My needle would sit right on the led or with the bottom edge of the needle
just touching the top of the led when it was operating 'normally'... this is
in 110 degree heat, town driving and the high speed fan would never come on
(yes it does work). I was never very comfortable with it, and I'm going to
check the radiator to make sure it's flowing properly; we have very hard
water here and I don't know what the PO put in it- I've been using
distilled.
I've checked the archives about add-on oil coolers and water temperature
gauges and the like. It sometimes gets to 122-125 around here and with
running the air-conditioner it seems like 'less than half-way to go' isn't
much of a margin of comfort (I realize how subjective that is). I'd just
like to be able to ensure it stays in its operating range under 'extreme'
conditions, as it were. For the other 90% of the year I've come to think of
that needle position as 'normal' and not worry about it too much. Let us
know what you figure out?

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Collum" <collum@VERIZON.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 11:15 PM
Subject: Re: running hot....any ideas?

> You may not have a problem at all, Chris.  Vanagons are notorious for
> having different "Normal" gauge readings.
>
> Mike
> '84 GL 7 pass
> '85 GL Westy
> (whose normal readings are very different from each other)
>
>
>
> JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>> In a message dated 2/3/06 12:42:12 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>> feller@carboncow.com writes:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I forgot to ask to if the fan was kicking on up front if it's truly
>>>running
>>>hot?
>>>
>>>Shawn
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> actually the fan wouldnt come on till i let it sit awhile.. the needle
>> would
>> be way over the red light location by the time the fan kicked on..
>>
>> chris
>>