At 11:31 AM 9/17/2007, John W. Parkins wrote...
>I've been trying to debug a high temp problem with my 87 Westy for
>quite
>some time.  The needle on the temp gauge in the dash is reading past
>the 3/4
>mark, but I'm not convinced that the van is running hot.  Using an IR
>thermometer,

IR thermometers may not read reflective surfaces (such as aluminum)
accurately. Use a bit of flat black paint on the spot you're trying to
measure, and get a reading off that.