I think we've all had our fair share of that!

Tom

www.towercooler.com

From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Mike South
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 7:53 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Climbing

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca> wrote:

> Hi Scott,
>
> We're talking air-cooled here. In which case a cylinder head temp gauge
> is far more effective than an oil gauge. I have both in my aircooled
> bus, plus an oil pressure gauge as well. Oil temp will trend on a hill,
> but MUCH, MUCH slower than the CHT. By the time the oil gets hot enough
> to notice you can have the heads FAR too hot, and the valve seats will
> fall out as it cools.
>
> Ask me how I know.

Wait, wait, let me guess! Is the answer "applied stupidity"?

:)

mike

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