Date:         Wed, 17 May 2006 17:40:08 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: maybe too much information is worse...
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On 5/15/06, Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@optonline.net> wrote:
>
> Where is the oil temp sensor located? Is it really seeing oil temp or case
> and some other temps? I would be concerned about the oil pressure though. 28
> psi ( 2 Bar) at 4,000 rpm is a minimum. a a healthy engine should be able to
> maintain almost 10 psi/1,000 rpm except under extreme conditions.


Oil temp sensor is just the simple drain plug replacement type. I reckon the
bottom of the sump there ought to be seeing actual oil temps, no?  The
20+psi was at 3000rpm or so, and I'd say that grinding up the grade out of
Baker, CA in 109F heat to be pretty extreme conditions.For the "10psi per
1Krpm", what grade of oil is that? I reckon 10w30 would be like water at
220F. I put in a mix of 5w15 and 10w30 syntetic for the trip in anticipation
of the heat. I watered down the straight 15w50 because I was seeing
something like 75psi+ cold.

At any rate, I'm now at Bryce Canyon scabbing off their wireless internet at
the gerneral store. Van made it up to 8000ft jst fine, though the coolant
has a tendency to boil like crazy when I shut the engine down, and a big
piece of the horsepower seems to have stayed behind in Zion where it's only
4000ft...

-- 
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"