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• Re: Fridge madness 201 (average temperature)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 02:02:13 -0400
  At 01:56 AM 6/19/2002, Ben huot wrote: >I wonder how many hours I can get on 1 propane tank!!! Couple weeks...
• more coolant blinker probs.
  Historical mailing list - Jerome & Melissa Little
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 07:53:03 -0700
  ...The temperature needle seems fine, always right in the middle (well, just below light) at operating temp. Coolant level seems fine, V-belt seems...
• Best Oil Viscosity?
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 13:22:48 -0500
  ...Can someone please tell me what the suggested temperature range for 10W30 is in a water cooled vanagon? How about 20W50? I need to...
• Flashing Temperature LED
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 14:00:09 -0500
  Sounds like a problem I've been having on and off for many years with my 84GL. I gave up trying to fix it...
• Re: questions on temp gauges
  Historical mailing list - Rainer Heller
  Wed, 27 Mar 1996 08:35:49 -0800 (PST)
  ...My guess is that there should be some voltage supply and you have some temperature dependent resistance. Rainer 85 Vanagon On Thu, 21 Mar...
• Re: radiator fan and A/C
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 26 Jul 2019 09:01:59 -0600
  ...You should have some other means to test coolant temperature at various locations to be able to diagnose the system. Infrared guns are very...
• *very long* All you need to know on Synthetic oil
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 16:32:53 CST6CDT
  ...This means that the viscosity of a fluid generally de- creases with temperature, and increases as the temperature drops. If a fluid's viscosity...
• Re: 87 Westy overheating after coolant change
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:01:57 -0500
  The 1.9L needs to have coolant actually flowing to read temperature also. Even engines with the sensor in the head need the coolant...
• Re: window tint
  Historical mailing list - caryccc
  Sat, 8 Mar 2003 03:13:59 -0600
  ...However, I wonder if a darker tint is actually better at keeping a van cooler temperature-wise than a lighter tint. I suspect that...
• Re: Failed emissions for third time-Some helpful hints.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:19:26 -0400
  The air temperature sensor was never readily available as a separate part. I have never seen one go bad. It is part of the...
• Re: Last chance! (was: need assistance)
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 17:32:16 -0700
  ...Maybe check the temperature sensor values for the temperature you are at according to the graphs in the Bentley manual. Again a bad ground...
• Re: gas can
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Wed, 30 Jan 2002 21:41:41 -0800
  ...For a 7 L fill to > expand this much, there must be a temperature change of more than 120 degrees > Fahrenheit. If the can...
• Re: external temperature gauge
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:55:25 -0700
  ...external temperature gauge > > At 12:12 AM 2/26/2010, Tom Hargrave wrote... > >> Correction - 100' would be 3 - 5 ohms, still a non-issue...
• Re: head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:48:45 -0800
  ...So, could > the heads be sealed better even with the temperature difference between > normal fall temps and the quite cold temps we've had...
• Re: low coolant indicator lamp
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Sat, 18 Jul 1998 21:52:49 -0500
  ...50 EDT, Dagbear@AOL.COM writes: > > << The red blinky on my temperature gauge sometimes refuses to go out after > startup even though the sensor...
• Re: Removing Dealer Logo - how to?
  Historical mailing list - Alain Pierre Hovasse
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 07:42:42 -0400
  ...We are like most families in that we > set the water heater thermostat a little above what is considered a prudent > temperature. Whatever it...
• Re: Synthetic Oil Conversion, What is the best Easy Access Brand, and Viscosity?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 Jan 2006 10:59:58 -0500
  ...Synthetic Oil Conversion, What is the best Easy Access Brand, and Viscosity? Living in northern Maine I see very cold winter temperatures which make...
• Re: O2 sensors
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:12:52 -0600
  ...If the engine is not running at the proper temperature, solve that problem (thermostat?). Of course a bad temp sensor or wiring can also...
• Re: Flashing temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 16 Oct 2014 10:10:39 -0600
  The temperature gauge is part 255 919 511A and is available from VW Classic parts. So is the fuel gauge. I'd swear I...
• 1991 vanagon - Dometic 182B fan limit switch
  Historical mailing list - KevinPGilleran
  Mon, 13 Jan 2014 15:10:27 -0800
  ...The original manual shows using the higher temp range but I wanted to see if anyone else had a good experience the lower temperature...
• AC Question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Ogul
  Fri, 26 Jul 2013 17:22:52 -0400
  ...What I notice though is that in each speed - low-medium-high iif I rotate the temperature control to the point where the compressor...
• Re: My van runs like crap when it's cold.
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:47:28 -0500
  At 10:02 PM 12/21/2010, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote... >The fp regulator isn't senstive to temperature ... > I havn't seen an...
• Re: What Should I See On the Temperature Gage?
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Thu, 8 Oct 2009 15:59:07 -0700
  I'm no mechanic, but my trusted mechanic had to install a resistor to get accurate temp readings on my gauge. FWIW. It wasn...
• kooltrons
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Sep 1994 11:18:04 +0800
  ...They heat/cool +/- 40F degrees of ambient temperature, i.e., trying to warm your lasagne in a snowstorm is NOT going to make you...
• Tantalum capacitors
  Historical mailing list - Johan Nyberg
  Sun, 10 May 1998 08:02:13 +0100
  ...Use the highest temperature spec available. There is a special "automotive" spec, with reason. ************************************************************ Johan Nyberg, Sweden N 59o E 17o 25" '86 Caravelle...
• Re: How VC's work
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 10:54:25 -0700
  Derek Drew wrote: > >if temperature plays any significant role in the viscous coupling locking > >up, it seems that we should see VCs in hot...
• busted temp sender?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 09:16:11 -0700
  If my temperature sensor/sender (?) is bad, will i run rich? Still trying to pinpoint my running rich issue... granted i've only spent...
• Re: Overheating
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:03:00 -0700
  ...you could also use a raytek type infrared temperature measuring device to "see" the different temps around the system to get an idea of...
• Re: AC convert
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 17 Apr 2006 02:09:52 -0400
  ...HFC-134a > does not > ignite, regardless of concentration, at atmospheric temperatures and > pressures. This means that at atmospheric pressures and > temperatures, if a > can...
• Re: Brake fluid
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Thu, 3 Feb 2022 11:20:40 -0500
  ...A higher moisture content decreases the boiling point of your brake fluid and increases the temperature at which the fluid will freeze. Jack -----Original...
• Re: Propane and refrigerator success
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 27 Jun 2015 10:54:19 -0700
  ...The ammonia cycle is capable of pulling something around a 40 degree (F) differential between ambient temperature and internal temperature, and my measurements agree...
• Re: Temp II voltages
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 19:40:25 -0400
  ...Not very much difference. > > > >My Temp II is rock steady at 0.4 volts, with an indicated temperature 1 > >needle blade width below the...
• Re: Correct capacitor
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 18:01:33 -0700
  ...I believe the temperature coefficients are better. Bill; -----Original Message----- From: BILL <billv2@PRODIGY.NET> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 21:54:32 -0500
  ...They are idled for several minutes to allow the oil pumps to scavenge up oil into the oil tanks, and to allow temperatures to...
• Re: oil temperature sender.
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 01:45:15 -0500
  ...oil temperature sender. > How is everyone mounting the VDO remote oil temperate sender on WBX > engines? The threads look very similar to the drain...
• Re: Clip for temperature sensors at thermostat housing (2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:10:51 -0700
  ...The one piece that neither > of us can find, so far, are the spring clips that hold the two temperature > sensors onto the thermostat...
• Re: Limited high coolant temps
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 23:16:56 -0400
  ...When you're in slow traffic, or idling, you have two things that will contribute to higher temperatures: the vehicle is not moving so...
• Re: diagnosis of high oil temperature--is my engine dying?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:16:44 -0400
  ...diagnosis of high oil temperature--is my engine dying? High oil temperature is the Achilles heal of the Water Boxer and is probably the...
• Re: LP tank level detection proposal, its Friday..
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 21 Apr 2000 08:05:01 -0700
  ...Detection of difference > in temperature along the outer surface of the tank requires high flow > rates to cool the liquid through adiabatic expansion, we...
• Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 2 Jan 2016 13:15:08 -0600
  ...The temperature rises quickly, and the pressure drops to around 30 psi, varying with rpms. Is that initial 70-75 psi too high? Right...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:11:45 -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...
• MORE Friday Fuelishness
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 09:52:50 -0700
  ...Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to remain constant, the ratio of the mass of souls...
• Re: 20W-50 oil question
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 09:54:53 -0400
  ...But the number of 50 in 20w-50 is good for the rising coolant temperature when in bumper to bumper traffic. The Vangon's...
• Re: Storing Westy for 8 months
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Dor�
  Sat, 5 Dec 2009 09:59:26 -0500
  ...It will be stored in an unheated garage in the CA Sierra Nevada (mountains) @ 7,000 foot level, where the temperatures go down to...
• Re: Dometic Temperature
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 16:38:10 -0400
  ...Dometic Temperature > On our trip last week, we used the fridge on 110, 12V, and propane. All three > worked BUT......the temp inside would...
• Re: Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 24 May 2012 21:01:14 -0400
  ...You'll have to use a glycol mix to reach the higher temperatures. Yrs, d
• Relocating ECU
  Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
  Sun, 15 Mar 1998 10:38:32 +0800
  I own an 82' Westy which I imported from California, it is right now in Manila Philippines were ambient temperatures reach an average of...
• Re: Specs of hoses? pressure and temperature
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Tue, 24 Apr 2001 22:33:14 -0300
  the a/c condensor (the a/c 'radiator' > that sits in front of the regular radiator) on my Vanagon and both my > Quantums were...
• Oven in a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Royston, Jerry
  Tue, 17 Jul 2001 11:23:43 -0400
  ...The downside of course is that you would have to control temperature manually. Gerry Royston '87 Westy
• Re: Max. burn time of LP tank using refrig
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 01:24:53 -0800
  ...Moderate temperatures, parked out of the sun about half the time. Loren A. Busch I know that you believe you understand what you think...
• Re: Serious question
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 22 Feb 2002 21:56:29 +1200
  ...Is it the dry weather? The >California winter temperature of 82 degrees (on the coast! and hotter >inland) >or is this something to do...
• Running Rich, need help (and wierd fuel pressure)
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 19:08:37 -0400
  ...If the van had been out in the sun all day and air temperature was above 75F, it would barely idle. By chance, I...
• VDO Transmission PRESSURE gauge...anyone used one on a 2.1L AT???
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 13:24:49 -0700
  ...I've been working on rigging up a VDO Transmission Temperature gauge on the Automatic Trans of my 1990 with a 2.1L engine...
• Oops. Where did the wire go?
  Historical mailing list - Ron Putt
  Sat, 25 Oct 2003 23:48:39 -0700
  ...Can someone tell me the wire colors for the oil sending unit, temperature sensor, and the tach wire? Thank you. Ron Putt
• Re: Cooling strategies, color coded, etc.
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Fri, 30 Apr 2004 16:48:55 -0400
  ...They live a hard > life, dealing with pressure, wide temperature swings, and expanding and > contracting metal.
• Re: An upgrade for a more efficent A/C system?
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Thu, 3 May 2007 17:04:07 -0700
  ...When driving into the sun, the temperature difference between the front and back seat is bad. The rear passengers are too cold and I...
• Re: Fuel and Coolant gauges not working?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:59:59 -0400
  Well, both the fuel gauge and the temperature gauge get their operating voltage from the voltage regulator in the dash pod. I'd look...
• Re: drive from Oklahoma to Spokane, WA
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Oct 2014 11:39:08 -0400
  ...The temperature indicator almost always sets dead on the led after the vehicle warms up, but occasionally in traffic in town with a lot...
• Coolant Temperature Gauges
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Apr 1995 12:50:00 -0500
  ...As I pulled into my driveway, the coolant temperature lights flashes and the gauge shoots all the way up to high. This warning light...
• Vanagon head temperature
  Historical mailing list - Tim Jordan
  Fri, 14 JUL 1995 01:52:06 UNDEFINED
  ...mechanics in town that can agree on an acceptable normal running temperature. I seem to remember my old drag car (1835, 150hp.) running around...