Date:         Thu, 4 May 2000 09:54:11 -0400
Reply-To:     Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Subject:      Re: 80 Vanagon Thermostat ?'s
Comments: To: "Zoran_Mladen@AMSINC.COM" <Zoran_Mladen@AMSINC.COM>

For those who believe that VW is a stupid company; for those who believe
that VW extravagantly adds functional parts that aren't necessary; if you
believe you are smarter than VW's German engineers who persisted in putting
that 'un-important' thermostat on the type 2 engine for 14 years, feel free
to leave your thermostat off.

For the rest of you, your thermostat brings your heads and (more
importantly) your oil up to operating temperature within minutes,
increasing efficiency, lubrication, and longevity of the motor. The reason
you see "a lot of type 2 motors without the thermostat" is that a lot of VW
mechanics are shade-tree engineers, who think they know more than the
graduates of Europe's finest engineering schools.

Removing the thermostat on an air cooled motor is just as dumb as it is on
a water cooled motor, but there again, I'm not an engineer, what do I know?

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett
Corporate Communications Counselors
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Mount Olive, NC USA
877.658.1278 tollfree

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-----Original Message-----
From:   Zoran Mladen [SMTP:Zoran_Mladen@AMSINC.COM]
Sent:   Thursday, May 04, 2000 8:16 AM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Re: 80 Vanagon Thermostat ?'s

This really isn't necessary.  The thermostat on an aircooled engine only
opens
and closes a flap to help the engine warm up faster.  When warm, the
thermostat
does nothing.  Its not like a watercooled, where the thermostat continually
is
opening and closing.

My recommendation is to do nothing.  I've seen many, many bus engines
without
the thermostat.

What kind of problem are you experiencing that you think is related to
this?

Z





Jason Beals <jnjbeals-montana@SUPERNET.COM> on 05/02/2000 10:04:33 PM

Please respond to Jason Beals <jnjbeals-montana@SUPERNET.COM>

To:   vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
cc:    (bcc: Zoran Mladen/AMS/AMSINC)
Subject:  80 Vanagon Thermostat ?'s



Hello all,
Upon furthur inspection and discussion previosly I discovered my vanagon
did not have a thermostat installed.  Believing this may be a problem I
was wondering what parts I would need to get this working and quantity
of each.  Bus depot parts include Thermostat, Washers, Pulley, screw
(#), Sealing Washer, bracket, cable, and union nut. Just wandering if
this would do the job?

Thanks
Jay
80 Vanagon

Still looking for the place where the water tastes like wine!?!