Date:         Sun, 4 May 2008 18:36:12 -0400
Reply-To:     pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Operating temperature? (temp gauge needle, etc)
Comments: To: Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net>
In-Reply-To:  <481E27B5.40504@verizon.net>
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On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote:

> pickle vanagon wrote:
>
> > After putting everything back together after my head-job gone wild,
> > everything is great except that the temperature gauge reads warmer than
> > before (yes I bled the system).  Before it sat just on the right edge of
> > the
> > LED.  Now it sits 3/4 of the way up the gauge,  a full half way between
> > the
> > LED and the far right side.
> >
>
> I would expect to see higher readings on the gauge (and higher actual
> temperatures) after honing the cylinders and installing new rings due to the
> friction.  You'll likely see cooler temperatures after the break in period
> even if the readings aren't the same as your old sender would have provided.
>
> Mike
>

That makes sense.  But I'm wondering: is it also true that maintaining low
temperatures is especially important during the break-in?  My plan is to get
a proper sender for the 1.9l from Vanagain; I should be able to have it for
Tuesday.  But in the meantime, my temperatures aren't high enough to
interfere with the break-in process, right?
-Wes