John Muir is correct. But don't forget, if the oil is 220F, it's a lot
hotter than 220F at the rings. That's why I recommend Mobil 1

Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
256-656-1924
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Rob
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:03 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Mocal sandwich plate plus oil cooler equals overcooling

John Muir talked about oil temps in his book but 
that was before synthetic oil.
As I recall it was something to do with the oil 
breaking down when it got above 210�f or so.

I know John Muir's book was about air cooled VWs 
and some think it has no place in the modern 
water cooled VW world but I disagree.

Rob
becida@comcast.net

At  2/10/2009 06:20 PM,Allan Streib wrote:
>This is what I am always afraid of when I'm tempted to "outsmart" the
>professional automotive engineers who designed the stock system.
>
>I don't know what "too hot" is where oil is concerned, but 220 F under
>heavy load does not sound very hot to me.  I'd think that's surely
>within the limits of any good conventional oil, to say nothing of
>a synthetic such as Mobil 1.
>
>Allan
>--
>1991 Vanagon GL

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