Thanks for all the replies I got.  Guess I'll go ahead and order a new
thermostat and see how that does.

Thanks,
Darren

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Darren
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 9:45 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Cooling Temp

My '87 Vanagon seems to be cooling fine, the needle never moving more
than a hair above the LED.  But it often takes a while to get there.
Yesterday I drove 15 minutes in 80+ degree ambient temp and the needle
barely got out of the white range.  I'm not sure if this is normal or if
I need to look at my thermostat or something.  Can someone give me an
idea of approximately how long it takes to reach normal operating temp.
I realize there are a lot of variables involved (ambient temp, driving
conditions, etc..).  Just looking for an approximation.

Thanks,
Darren