Date:         Tue, 5 Mar 2002 22:49:55 +0100
Reply-To:     Robert Steven Fish <fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Steven Fish <fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT>
Subject:      Re: Engine Mgmt. Question
Comments: To: Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM>
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Just a side note...

If one is ever travelling on that I-70 stretch in Colorado (drove it a few
times.. it sucks), or anywhere else...

carry a bunch of sleeping bags in the car!!!

Me and my wife actually drove for 2 days, getting from Santa Cruz back to
Rochester, NY during an autumn storm... in our sleeping bags.

At that time it was NOT a Vanagon (rather a Buick) and not a standard
either... but your passengers will love you for having the bags in there!!

RSF


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Robert S. Fish
Salzburg, Austria
1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender
1987 Golf Cabriolet
1991 Golf

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay L Snyder" <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: Engine Mgmt. Question


> Maybe the thermostat design is suspect on these 1.9s.  I noticed right
away
> after I sold my beloved '86 that this '85 1.9l had heat much sooner than
> the '86.  I wrote in to the list that I thought the thermostat was stuck
> open, allowing coolant to travel front sooner.  I had heat sooner, but the
> engine ran cooler.  Everyone wrote back that it means the thermostat is
> working correctly, allowing the engine to heat sooner!  I don't know...
> The 1.9s do seem to be over-designed in the cooling department.  It was
> like they wanted to be on the safe side and installed this massive
radiator
> and metal pipes running to the front.  I would guess the metal pipes
> radiate much more heat than the plastic 2.1 pipes.
>
>
Jay
>