There can always be disputes but I run an oil temp gauge, a cylinder head
temp gauge on #3 and an oil pressure gauge.
I've found that in Texas 100 degree summer days the full flow over the oil
cooler is the cooler running engine with higher oil pressures.
Possibly other variables lead you to your conclusion.

Stan Wilder

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Young" <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: 1980 Thermostat

> No, the default position is "full cooling air to the engine" which is what
> you want if you have no thermostat.  And California Imports is "out of
> stock" on these thermostats, as they always are.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
> Lafayette, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jake Beaulieu" <jake_beaulieu@YAHOO.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 6:27 AM
> Subject: Re: 1980 Thermostat
>
>
> > The thermostat on my 1982 Westy is shot.  I removed it and simply let
the
> cooling flaps spring back to their default position.  Stan, if I read your
> e-mail correctly it looks like you feel that it is better not to have the
> airflaps at the default position.  I sorda suspected this myself.  It
looks
> like at the default position the cooling flaps pretty well close off the
oil
> cooler duct.  What position do you tie off your cooling flaps at?
> > By the way. I just received the catalog from California Imports
> (www.cip1.com) and they have a limited number of thermostats for the
1980-83
> air cooled vanagons.  They are pricey, about $60 if memory serves
correctly.