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• Re: Turbo Diesel Power and Economy - global efficiency Q?
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:01:07 -0600
  ...industry located in a valley that often is caught in a thermal inversion (the pollution is trapped in the valley by a blanket of...
• Re: care of our Wasserboxer/WaterLeaker engines
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 20 Aug 2000 14:12:00 EDT
  ...I choose the ceramic coatings to get an additional measure of thermal protection to length the life of the rubber head gaskets. The head...
• Re: Windage Trays and Lubrication Issues (Air and Water Cooled)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 08:32:23 -0800
  ...increase oil temperature (the aerated oil acts as a > thermal insulator and minimizes the thermal exchange in the oil cooler) and > blow out the...
• Re: Good news for 1.9l T-A ECU owners
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:27:11 -0500
  ...Then had some further experience later at a VDT builder where we had some problems with thermal cycling on a video drive transistor. Yours...
• Re: Checking Propane level
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Thu, 6 Aug 1998 00:41:27 -0800
  ...The deal is that the higher thermal mass of the liguid filled tank pulls the heat away quickly cooling that part of the guage...
• Re: Roger Sisler Dometic Pics
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:50:17 -0400
  ...I put a thin coat of thermal compound on the aluminum part and then put it in and took it back out a number...
• Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:05:31 -0700
  ...AFAIK the only remaining area for large improvements > in recovery of mechanical effort from the thermal cycle involve > raising the operating temperature of the...
• Idea for engine-fire warning/control system
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 23:36:57 +1200
  ...Install a thermal sensor in the engine bay, somewhere near the top andf off to one side (out of the way of direct flames...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 16:33:34 -0400
  ...I believe that in our vans(typically lot's of hwy miles) > > the > > total thermal efficiency is going to be low enough that other...
• New Awnings and Vanagon goodies
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:18:34 -0400
  ...And Sadly to say we have discontinued the Outside thermal wrap. I find it to be a bit dangerous to climb up on your...
• Re: Ignition prob ?, '85
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 7 Jun 1995 16:14:06 -0700 (PDT)
  ...that occurs after the engine/component has warmed up? ie some thermal > problem with the electronics. Could this be my coil simply giving out...
• hydrogen
  Historical mailing list - radish150
  Sun, 6 May 2001 10:27:47 -0700
  ...Personaly, I say we start by putting all our teevee's together into a big pile and BURN them to harness the thermal energy...
• Re: Windshield Sunshade Smackdown!
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 15:20:59 -0600
  ...ALL windshield covers that are on the inside will not stop > thermal Transfer. Heat will still get inside the windshield and hit > the cover...
• Platinum Cat Q's
  Historical mailing list - Tom VandenBerg
  Wed, 14 Apr 1999 22:12:32 EDT
  ...I will go with the Platinum Cat from thermal Systems, Inc. I would like any input on listmembers who have installed one of these...
• Where is the Coolant Fan Control Relay on my '93 Eurovan?
  Historical mailing list - The Southards
  Sun, 7 Jan 2001 16:40:21 -0500
  ...I've unplugged the connector to the coolant thermal switch, but the fans still run constantly. Bentley page X142 leads me to suspect the...
• Re: vented platinum cat heater
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 21:30:08 EDT
  ...After agonizing over various types of heaters, such as the Suburban and the Propex, I opted for a VENTED catalytic heater from Thermal Systems...
• Re: experience with Rubber Molded for engine insulation
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 28 Mar 2018 02:06:58 +0000
  ...experience with Rubber Molded for engine insulation Hi , I have a 2l air-cooled and would like to optimized the thermal isolation of the...
• Re: Tencentlife Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:15:38 -0500
  ...Darrel (my mechanic who installed it) checked this function with an infra-red thermal gun. The oil thermostat opened reliably three times at 180...
• Re: Sound, vibration, thermal, moisture materials
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Thu, 28 Jul 2016 09:44:02 -0700
  no one has responded to this inquiry I am very interested hope to have my Van back some day from the body shop only...
• Re: Humidity-pressboard-slider door
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Sun, 12 Oct 2014 22:23:27 -0700
  ...I'd like to replace all of the interior panels with this material and hope for added sound and thermal insulation. h t h...
• ? Interior Cubed Feet of Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 11 Dec 2013 07:41:59 -0500
  ...For the super cold weather for heat and insulating on my Vanagon for a Thermal project. More of an Off Grid Survival type question...
• Re: J B Weld: My experience with
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 Sep 1996 11:59:49 -0800
  ...You can have the pits repaired, have thermal protection for the rubber head gasket, and, since ceramic dosn't corrode ,you will have more...
• Re: Reliability of AutoZone (Duralast) alternators
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Thu, 2 Oct 2008 00:25:55 -0400
  ...However, my flaps prints their receipts on thermal paper, and Florida is hot. The paper turns dingy and the print becomes illegible. I make...
• Re: Fridge....should it stay on...
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 25 May 2005 17:53:21 -0700
  ...The thermal switch on the back works (tested it), it kicks in the fan when the waste fins get hot (tested), the rear fan...
• Re: Westy Winter Camping Suggestions..
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:12:17 -0400
  Hi Ric and Others wanting to Winter Camp Ive got a New Exterior Front Thermal window cover to let you keep the full interior...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Ribbon Repair
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:01:42 -0500
  ...It's >> a lot easier to apply heat to a single part than it is to multiple parts of >> different thermal masses. When you...
• Re: Attention automatic transmission owners; a little help!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:07:55 -0400
  ...converter (centrifugal forces) and other passages and warm to account for thermal expansion. There is little room for overfilling. Once it is filled after...
• Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:19:31 -0600
  ...Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote: > some point we have a thermal run away. On the 2.1L engines the oil cooler > was added...
• Re: Sticky Accelerator Cable
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:43:29 -0300
  ...to the walls again when the engine cools with the resulting thermal contraction and all. Fix? Beyond replacing the whole thing? Dunno. Suggestions out...
• Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:07:08 -0700
  ...AFAIK the only remaining area for large improvements > in recovery of mechanical effort from the thermal cycle involve > raising the operating temperature of the...
• Re: Couple of minor propane fridge mods
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 20 Jun 2017 14:42:28 -0400
  ...for > > replacing it, I first tried mayonnaise, then astroglide to improve > thermal > > transfer, but neither worked better than the Radio Shack thermal paste I...
• Re: Coolant pipe *REPAIR* kit, was: Coolant pipe kit and distributor kit from GoWesty
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:29:31 -0400
  ...There's thermal (hard/soft) and presssure (swell/shrink) cycling going on, too. Somehow the insert has to travel even with the clamp squeezing...
• Re: radiator fan stays on
  Historical mailing list - Wes Johnson
  Sun, 25 May 1997 15:23:07 -0700
  ...I thought it would be the thermal switch. >Bentley says this is located on the upper left front of the radiator, >behind the grille...
• Re: Part numbers needed please
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:18:31 -0800
  ...ETKA is ambiguous in this regard, as it shows the following: > > - Thermal switch (aka Temp 2 gauge), two part numbers: 251 919 369 and...
• Re: Friday musings to get you thinking (some Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 12:58:13 EDT
  ...The proper way to determine tire pressures and recommendations would be to do a pyrometer scan across the tire tread to measure the thermal...
• RE: running hot....ideas? UPDATE running a 70� t-stat instead of the 87� one
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:13:13 -0500
  ...As the engine will now go from 188F to say 210F (fan turning on), you have increased the thermal cycling by another 30F. This...
• Re: Thermal Insulation;
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:36:24 -0800
  ...Quiet Car. > > > > > > But, I'm wondering what folks are doing > > > for Thermal Insulation. > > > > > > It looks like the Polyurethane foam spray-on Insulation > > > May be...
• Re: More rebuild/new engine questions
  Historical mailing list - Stephen P. Miller
  Fri, 13 May 1994 09:52:33 EDT
  ...Even if it > would hold, I would immagine it would have terrible thermal contact with the > rest of the head and get quite hot...
• Re: Running on Tap Water
  Historical mailing list - Various
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 15:58:04 -0300
  ...The theory, as explained, was that the thermal expansion rate of the finely atomized water was greater than the expansion rate of the combustion...
• Re: Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 26 May 2012 11:03:23 -0400
  ...Other fancier gauges may use silicone grease at the pivot to damp the movement, but with the thermal gauges it's built in. Incidentally...
• Re: Going to Vegas for a business trip, anything I should be seeing while there?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:41:43 -0700
  Tires? Oil viscosity and polymer thermal breakdown? Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus On Feb 6, 2012, at 6:21 PM, Tom Buese...
• Platinum cat heaters
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer 19618-5th Ave so Seattle WA 98148
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 19:06:35 EDT
  ...The website is under Thermal Systems Inc. at : users.tss.net/^platcat/index2.html Ask for the free brochure. Robert Keezer 1982 Westfalia Seattle
• Westy Winter Camping Suggestions..
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:19:55 -0400
  ...So far I have a set of thermal curtains that I got from Bus Depot a while back, a Mr. Heater buddy heater (with...
• Re: Acoustic properties of common materials
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 31 Dec 2006 14:08:12 -0800
  ...These aren't quite as good as what is listed above, but they also > provide thermal insulation. These have an NRC of 55% and...
• Re: dometic 182b question
  Historical mailing list - Mary Creasy
  Tue, 8 Nov 2005 21:29:56 -0500
  I too have dealt with the same problem on our '85 and my experience was that the original thermal conductive material on the fin...
• Re: thermal insulation
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:05:18 -0700
  being an architect I am not too big of a fan of bubble insulation. yes it works, but I would be very surprised if...
• Re: Suggestion, Re: Checking a Radiator.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 8 Jul 2001 19:59:19 -0700
  ...As radiators clog or become coated internally with various > > materials (including the worst of all, Alumaseal), the coolant is > thermally > > isolated from the inner...
• D'OH (metic) fridge
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 21 Sep 1997 22:08:03 -0700
  ...Ideas? BTW, I concur with the advise to make sure the temp switch on the cooling fins is securely attached and has some thermal...
• Re: aux heaters (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Redwood
  Thu, 2 Oct 1997 15:49:42 -0700
  ...winter. >>I think i've decided on the Platinum Cat by Thermal Systems. -- snip -- >Blake, I own this same unit and other than some...
• Re: high oil temps
  Historical mailing list - John
  Wed, 2 Feb 2000 22:35:49 -0500
  ...The engine oil in a diesel, especially a TD has higher thermal loads so 250*F sounds normal. Unless its super cold, ambient temps...
• noise reduction sound deadening
  Historical mailing list - James T.
  Fri, 22 Jun 2001 23:41:31 +0000
  ...it is made of mineral filled asphalt polymer that transforms vibrational energy into thermal energy (low level heat). The flexible nature of this dampening...
• Dometic question. (yes did search archives.... ;^)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:48:41 -0400
  ...to get down to 40 F)Extra rear fan(s)? Replacing thermal paste between cooling fins and tube? Thanks much! Neil Nicholson. 1981 air...
• Re: Redline Water Wetter (was: Temperature guage}
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Mon, 9 Apr 2001 06:57:44 -0700
  ...Phil 84' westy "millenium Falcon" --- CHRIS STANN <cstann3@HOME.COM> wrote: > If Water Wetter increases water's thermal > conductivity, wouldn't it also > mean...
• Re: The wire harness becomes brittle
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sun, 4 Feb 2007 10:59:07 -0800
  Ok no opinion here perhaps the .ca's on the list know of canadian retailer/ wholesaleers where you can get -thermal protection split tube...
• Re: Exhaust headers and Peanut Oil...
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:46:38 -0400
  ...the integrity of the coating on a substrate which undergoes frequent thermal expansion cycles. Ceramic coatings are popular on turbocharged vehicles, pre-turbo, as...
• Re: 80c or 87c thermostat?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:47:44 -0400
  ...This is particularly important for winter operation as the radiator has so much thermal capacity any leakage at the t-stat will delay or...
• Re: Power window fuse location
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:15:53 -0700
  ...pg 97.189) shows a relay at position 24, and a thermal fuse at position 26: > <http://www.kippert.com/vanagon/misc/bentley_pg97...
• Re: Dometic fan cycle question
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Sep 1997 11:11:12 -0700
  ...stock fan coming on may be enough to affect either the internal latching of the thermostat or the thermal connection to the fins. -Blaine
• Re: Aux Oil Cooler install...results Aircooled vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 30 Jun 2002 01:58:26 EDT
  ...Anyway when local cavitation begins, it is possible to exceed the required thermal dissipation rate and the temperature will run up. All too quickly...
• Re: After-Market Temperature Gauge
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:04:20 -0700
  ...I will add that his thermal gun reads > right at 195 at the thermostat when warmed up, so we know the engine > is getting...