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Subject:Re: Running Hot
From:Mark McCulley
Date:Sun, 5 Apr 1998 21:15:18 -0700

At 12:05 AM 4/6/98 -0400, EMZ wrote:
>On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Mark McCulley wrote:
>
>> At 03:44 PM 4/2/98 -0800, Sam Scholten wrote:
>> >If that is your problem, check out the archives for info on Syncro
>> >thermostats- they're different. If that isn't the problem, check the
>> >radiator fan motor.
>> >
>> Are syncro thermostats really different? Why?
>>
>> -Mark McCulley
>>
>  Yes they are. Does it make much difference I don't think so.
>The difference is the disc on the very bottom. For some reason
>in the Syncro, VW used an Aluminum thermostat housing and
>changed the hole that this disc covers.
Can you get us the part numbers of the the syncro thermostat and the
non-syncro thermostat? That would be very helpful.

Thanks,
Mark McCulley