Of course...
• Re: EuroVan wiring
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Tue, 4 Jun 1996 13:43:05 -0400 (EDT)
  ...It=20 > >>seems that occasionally the fuel level and temperature gauge stop=20 > >>responding and then start working again after a while. That's...
• Cold Start problem
  Historical mailing list - Larry
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 17:43:28 -0500
  ...The neutral switch is affected by the ambient temperature? Thanks, Larry Hensley 88GL automatic
• Changing fuel injection temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - Alan Cote
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 13:24:45 EDT
  Hi all -- today's message is about changing the fuel injection temperature sender (the one by the thermostat) on my '86 Westy. When I...
• Re: DIESEL starting and other general questions
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:01:59 -0700
  ...is no way I could ever start my engine at that temperature. At 7200 feet and 1/3rd less air it needs to be...
• Re: stalling after engine cleaned
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 22 Feb 2005 19:05:05 -0500
  ...I would also check the TEMPII sensor at operating temperature. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
• Coolant temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sun, 4 May 2008 17:37:42 +0000
  Can anyone tell me if the coolant gauge temperature sensor (in thermostat housing - not the level sensor in the expansion tank) uses an O...
• Re: One More 'Fridge Thread
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:43:12 -0700
  ...Summer temperatures > > where I live frequently exceed 90. The min temperature that raw beef or > > chicken can be stored at is 40F according to...