my air  cooled will put the oil temp needle all the way over on the
high passes.  30 in second in my poor little 82westy.  in the spring i
am redoing the oil cooler with a blower fan and possibly a mister.  a
little thing that a lot of WC people dont think about is that their oil
is going way up in temps as  well.
jimt

On Wednesday, Oct 2, 2002, at 14:02 America/Denver, Kim Brennan wrote:

> In a message dated 10/2/02 3:52:18 PM, normally knowledgable
> FrankGRUN@AOL.COM writes:
>
>
>> I have not yet seen the situation in which the second fan
>> speed cannot control any thermal situation.
>>
>
> I have. Encountered it while taking my Westy Syncro up Monarch pass
> (US 50 in
> Colorado). I tried to maintain 30mph in 2nd gear. The engine was
> willing, but
> the cooling system was not up to the task. Altitude and load
> contributed to
> the situation where the high speed fan just couldn't cool it enough.
>