>     Allo -    After lusting after one for many, many  years, we've
>finally joined the ranks of vanagon owners with the purchase of our
>traum-wagen (dream car) - an 85 Westy.... My query for the
>'list-spezialists' -  where does/should  the temperature gauge be
>'normally' under routine city driving conditions -  right in the middle or
>three-quarters of the way up - or is it not really  precise at all?
>Should this change after getting the coolant  changed?  I'd appreciate
>hearing some comments/other experiences before I  go back to the shop.
>Thanks for any and all help.   Todd Guttman 85 Westy

My 85 Westy stays just touching the light circle under normal driving.
Gets to the halfway point going up long mountains, usually in third gear.