My '71 camper(1641cc) always reads around 210-220 on the freeway.  Up a 
hill it gets to 230.  Some say this is high, some say it is normal.  
right now i am installing a bug-pac 72 plate cooler inside one of the 
airvents to see if it wont cool things down.  I will post the results.

Ted Morrison
'71 campmobile (Phineas)

On Thu, 20 Jul 1995, thom fitzpatrick wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 	Today, when I got to work, I stuck a meat thermometer in the oil
> dipstick tube, and got a reading of 210F   I did this immediately after
> I shut the motor off.
> 
> 	Is this normal?  I've never had any quantitive values for VW oil
> temps before.  I bought the thermo to check the guage vs real-life in
> the porsche - dead on! - not bad for a 22+ year old guage!
> 
> 	If not normal, what are reasonable temps?
> 
> Thom
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