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• Re: TIICo missing thermostat: replaced
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:18:10 -0400
  ...TIICo missing thermostat: replaced All, I installed the missing thermostat on my TIICo engine. I put an 80 degree unit in. Here is what...
• Re: Vitrifrigo/Truck Fridge power usage
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:43:29 -0700
  ...Rather than set up a terminal strip to provide three different levels of current usage to compensate for wildly-varying thermostats, why wouldn't...
• Re: Thermostat woes--or--?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:21:34 -0400
  ...I pulled the thermostat a month ago and tested it in boiling > water. It was fully closed when I pulled it, and didn't...
• Re: WTB: Thermostat Controlled Fan for Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:56:28 -0600
  The normal procedure is to put a thermostat in the oil line to the cooler. It is always partially open to measure the temperature...
• Re: Dometic in an ASI
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 1 Sep 2000 07:28:11 -0700
  > Is the fridge in propane mode meant to only operate with the thermostat > at 0? Of course not... thermostats are just like the thermostat...
• Coolant Thermostat Question
  Historical mailing list - The Blackhams
  Wed, 20 Dec 2000 12:36:09 -0700
  ...I'm wondering if it is being caused by a bad coolant system thermostat. Its acting like my 77 bus did when the cold...
• Re: Higher temp reading after thermostat change
  Historical mailing list - John Scheckel
  Mon, 12 Apr 1999 22:43:28 -0700
  Chris Bracken wrote: > > Greetings: > On the weekend I replaced my thermostat with a new one from the VW dealer; > I had previously ( 6 months...
• Re: Tips on changing a 2.1 thermostat?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:53:42 -0500
  ...See TJ Hannink's write-up at http://www.vanagonauts.com/19.11-Thermostat--2.1L-53.htm John Meeks Vanagon Rescue Squad http...
• Re: Thermostat woes--or--?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:23:11 -0400
  ...OK, guys, I need to read "Thermostats for Dummies."
• Re: Thermostat Woes
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 7 Jan 2012 22:44:24 -0500
  On 1/7/2012 10:35 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > so we are talking about a Thermostat for air-cooled Type IV VW...
• Re: without thermostat?
  Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 18:50:32 -0800
  It's always been my understanding that you need the restriction in the thermostat in order for your heater to work and your engine...
• Re: cooler Thermostat
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Jul 1997 22:48:00 EDT
  ...Every one of my Water Cooled Vehicles have an 80C (180F) Thermostat because the area temperature conditions practically require it for MOST of the...
• Re: Running Hot
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 3 Apr 1998 09:14:56 -0800
  ...No where in the parts films (I have the old as well as the latest) do they show a different Thermostat. Would someone care...
• Re: Syncro runs hot (Thermostat)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 25 Sep 1997 03:03:18 UT
  ...The Thermostat. Thanks to Dennis Haynes, he led me to check this and found a difference between many after market thermostats and the factory...
• Re: Bad NEW Thermostat Now Back on the Road,
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:34:02 -0700
  How about telling us the brand of thermostat that was so far out of spec even though new? Did you get it from a...
• 80 Vanagon Thermostat ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Jason Beals
  Tue, 2 May 2000 22:04:33 -0400
  Hello all, Upon furthur inspection and discussion previosly I discovered my vanagon did not have a thermostat installed. Believing this may be a problem...
• Re: 1980 Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 19 Apr 2004 15:33:06 -0400
  ...If I check salvage yards and find a contracted thermostat, will it > likely be reliable or a waste of time? You can heat it...
• Re: source for fridge heating element?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:23:15 -0800
  You do realize that while the 12 volt element does not have thermostatic control, the 110 volt element does. If you are measuring at...
• Re: Replacing Thermostat... and gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 7 Sep 2015 19:25:54 -0700
  hi Dennis, some said it's good idea to drill a small hole (1/8") on thermostat disk... what do you think? thanks dan
• If the water pump or thermostat is broken?
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Sun, 9 Nov 2003 16:31:33 -0600
  Will the pressure build up and start blowing weak cooling components? I think I'm going to have to check the thermostat.
• Bleeding the coolant question
  Historical mailing list - digest Herbie Dave
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 21:03:19 EDT
  ...You bleed two areas, right? The radiator and the fitting over the thermostat (take hose off?) I just changed the thermostat housing, both sensors...
• Re: RE: running hot....ideas? UPDATE running a 70� t-stat instead of the 87� one
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:35:41 -0500
  ...Are you positive the original thermostat was good? That fact that replacing it makes the engine run cool implies that the first thermostat wasn...
• Re: dometic thermostat replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:17:15 -0400
  ...dometic thermostat replacement? >Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:23:04 -0700 > >I just removed my fridge and saw that it has the thermostat...
• Re: Calorstat Thermostat? (Jetta swap)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 4 Jan 2016 12:41:45 -0800
  ...In other words, the thermostat design is likely not the issue. And, as I'd wondered, the plastic elbow can warp over time. But...
• Re: Thermostat woes--or--?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:35:31 -0400
  How about do you have the correct thermostat? A number of books list a VW or audi stat that is very similar in appearance...
• Re: Troubleshooting 'Frig Cooling Problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 14 Jun 2000 15:36:38 -0400
  At 15:34 6/14/2000, Bill Davidson wrote: >So it could be the propane thermostat? >The 110 volt thermostat could be working and...
• '87 2.1L Thermostat gasket?
  Historical mailing list - Richard C Welsh
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 13:29:13 -0500
  replaced the thermostst this weekend and now have coolant seeping out the seam of the thermostat housing. its nice and tight, but still getting...
• dometic thermostat F.S.
  Historical mailing list - Ron Katz
  Thu, 28 Aug 1997 19:41:14 -0400
  I have an extra, working thermostat.for a Dometic 182B fridge.... I thought I had a bad one, and ordered from Dometic at $126...
• without thermostat?
  Historical mailing list - Javier Zavala
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 21:21:39 -0500
  ...I am really concerned about high temps so I was thinking of running the engine without the thermostat. I know it won�t warm...
• Re: 80 Vanagon Thermostat ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Beckett Cantrell
  Thu, 4 May 2000 08:39:21 EDT
  First and formost INSTALL the thermostat. Second, move to the air-cooled list. Type2@type2.com. They know everything you will ever need to...
• Cooler thermostat question? when needed?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:07:26 EDT
  Under what conditions would one want/need a cooler than stock thermostat or a fan switch for the radiator. Are these for desert conditions...
• Re: Bleeding the front radiator
  Historical mailing list - Allan Bagley
  Tue, 12 Mar 2002 08:19:53 -0800
  The point is all thermostats/housings/cooling systems pass some coolant when the thermostat is in the "closed" position. Let me restate this in...
• cooler thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Joe Wagner
  Sun, 13 Jul 1997 11:57:25 -0400 (EDT)
  ...a cooler temperature thermostat first! This will be much more > > effective. > > >From what I undertand there is only one temp thermostat offered. > -- > Todd Francis...
• Re: Reduced Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:15:50 -0500
  Keith Ovregaard wrote: > Anyone experience lower mileage after installing a new 87 degree > (stock) thermostat? My gas mileage improved after replacing a failed open...
• thermostat for fridge
  Historical mailing list - Ron Katz
  Wed, 3 Sep 1997 13:56:22 -0400
  I have extra used working thermostat for Dometic 182 B fridge. $50.00 plus shipping and COD charges.. e- mail me direct, or call...
• Re: 1980 Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:17:37 -0500
  ...1980 Thermostat > > > > Maybe we're speaking past one another, again. > > > > When the engine is cold the thermostat pulls the flaps, against the > pressure > > of...
• Re: more trouble with metal pipe to thermostat...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:13:28 -0800
  ...more trouble with metal pipe to thermostat... > I went out today to make some progress on my thermostat housing removal, > armed with the good...
• Re: Vitrifrigo/Truck Fridge power usage
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:56:00 -0700
  ...I'm a graduate Therapist not a graduate Engineer! AFAIK, precise thermostats are more costly than a couple of resistors� My point and Gelato...
• Re: running hot....ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sun, 26 Mar 2006 08:30:10 -0700
  With the discussions on thermostats, here is an interesting bit from Ben Huot's webpages: http://www.benplace.com/front_radiator.htm > VW is...
• Which thermostat ?
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:41:44 -0700
  What is the consensus on which thermostat to install? There appear to be two different temperature ratings. I live in Phoenix, AZ so it...
• thermostat soup too
  Historical mailing list - Warner, Jeff (DSIO)
  Fri, 14 May 2004 12:17:04 -0400
  ...Seems like the thermostat will not open soon enough or stay open long enough. Bought another thermostat. Same problem. Cooked both of them together...
• Re: Oil Coolers
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:52:30 -0800
  FWIW _real_ oil coolers have thermostats that do what thermostats do except they're in the oil stream. Do the webby thing and see...
• Re: 1980 Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 14:52:41 -0500
  ...1980 Thermostat > Maybe we're speaking past one another, again. > > When the engine is cold the thermostat pulls the flaps, against the pressure > of...
• Re: WAS Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 25 May 2012 22:48:18 -0700
  ...You could have also removed the thermostat " on an older style car with a 'single door' thermostat on top of the engine ..yes, you...
• Thermostats
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 07:44:54 -0800
  ...the thermostat thread. As Charles (Boss) Kettering said, "Parts left out cost nothing and have an infinite service life." If it wasn't necessary...
• re: thermostat
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 14:00:18 -0500
  ...Not only don't I have a thermostat, the heat risers (tubes going from the exhaust pipes to the intake manifold) are cut off...
• Re: Substitute for aircooled thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:39:27 -0600
  ...Substitute for aircooled thermostat I think the thermostat doesn't move the flaps after engine warm-up. It just helps the warm-up happen...
• RE: Thermostat???
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 29 Jul 1996 20:16:54 -0700
  I think the general wisdom is not to remove the thermostat. It's a good thing, helps your engine warm up quicker (even in...
• Thermo...STAT!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 08 Nov 1995 17:59:45 EST
  Mitch at geomag wrote in about a missing thermostat w/ his engine. Well, my dual port 1600 didn't have one either. Yesterday was...
• Re: gerry's thermostat problem .... now in english!
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 22 Nov 1994 13:07:13 -0600 (CST)
  On Tue, 22 Nov 1994, Joachim Beek wrote: > Troubleshooting Thermostat > Symptom Cause/Effect > ------------------------------ -------------------------------------- > > Temperature gauge rises slowly, Thermostat valve is blocked in the "open...
• > thermostat housing question...
  Historical mailing list - Tony Demille
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 14:32:41 -0600
  is there a difference between the thermostat housing for a syncro vs. a GL? i recently put an '86 syncro engine in my '90...
• Re: 86 syncro running cool
  Historical mailing list - Joe Beckham
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 08:02:05 -0800
  Perl, The flaps thermostats were costing about $8. The dealer one was $33 and change. ---------- From: Per Lindgren [SMTP:lindgre@ONLINE.NO] Sent: Monday...
• Re: Leaking thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Wed, 8 May 2002 10:19:36 -0500
  ...I've torqued down the thermostat housing bolts and the leak went away. Boy, that was a relief! Chris. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: Thermostat Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Les Yamashita
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 13:39:01 -0500
  Donald, The thermostat is easy to replace. If the weather is bad just remove the engine cover and keep the rear hatch closed and...
• Re: Thermostats [Was: Spooked!]
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 03:58:52 -0400
  ...The fan will be running at high speed >~ten degrees before the thermostat is fully open. Spoke too fast. The thermostat and fan sensor...
• Re: Replacing thermostat on 1.9L
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Sep 2000 11:22:56 EDT
  ...Just undo both bolts on the bottom of the thermostat housing and work the bottom of the thermostat cover out. It will come out...
• Drain Coolant to replace Thermostat (2.1 L)???
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 23 Jul 2003 20:33:03 -0400
  ...disassembly Can this be correct? The thermostat seems higher in relation to most of the rest if the coolant paths. Am I in for...
• Re: 80 Thermostat Question
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 08:33:59 EDT
  ...Got the best fuel economy I've had with the 80C thermostat. The engine does run at the correct temp the coolant just begins...
• Re: No heat at stoplights.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:11:38 -0500
  Actually maximum circulation to the heating loop is with the thermostat closed. As the thermostat opens the circulating coolant mixes with the coolant in...
• Re: Replacing 1.9 Thermostat Short Hose
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:31:26 -0500
  ...hose between the thermostat housing and engine. > Do I have to remove the water pump as well as the thermostat housing or can > I...