Hi, Skip!

There are far more experienced opinions on this list than mine.

That being said, I would seriously question the accuracy of those
strips. Most bus pilots don't even trust the VDO analog gauges  I've done a
lot of reading on this subject and have never heard of temp strips. The
Dakota Digital is supposed to be the most accurate and that has to be
installed at the #3 cylinder spark plug point.

Pete
'87 Westy 'JoesVan'
'79 Westy 'Aardvark'

On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 9:54 PM, Skip <skiplaubach@comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi there.
>
> I recently added temperature strips to my heads, drove to and from work
> (50 miles), then checked the strips.
>
> Passenger side had not reached 210F+, but the driver's side reached >
> 230F.  Quite a difference.  Is 230F + too high?  Should I take action/stop
> driving?
>
> The engine is an '84 1.9L WBXR case with the 2.2L GoWesty upgrade kit with
> about 8,000 miles/1 year on the newly rebuilt engine, manual transmission.
>  This is the first time that I've used the temp strips.
>
> I run 20W-50 Valvoline, but recently changed to Mobile 1 15W-50 Synthetic
> (and I like it!).  The temp strips hit the above temps while running with
> the Valvoline.
>
> I posted on the samba, but have had no feedback.
>
> Thanks for your experience, wisdom, and opinions.
>
> I'll try to link to some photos.
>
>  http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1069167.jpg   Driver's side
>
>  http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1069168.jpg   Passenger's side
>
> Thanks,
>
>  Skip
>