> You mentioned a;"thermostatic plate adapter ". I'm not sure what that is. I > am also in the process of adding an oil cooler. During my gathering of parts > I ran across this "thermostatic sandwich adapter" as seen on this page: > http://neksiwel.20m.com/photo_1.html > I did not care for the pencil size hole which is used to bypass cold oil. > It's probably OK but opted for the full flow adapter instead and a > "perm-cool 4 port thermostat ". The pictured sandwich adapter looks pretty low-rent. That hole IS pretty small, and a bi-metallic strip acting directly as a valve? Ja, no thanks. If you pay more, you get more. For example, Mocal makes a sandwich adapter... <http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/product/2972/Mocal_Sandwich_Plate> ...that uses a more reliable thermostat system and a larger bypass. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Lastwagen" '90 Vanagon GL - "Wiesel" ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON + in the body of the message. ------------------------------------------------------------ |
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