Where is the oil temp sensor located? Is it really seeing oil temp or case and some other temps? I would be concerned about the oil pressure though. 28 psi ( 2 Bar) at 4,000 rpm is a minimum. a a healthy engine should be able to maintain almost 10 psi/1,000 rpm except under extreme conditions.

Dennis

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of
> John Bange
> Sent: May 14, 2006 17:50
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: maybe too much information is worse...
>
> Drove from Los Angles to Las Vegas today, and I'll be darned if it
> didn'tmake it just fine! I wonder, though, if I might be better
> off not knowing my
> oil temperature. In sunny but mild LA, I never got the thing to
> read above
> 200degF/95degC of so, even diving full-bore, 80mph up short but
> fairly steep
> grades; But today driving out of Baker, CA in 109 degree heat up
> that long,
> long grade I was seeing oil temps a hair over the 220F/105C. Oil
> pressurewas hovering around 20psi though, so no problem there I
> reckon. The oil temp
> made me twitchy of course, but only because the only thing I know
> is that
> it's "higher than it's ever been before". So long as I'm seeing
> good oil
> pressure, is temperature not a big deal? Is there a temperature
> one should
> stay under? If all I had was the water temp gauge and oil
> blinkenlight, I
> would never have known any of this. I'm I suffering paranoia
> because I know
> too much?
>
> --
> John Bange
> '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
>