Neil,

Are you sure your front heater valve is opening completely?  There is a spring clip on it that can fall off leaving you with no adjustment. I now wrap it with a cable tie after adjustment. 

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Neil N
Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2018 12:12 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Thermostats especially in colder weather

Thanks for that brand suggestion Dennis. Though I'm running a different VW engine in my Vanagon, I have to wonder if the thermostat is part of the reason my heater is barely adequate in cooler temps (e.g. 0º C) Amazon also shows a "Mahle Original TX...." for my engine.

Though my engine has a different cooling system routing, it seems that in colder weather, my temp gauge needle to take longer to get into position. I thought that was normal. Seems not.

Neil.

On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 11:52 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:

..... I just installed a Mahle TX 24 87D. First road test, WOW! Granted it
> is now ~50 here and sunny. Up to temp, gauge needle dead center in ~3 
> miles. I will be stocking these. And man the heat works again.
> You can get them here.
> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D3DH4J6/ref=oh_aui_
> detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>
> Dennis
>

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