On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > What's the easy way to tell whether the thermostat stays properly shut > until the engine reaches temperature? I was thinking of starting the > engine, take the temp of the radiator with an infrared thermometer, > watching the temp gauge, and, according to my theory, when the gauge > starts to indicate operating temperature the radiator should suddenly > start warming up. That should work, right? > >
Short of removing the thermostat, boiling it in a pot of water and watching/measuring with a thermometer, I would suggest aiming your IR gun at the thermostat housing. See when the temp goes up there. I would imaging that measuring at the rad would take longer. Neil.
-- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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