Also, why fix what ain't broke?
  Many people think that they could somehow 'out-think' the VW engineers on
what they perceive to be 'wrong' with their vehicle.
  The only thing that's wrong there is their thinking.........

Mike B.

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Bange" <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: Oil temp musings and hairbrained ideas

>> HAIRBRAINED IDEA #1:  Has anyone installed a scoop under the oil pan
>> of the WBX to catch air and increase cooling of oil inside?  Something
>> like Terry Kay's famous auto transmission scoop idea?  (pic:
>> http://community-2.webtv.net/VanStuff/VanagonWestfalia/media/captureD35.jpg)
>
> I always loved the complete failure to understand how the heat flows
> in the waterboxer evidenced by good ol' TK's "scoop cooler".
> Transmission fluid is kept at the coolant temperature by the heat
> exchanger. When he says "the temp needle rides lower" with the scoop,
> he's basically saying he's using a drag-inducing scoop to lower the
> coolant temp (via the ATF heat exchanger) below the thermostat temp.
> He could achieve the same effect by using a lower-temperature
> thermostat (since ATF temp follows coolant temp) and letting the
> radiator do the work! An oil cooler scoop is the same sort of thing.
>
>
>>
>> HAIRBRAINED IDEA #2:  A bigger oil cooler for the WBX?
>> http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=78993
>>
>
> Wow. I like that idea. Might take a little detective work to find
> hoses that fit, but it looks like it might do the trick. The TDI guys
> seem to think highly of it, with their chipped n' tweaked heat-blaster
> engines.
>
> I'm personally leaning towards a thermostatic sandwich plate and air
> cooler like TenCentLife did, but only because it seems a little more
> fun to install...
>
> --
> John Bange
> '90 Vanagon - "Lastwagen"
> '90 Vanagon GL - "Wiesel"
>
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