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Subject:Re: Thermostats [Was: Spooked!]
From:David Beierl
Date:Sat, 4 Jun 2011 03:58:52 -0400

>be between ~185F and 220F.  The fan will be running at high speed
>~ten degrees before the thermostat is fully open.

Spoke too fast.  The thermostat and fan sensor are at opposite ends
of the van, looking at different things.  I'm not sure whether the
fan switch is on the input or output side of the radiator, or in the
middle.  Any road, it shifts to high speed at ~210-220F on the 1.9l
and ~205-215F on the 2.1l.

Yrs,
d