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Subject:Re: Thermostat change, indicator difference
From:Pat Dooley
Date:Sat, 27 Mar 1999 20:24:58 -0500

Hmmm, that's kinda presumptuous.
Any chance its a different temperature thermostat?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of EMZ
> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 1999 6:47 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Thermostat change, indicator difference
>
>
>     Yep it will. Because the person who did the work, did not
> get all the air out of the cooling system.
>
>             Eric                   86-VW4x4
>             vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
>             Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
>
>
> On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, Brian Doss wrote:
>
> > I just had some work done to my '88. Just for the heck of it,
> changed the
> > thermostat. Now my indicator needle rides just above the red LED. Before
> > thermostat change, it always hovered just below the red LED.
> The fan hasn't
> > been kicking on while driving, but I was curious, will changing
> the thermostat
> > affect the gauge reading like this? Where do your needles mostly hover?
> >
>