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• Re: AW: On I4 and TIICO Exhaust Fixes
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 17:32:26 EDT
  ...Remember too that the muffler temperature for the gasoline engine is at least 200 degrees F hotter than the NA diesel. BTW, I indicated...
• Re: Temperature gauge reading wrong?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Hugill
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 17:11:08 -0500
  ...Temperature gauge reading wrong? > At 04:50 PM 12/27/2001, Mike Hugill wrote: > >the light reports a high temperature (overheating). The switch simply...
• Re: Procedure for checking computer Temp sending unit
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 09:29:01 -0400
  ...Typically ~3250 ohms would be very cold, ~2000 would be room > temperature and ~400 would be engine operating temperature. There's > a chart > in...
• Re: Oil: 10w30? 20w50?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:28:41 -0500
  Wesley, the main reason for keeping the heavier oil throughout the year is that the engine lives at temperature most of it active life...
• Air Cooled Overheating?
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Sun, 4 Oct 1998 00:02:09 -0400
  ...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: orginal Continental tires
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 24 May 2001 16:37:18 -0500
  ...Both times the temperature was around 100 F. Larry A.
• Re: Temperature gauge reading wrong?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 17:03:43 -0500
  At 04:50 PM 12/27/2001, Mike Hugill wrote: >the light reports a high temperature (overheating). The switch simply >monitors fluid level in...
• Temp gauge function
  Historical mailing list - John Patton
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 16:36:08 +0000
  Hi, If the temp gauge reads high on an engine truly at "normal operating temperature" it can only be the following: The voltage stabilizer...
• Re: Operating temperature? (temp gauge needle, etc)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 4 May 2008 16:51:14 -0400
  ...Do these temperatures seem okay to people? For as many posts as > > there > > are in the archives talking about the use of infrared temperature...
• Re: Oil overfill... or not? (long post)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 5 Aug 2010 09:56:30 -0500
  ...The outside temperature dropped into the fifties, and the oil pressure gauge indicated a rapid increase in pressure to around 40 psi. The temperature...
• Re: '86 Westy A/C Switch Desperately Needed
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 25 May 2006 21:40:26 -0400
  ...The temperature control potentiometer is actually a separate part of that switch. You'd only be opening the part that selects speed. It seems...
• Re: COLD WEATHER STUTTERING
  Historical mailing list - DOUG ELLEDGE
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 10:12:57 -0800
  ...Sunday > the temperature was back up into the "balmy teens" and the hesitation quit > again. No problems starting, even at the lowest temperature, and...
• Re: maybe too much information is worse...
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 14 May 2006 18:23:35 -0700
  ...So long as I'm seeing good oil > pressure, is temperature not a big deal? Is there a temperature one should > stay under? If...
• Re: Wasserboxer cooling (was:Re: aftermarket instrumentation)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 00:37:05 -0400
  Jim Davis (SyncroHead) writes: << All VW needed to do is determine the proper engine coolant operating temperature, and choose a radiator mounted switch with...
• looking for a source for temp 2/temperature gauge sending unit connectors
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:30:11 -0500
  ...also checking the wiring for the temperature gauge sending unit today and the connector for the temperature gauge sending unit broke. I'm thinking...
• Diesel oil temperatures
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 20:55:08 EST
  Do any of you diesel owners have any feedback regarding oil temperatures? My 82 Westy has a 1.9L diesel conversion and runs up...
• Blinking coolant light, again
  Historical mailing list - Spooner, Robert E.
  Tue, 8 May 2001 07:47:39 -0400
  ...The temperature is in the correct range. Is there another input besides level and temperature that would initiate the blinker? I seem to recall...
• Low readings from gas gauge and temp gauge..84 tintop
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:14:08 -0700
  ...In the past, my temperature read lower than it was when tbe connection was loose at tbe sender, but baving two instruments in tbs...
• about that temperature sensor
  Historical mailing list - Forrest Minor
  Sat, 23 Aug 2003 08:56:13 -0400
  ...Why does it cause this condition? According to the temperature versus resistance chart on page 24-32 in the Bently, at around 70f it...
• Re: round gas cans?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 10 Jun 2005 15:40:26 -0600
  ...Sitting stopped in traffic and the fan running the temperature was at 120F to 140F degrees at that point. Moving down the highway at...
• Quick and easy auxiliary heat
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:49:08 -0500
  ...My current outside temperature is 39F, and my van has been at 75F for over 24 hours. There is a lot of heat stored...
• Re: Best placement for outside air temperature sender?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 3 Sep 2005 11:01:56 -0700
  You can make things go below the outside ambient air temperature through evaporation. It isn't the wind that is colder, it is the...
• continuing almost overheating problem.
  Historical mailing list - Markus Kruse
  Tue, 2 Jul 2002 14:01:31 -0400
  ...Bought the 89 wolfsburg two years ago and the temperature gauge was almost always at the bottom end of overheating. Since then i have...
• why you're seeing a difference in temperature
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:01:59 -0700
  ...Pure water > would be the > best coolant, but of course it provides no corrosion > resistance and it would tend to boil at the > temperature...
• Red coolant light faintly glowing (should I panic?)
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Tue, 01 Jul 1997 09:24:15 -0400
  ...The temperature needle reads normal, right in the middle--the coolant overflow and refill tanks are both full, no visible leaks, tanks don't...
• Where is Coolant Temperature Sender?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 20 Aug 1997 14:04:58 -0400
  ...Cognoscenti, Today my temperature guage decided to quit. I've checked my Bentley but can't find where on our '86 Syncro Westfalia the...
• Re: Where is temperature sensor & why does needle drop when heater is on?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 7 Sep 2015 09:29:14 -1000
  ...scott On 9/7/2015 9:01 AM, Steve Williams wrote: > Hi, > > The problem is that the temperature drop doesn't happen "briefly"... the...
• Re: cooling question
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 14:03:23 -0500
  ...The temperature those days is around the freezing point; the front rad is always cool, even if engine idles for a long time. That...
• RX7 oil cooler info update/Audi Oil temp Sender
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 08:34:47 -0600
  ...Hence > an > alternative location for an oil-temperature sender would be rather > useful. > > I have experienced ambient air temperatures, in excess of 30 deg...
• Re: Warning light
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 4 Nov 2014 13:07:33 -0800
  ...What is the ambient temperature where you are at when it happens. You may need to change the oil to a lighter weight. I...
• 87 Digifant idle problems
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Fri, 5 Dec 1997 10:16:46 -0800
  ...works fine, engine runs ok at working temperature. I suspect the airflow control unit on the airfilter, but the resistance of the thermostat checks...
• Re: Where should my temperature guage run normally? (DIESEL WESTY)
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 08:38:38 -0700
  ...What's important is that the gauge indicate a relatively stable temperature and not fluctuate wildly or stay at either extreme. The temperature will...
• Re: A/C outlet temperature
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 17 May 1999 06:58:16 -0400
  ...With an ambient temperature of about 78 deg I measured an outlet temperature of 50 deg at the outlet above the drivers seat. This...
• Re: Coolant Hoses, Complete Set -- Remove and Replace
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Thu, 25 Jun 2020 19:48:35 -0700
  ...centreline of the needle is about 1 full LED > diameter above the centre of the LED > -temperature scanner reads 225F on the return pipe...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:14:28 -0500
  ...However, single weight oil is still considered more stable at high temperatures. Synthetic is considered more stable than conventional of the same grade. mcneely...
• Re: Deal on oil pressure/temperature gauges
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Tue, 17 Apr 2018 23:25:25 -0400
  ...But the temperature -- it's terrible, logarithmic scale or not. Ok, maybe 90 - 130 C is the critical information that we need to see...
• Re: Attn: Dometic Experts! - does the 12 volt function really work ?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:28:16 -0400
  At 10:02 PM 7/22/2008, Richard Golen wrote: > From what I recall, the propane and 110AC are controlled by the > temperature knob...
• Opinions sought on max oil temp
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 13:57:27 -0600
  ...I am not as concerned with exact temperature, as I am with trying to compare 'with and without' readings. The ambient temperature was about...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:34:34 -0500
  ...All of this was with coolant temperature normal (needle on the led of the temperature gauge). That was problematic at one time, but with...
• Q&D High-current ammeter
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:31:24 -0400
  ...Because it's made of copper this shunt is highly temperature-dependent -- for every 10C/18F rise from room temperature the reading will rise...
• Re: Outside Temperature
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:07:35 -0600
  ...I guess it would be more convenient to have a means of knowing the temperature outside when I am inside (particularly when driving), but...
• Re: Dometic fridge question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 2 Jun 2014 00:43:35 -0400
  ...I was wondering what sort of temperature below ambient air temperature I might expect to see? Thanks. Andre Fiedler
• Re: Blinking temperature light
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:36:03 -0400
  ...drive the 40-50 miles home if I just watch the >temperature and keeping it below the 3/4 mark? Or do I need...
• Re: Aux Oil Cooler install...results Aircooled vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 11:24:59 EDT
  ...Yes (for the nonbelievers) cylinder head temperatures follow oil temperatures even in water-cooled engines (just not so large a delta). I also agree...
• Re: Oil overfill... or not? (long post)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 09:59:59 -0400
  ...The outside temperature dropped into the fifties, and the oil pressure gauge indicated a rapid increase in pressure to around 40 psi. The temperature...
• Re: Tiico convert question
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 21:46:04 -0800
  ...less than > 1 inch of manifold vacuum, oil temperature of 232 F, exhaust gas temperature > of 720 C, cylinder head temperature of 82 C...
• DIESEL starting and other general questions
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:19:12 -0800
  ...Quoting from the Owner's Manual: "Before starting engine at outside temperatures down to -15C (5F), pull the cold start handle out fully. At...
• Re: Engen VW Cup
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 8 Nov 2005 13:18:44 -0800
  ...Powerkote Coats Polo Components for Engen VW Cup Johannesburg - June 2005 - Powerkote has successfully applied its high temperature microfilm ceramic coatings to the exhaust...
• Re: temp sender position
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Sat, 14 May 94 15:17:31 PDT
  nick mcree writes: > > I just picked up an external temperature sender from bugpack. you know, > one of those nine dollar jobs that attach to...
• Warm Starting
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 15:24:34 -0700
  ...I have checked the coolant temperature sensor and the air temperature sensor at the computer wiring harness, and both are in spec at 20...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 12 Apr 2005 (#2005-303)
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 13 Apr 2005 08:46:48 -0700
  Joel, So you wanted that higher temperature because of those cold canadian winters, eh? Should make no difference where the needle sets as long...
• !RE: [WetWesties] What Should I See On the Temperature Gage?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Thu, 8 Oct 2009 10:30:50 -0700
  ...Re: [WetWesties] What Should I See On the Temperature Gage? � Classic bad thermostat. Folly did that until I changed it. Now after 5 miles...
• Overheating
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Mon, 15 May 95 12:24:42 PDT
  ...When the engine gets hot, do both temps move up together? Is oil temperature more affected by engine speed <increased friction> than head temp...
• 1986 AC part Wanted:
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Mon, 1 Jul 1996 12:30:41 -0400 (EDT)
  ...It turns out that there is a small black box called the AC thermostat located on that C-piller that regulates the temperature by...
• '85 Oil Light/Thermostat Questions
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:58:38 -0500
  ...Solution? I also have temperature guage issues. It used to work....would always be within the "good zone". But today (and recently), no matter...
• Re: And now for something REALLY important
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:09:32 -0700
  The temperature will surely be the same as ambient! On 9/18/07, vanagonvw <ac.vanagon@gmail.com> wrote: > > Jake de Villiers wrote: > > I...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 8 Dec 2021 15:10:01 -0800
  ...COM> wrote: > > > > > > and coolant temperature and oil pressure and oil temperature and cabin > > > temperature and exterior temperature and driver temperature... then we > > will > > > be...
• Re: 80 degree thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Martine Boudreault
  Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:47:08 -0400
  ...Think of the lower number as a bottom or an absolute temperature, not an adjustment or "sliding window" into the temperature scale. Whatever you...
• Re: Redline Water Wetter
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 7 Jul 2013 11:01:35 -0700
  ...Sometimes a properly functioning cooling system and everything working as designed....it is still not enough to allow the motor to maintain temperature properly...
• cooling problems
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Bailey
  Sat, 8 Sep 2001 20:04:41 -0500
  ...The problem was that the light on the coolant temperature gauge starting blinking as I was going down the road. I checked my coolant...