Those AC heads had a lot of external channels for their coolant of choice ie
AIR!  ;)

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 2011-07-19 at 13:14 -0400, Edward Maglott wrote:
>
> > I'm pretty sure the coolant flows through the heads and that is where it
> > picks up most of the engine heat.
>
>
> Oh -- okay. The only heads I've ever held were from an aircooled. They
> had no plumbing for coolant.
>
> So on the waterboxer, where is the oil picking up the extra heat that
> shows on the oil temp gauge but not the coolant gauge when the engine is
> under demand?
>
> -- RJS
>
> sent from my old aircooled heads
>

--
Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'

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