The temp gauge should never go that low (bottom of the gauge). 

David

--- On Thu, 10/8/09, Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> From: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: !RE: [WetWesties] What Should I See On the Temperature Gage?
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009, 10:42 AM
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 10:30 AM,
> Matthew Snook <matt@snooksband.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Mine does exactly the same thing.� I had All
> Foreign put in a new
> > thermostat
> > when I bought the Westy two years ago, but it ran the
> same after as before!
> > I figured the problem must lie elsewhere.� Not?
> >
> Matt, I'm assuming you are talking about the temp gage that
> runs up and down
> when you say 'just like that'.� The vehicle that has
> that characteristic has
> also changed the thermostat, twice in fact, and gets the
> same behavior.
>