I've heard this many times, as I too have a van where the temp gauge creeps
up, although the radiator fan never seems to come on (and I've tested it
and the temp sensor in the rad).  And while I would be prone to believe
that it's just the stupid gauge that's off, my van will mark it's spot on
the ground with coolant when it's too warm (so I think I've got an air
pocket trapped).  ANYWAYS... my point of the rambling is...

Where do you need to take temperatures, and what sort of temperature should
you see?  The operating temp for most watercooled VWs is 90*C, so I presume
you should see that at the thermostat area.  So what temp should the
bottom, and the top of the rad be?  Temp of rad inlet?  Temp of rad
outlet?  Temp of passenger's side head?

TIA
Keith Adams
calgary.ab.ca
86 Westy and plenty others

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 09:19:42 -0600, Andrew Fox <afox@CNR.COLOSTATE.EDU>
wrote:

>The temp gauge in the vanagon is crap, get, borrrow, or pay someont to
>take your vanagons temperature with a thermal IR sensor to find out if its
>really running hot and help diagnose the problem before replacing
>anything!
>