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Date:         Tue, 9 Aug 2011 17:24:37 -0500
Reply-To:     Jack Botts <johnnyjewel43@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jack Botts <johnnyjewel43@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Oil level vs temp test
In-Reply-To:  <4E41A70A.9040908@gmail.com>
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Mrs. Squirrel must find you a riot to travel with!

> Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 14:30:50 -0700 > From: camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM > Subject: Oil level vs temp test > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > A couple weeks ago it was mentioned here that one should see lower oil > temp if the oil level was kept below the halfway point between the two > notches on the dipstick. > > Last weekend Mrs Squirrel and I went camping in our nearby National > Forest. The drive that-a-ways saw oil temp rise from what appears to be > "cruising" temp of around 190 degrees (F) to about 215 on the steep bits > where I had to downshift to second gear (auto trans). > > Ambient temp was in the mid-80s, and the oil level was 3/4's up from the > bottom notch to the top notch, or halfway between the halfway point and > the max point. > > So this morning I lowered the oil level to the 1/4 point (halfway > between the min notch and the halfway point between the notches) and > have just now returned from the same drive, or at least the portion of > it where I saw my first temp rise on the last drive. This is a 14 mile > drive with an 1800 foot elevation gain. Like on the previous drive, I > kept the engine to 3600 rpm in second gear on the steep bits. Today's > temp is in the mid-80s. > > I saw no difference: from "cruising" temp of 190F, the oil temp again > rose again to around 215. > > Perhaps a longer drive or one under different conditions might show the > predicted improvement in oil temp. > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > Bend, Ore. > 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people. > 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer from a defunct company in San > Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westralia. > > Sent from my kitchen.


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