Date:         Fri, 5 Apr 2002 11:58:55 -0600
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Towing with an '81 2.0?
Comments: To: okartguy@hotmail.com
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If you've got an oil temp gauge and cylinder heat temp.......... give it
a test run.
Keep the oil temp below 240 F and the cylinder head temp below 400 F and
you should be OK.
In adverse conditions you'll get some higher peaks that may require a
restroom break or anything else that will also give your Air Cooled a
break to drop the temps.

Stan Wilder
83 Air Cooled Westfalia

On Fri, 5 Apr 2002 11:27:34 -0600 Jon Joyce <okartguy@HOTMAIL.COM>
writes:
> My '81 came with a 2" ball hitch (front AND rear), and very nice
> trailer
> wiring harness. Question is, how much do I dare tow with this thing?
> I've
> seen pics or vanagons pulling small cars; I have a Scirocco autoX
> car I'd
> like to pull behind the van. Most of my events are local, but I may
> attend
> one or two regionals that are two hours or so away. The car weighs
> about
> 2200 lbs in race trim. Am I out of mind to even think I can use the
> van as a
> tow vehicle? Any of you guys have first-hand experience? The van is
> powered
> by a big-valve 2.0 with a Weber progressive conversion, and is a
> four-spd.
> manual. TIA-
>
> JJ
>
>
>
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