Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> writes:

> B-but, where's the temp sender? When the engine is cold and the
> thermostat is closed, it matters not how long the hoses are, yes no?
> My wife's Subaru's temp gauge comes up quite quickly compared to
> Mellow Yellow's. I reckon it's not until the engine reaches operating
> temperature and the thermostat opens that the extra burden of heating
> up the fluid in the hoses matters. And heck, we're only talking about
> maybe 20 feet of fluid in the rad send and return hoses being the
> differments between the Subi and the Vanagon.  There's what -- a liter
> or two of fluid being the diff?

The Vanagon's coolant capacity is 18.4 quarts -- about 4.5 gallons.
That's probably at least twice that of your wife's Subaru (that's a
guess, though).  If your thermostat is not closing properly it'll take a
while to heat all that up, and if it's really cold out it might never
reach normal operating temperature.

Allan
--
1991 Vanagon GL