Date:         Thu, 4 Sep 2008 21:49:43 -0400
Reply-To:     Ken Lewis <kdlewis@NORTHSTATE.NET>
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From:         Ken Lewis <kdlewis@NORTHSTATE.NET>
Subject:      Re: 82 westy, custom modifying circut to run cooler (?)
Comments: To: "B.J.R." <beer_eighty@YAHOO.COM>
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This sounds like a bad idea. A rich mixture will wash the cylinder walls of
oil.  It will also trash your catalytic. If your engine is overheating, why
not find the cause and fix it?
Ken Lewis
http://neksiwel.20m.com/

----- Original Message -----
From: "B.J.R." <beer_eighty@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 7:52 PM
Subject: [VANAGON] 82 westy, custom modifying circut to run cooler (?)


>I came across this while searching online, the guy had ssold a van with
> "New temp sensor and custom modifying circuit to keep van running
>> cooler"
> I tracked him down and this was his response
> ".I can give you the basics, but don't remember much beyond that.
> Basically the temp sensor is a resistor that has more and more
> resistance the hotter it gets.
> So to make the engine run cooler, I put resistance in line with the
> temp sensor to make the engine think it was hotter than it was, and
> thus try to run cooler (via making the mixture richer, if I remember
> right)..
> I used Radio shack resistors (not sure if radio shack sells resistors
> anymore), so I had to attach a longer wires so the resistors would be
> on the inside of the van (otherwise they'd probably overheat.  I
> connected two series of two parallel circuits, but can't remember
> what the end resistance was that I added.
>
> I did two in series and two in parallel because I didn't trust the
> quality of the resistors...  Needed two in series in case one failed
> as a closed circuit, and two in parallel in case one failed open.."
>
> Any one heard of this??
>