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Subject:Re: Back from trip
From:Bruce Todd
Date:Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:04:46 -0700

Welcome back Alistair - good to hear your trip went well and the van purred
like a spoiled cat.  BTW - do you have an oil temp gauge?

Bruce

On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 7:10 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Just to let you folk know, no other issues with van after that hose
> incident. About 550km , 2/3 of that logging road. Lots of rough roads and
> van ran like a champ. I’ll say more later, but I don’t think van has ran
> this well for quite a while. Ambient temps were cool, but still, I think my
> oil temps were lower by 5-10C and coolant temps were good…. Low speed fan
> came on when needed, temp dropped on long declines… etc etc. All good.
>
> Alistair