Somewhere there was a sticker indication normal oil temp to be 128 to
158F. My experience was from 180 to 220 depending on outside temps and
loads. Much more meant slow down or find what was wrong.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of jon
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 5:15 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Oil temp. for aircooled vanagon?

It just always amazes me that VW did not include an oil temp. gauge on
all
air cooled vans. Which, leads me to my question:

What is the best oil temperature gauge setup for a 1980 2.0L vanagon?

I live/drive by engine temp so much on my Diesel, that when I drive the
gasoline powered Westy, I feel so "in the dark".

Jon