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7/27/07 "How Hot is too Hott?"
The post in the archives with lots of responses, essentially a poll of where
people's gauges read.
The only documented temperature i measured with my IR gun, as indicated in
that post, was 200*F at the hottest point on the engine. This was last
summer.... With a very questionable engine/cooling system.

It will be a week before i can retest my current system and start
troubleshooting if i really am running hot.

-Craig
'85Gl

On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote:

> pickle vanagon wrote:
>
> > After putting everything back together after my head-job gone wild,
> > everything is great except that the temperature gauge reads warmer than
> > before (yes I bled the system).  Before it sat just on the right edge of
> > the
> > LED.  Now it sits 3/4 of the way up the gauge,  a full half way between
> > the
> > LED and the far right side.
> >
>
> I would expect to see higher readings on the gauge (and higher actual
> temperatures) after honing the cylinders and installing new rings due to
> the friction.  You'll likely see cooler temperatures after the break in
> period even if the readings aren't the same as your old sender would
> have provided.
>
> Mike
>