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Date:         Mon, 23 Sep 2002 01:42:05 EDT
Reply-To:     Oxroad@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jeffrey R <Oxroad@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 80 d Thermostat rocks/ brings up question
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In a message dated 9/12/02 3:30:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mjstelk@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

> Just wanted to thank Ben H. and everyone else who told me to get the 80 > degree thermostat because it totally rocks. :) My temp gauge now stays in > the middle or a hair above.

I hate to be the wet blanket. And I mention this only in an attempt to educate myself.

If a bus needs a cooler thermostat to run at "normal" temp, in this case the 80 degree thermostat, isn't that a symptom of another problem--poorly functioning radiator or water pump possilby?

It seems that the normal thermostat, which I think in the 85 degree, should allow the engine to run at the "normal" temp. And if it doesn't something somewhere is wrong. This unless the bus is run in extreme desert climate or up hill all the time. I'm curious, and I would hate to see the original postee fix the symptom and end up with a more expensive problem down the road--made worse by prolonging the situation with the cooler thermostat.

Jeff 83.5 Westy LA,CA


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