I'd go for a larger oil cooler. It mighn not fix the problen completely but it certainly wan't add to it. On Mon, 21 May 2001 05:15:05 -0400 "puzerewski" <puzerewski@email.msn.com> writes: > Volks, > I have the Porsche sump plate on my type 4 motor and a VDO oil temp > gauge on > the dash....... > > Timing is on, no pinging, car runs great........... > > The temperature here in SC is about 90 degrees during the day, and > once my > van is warmed up, the il temp gauge when going 70 or so on the > interstate is > reading about 240 F. This sure seems high to me. Or, is it the > norm? I > know the gauges are not 100 percent accurate........ > > I need help on how to lower this temp, for it seems near the thermal > breakdown point of non-synthetic oil.....also thinking about > switching to > synthetic for this reason. > > Adam Puzerewski > > 81 westy > 74 beetle > 73 Transporter (new!!!!!!!) > > Vanagon Partsmobiles > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > To leave the list, send an UNSUBSCRIBE message to > TYPE2-REQUEST@TYPE2.COM > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. |
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