Although I've heard that gauges and sensors vary, I've got two vanagons
now, an 83 and a 90, and I would consider either of them overheated if
the needle was a needle's width over the LED. In fact if it got over
the LED at all I would be checking things out at the side of the road.

You should look at your thermostat and radiator.

Jim

On Jun 23, 2004, at 3:40 PM, Kevin wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> Just blew a head gasket at about 8K miles after they were done.
> Cooling
> temp ranges from 1 needle above led to about 1/2 way (in summer
> traffic)
> between overheat and the led at which point the fan goes into high
> speed the
> temp comes down.  Thinking Raditor but wonder what the list wisdom is
> on
> this subject.
> Thanks
> Kevin
> 87 Westy
> Burlington VT
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