Date:         Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:20:23 -0800
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Oil temp musings and hairbrained ideas
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> 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"

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