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Subject:Re: Inline Fuel Temp?
From:David Marshall
Date:Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:15:09 -0800

I will be running a fuel temp gauge soon as I will be running straight
veggie oil in my TDI - the oil has to be heated to at least 60C before it is
thin enough to be used by the injector pump.  For me, this will be achieved
by the engine coolant and finally a glow plug assembly.

David Marshall

Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road
Quesnel BC Canada  V2J 6Z3

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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Jim Thompson
Sent: November 20, 2004 10:04 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Inline Fuel Temp?

I second that question.  After scratching my head a couple of days after
reading the initial post, I called my brother who happens to be into high
performance Chevies and such, posed the same inquiry from the original post
to him.  He responded "What in the world......?"

Don't we have enough "worry gauges" in our beloved machines already?

Kinda reminds me of an acquaintance of mine with the 68 VW CrewCab with 4
Pyrometer Gauges (one on each exhaust port pipe), Oil Temp Gauge, 4 Cylinder
Temp Gauges (1 for each dedicated cylinder/temp sensor), Tachometer, Oil
Pressure Gauge, Fuel Pressure Gauge, Ammeter, Voltmeter, Altitude Gauge,
Outside Temp Gauge, GPS, etc..  Front Cab looks like an aircraft cockpit.
And all he's running is a 1776 w/Dual Webers.  Oh yeah, it's a daily driver
2 miles to work and back everyday, takes it on a long trip once a year.

Jim Thompson
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
oldvolkshome@earthlink.net
jim@karmannghia.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Haynes" <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: Inline Fuel Temp?

> Why would you want that?
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Dave Chameides
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 5:31 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Inline Fuel Temp?
>
> Has anyone ever seen of or heard of such a thing as an inline fuel temp
> themometer that would connect to a gauge in my cab?
>
> Dave