Great trip report, thank you...

I don't have oil temp. gauge on my van (2.1 WBX tintop) but I have a
Vanistan oil cooler with a fan. I took the oil temperature with an IR gun
at the oil cooler when the fan is ON, it reads 206°F.

On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 8:36 AM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:

> 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
>