Hi Bruce,

Great report and I really enjoyed the data. 

I’ll be interested in replies from those with similar engine set ups. 

I’m gathering similar data on my engine but it is a different set up all together. 

Glad you had a great trip.

Eric Caron 

> On Jul 5, 2021, at 11:29 AM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Just got back from a short trip to Manning Park for a 2 day camp at
> Lightning Lake - fantastic weather and great time.  It is a 280 mile round
> trip so not a major haul but there is a fairly long climb up Alison Pass -
> 1,340 metres in elevation.
> 
> The weather was great and the camping was good.  The fridge worked well and
> the van drove nice loaded with 2 adults and 2 kids and all of our stuff.
> No oil or coolant leaks whatsoever!  I did have a scare though when pulling
> into a stop for a break yesterday late morning.  Came back to the van to
> grab a towel for one of the kids and noticed a wet spot under van -
> directly below the water pump - which felt wet and greasy like coolant.
> Pulled all the gear out of the hatch and opened up the back to find
> everything bone dry and deduced it was a car that parked before me that had
> a leak.
> 
> A couple of things data wise now that I have an oil temp and oil pressure
> gauge - I am getting an oil pressure at idle when fully warm 260 F at 19
> psi.  And 36 psi at 4000 rpm with oil temp at 270 F - this was when
> climbing the pass. I found I drove around 3600 rpm which brought the oil
> temp to a shade under  260 F and running 33 to 34 psi of oil pressure.  It
> was interesting to see how my driving could impact oil temperature - the
> higher the rpms - the higher the temp rose - which also would drop the oil
> pressure very slightly compared to the same rpm but with cooler oil
> temperature.   I would be interested to know what is the oil temp range for
> other 2.1 Vanagons (with stock oil cooler) - to me I was surprised a bit
> that it was getting up in temp toward 280 F.
> 
> Made a point not to lug the van (thanks Dennis) and upshift sooner and run
> the van a little harder up the hills than I typically do - in the 3800 to
> 4000 rpm range or so.  Then cool things down by driving around 3500 on the
> flats and down the hills.
> 
> Got home and unpacked - watered the gardens then went to check under the
> van - no oil or coolant drips and the coolant overflow tank was at the
> level it was prior to the trip - oil level also holding to what the level
> was before leaving.
> 
> She passed the first trip of the year.
> 
> Bruce
> 
> 86 Syncro Westy