and I have to add to my own post its the thermostat that has the most
affect on keeping an engine at high operating temps. a larger
radiator, cooling hoses and a lower thermo switch won't even matter if
the thermostat is regulating engine temp...

On 6/28/06, robert shawn feller <carboncow@gmail.com> wrote:
> The marine hoses in question are far more thick then the orignal
> plastic so they most likly have some insulating effect but I doubt it
> is of concern is effecting the cooling efficency of the system.
>
> The metal (and original plastic) hoses acting as a heat disipater is
> just a theory until someone has done the testing and I'm not
> completely sure I agree with that theory. I would consider the marine
> grade hoses combined with the lower fan thermo-switch from BD, thus
> you fan is kicking on sooner if you feel you are loosing a few degrees
> of cooling effect from the long run. But as others have stated there
> is an ideal operating temp for the engine, until you can prove the
> very thick marine hoses are increasing temps...just stay with the
> stock switch in average climates. I personally would do the marine
> hoses.
>
> Shawn
>
> On 6/28/06, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote:
> > Personally, I can't see that insulating those pipes would be detrimental
> > to keeping the engine at the proper operating temperature.
> >
> > In northern climes, insulating the fore and aft heater hoses has a
> > positive effect on the heater output, though.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > mark drillock wrote:
> > > The first 5 years had metal pipes, the next 20 years or so had plastic,
> > > even as the engines became more powerful. Clearly VW did not consider
> > > metal pipes to be the way to go.
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > Kenneth Lewis wrote:
> > >
> > >>    I have to agree with Richard on this one.  First, the Digifant series
> > >> has plastic tubes which would be comparable, in heat loss, to rubber
> > >> hoses.
> > >> Second, even if you lost some cooling effect from the tubes, this
> > >> radiator
> > >> is used to satisfactorily cool much  larger engine transplants, so it has
> > >> plenty of extra capacity .
> > >> Ken Lewis
> > >> http://neksiwel.20m.com/
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
>
>
> --
> shawn feller, ohio
> 1986 vw vanagon gl westfalia
> 1993 vw eurovan gl
> plus a couple of saabs, boats, jet skis, dog and wife (all require to
> much maintenance, accept the dog)...
>
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>

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1986 vw vanagon gl westfalia
1993 vw eurovan gl
plus a couple of saabs, boats, jet skis, dog and wife (all require to
much maintenance, accept the dog)...

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