Dennis, can you explain?  I'd thought that putting an 87 degree thermostat
would make my heaters run higher than usual, but then yesterday I read
somewhere that this is the stock thermostat and some guys put in an 80
degree thermostat thinking it will help their engines run cooler.  I'm
confused. In any event, does it matter much?

Except in my case, now that I've discovered that the rad fan is never
coming on, it doesn't leave a lot of room for potential over-heating
conditions (high ambient temp, going up hills, etc).  Good thing its
currently cool here in BC.

Getting ready to address that problem.  Fuse #1 is fine.  I've got an '86
tintop from which I can pull parts.  Thought I'd try swapping the rad fan
switch.   Is the '86 rad fan compatible with the '87 or is this when they
went to the bigger fan?

Thanks, Rick

On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 5:48 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Someday I'll figure out what folks think they are actually fixing by doing
> this. When the weather gets hot and the engine loading is up there the
> t-stat opening too early won’t help anything.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Dan N
> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 7:26 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Cooling system questions
>
> what a coincidence... I replace the thermostat on my '88 GL yesterday.. I
> put in a 80°C thermostat (we live in So. Cal.), I also replace the the
> coolant sensor for gauge..
>
> I topped up the main reservoir, test run, top up one more time and all
> went well...
>
> if you have problem... this may help..
>
> http://www.benplace.com/bleeding.htm
>
> http://www.vanagonauts.com/By-the-Bentley193.htm
>