The only time my gauge went that low was when I was foolishly driving
one summer without a thermostat, which I would guess to be similar
symptoms to one that was stuck more or less wide open.

DM&FS

At 04:10 PM 10/8/2009, David Kao wrote:
>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.
> >