Date:         Sat, 7 Jan 2012 21:46:45 -0800
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From:         Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Thermostat Woes
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Evan -

Impatience is NOT a virtue if you own a Vanagon :)


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Jim Thompson
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On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Evan Mac Donald <evanm@att.net> wrote:
> OK -
>
> First, I was remiss in not saying that this issue is on a 1985 1.9 w/auto trans.
>
> Second, as was mentioned earlier - thanks, by the way, i forgot about that as an
> issue - my temp probe was in error.
>
> Third, that thing is really slow. I left it on the stove, let the water come to
> a boil, and after about 4 minutes (!) the both of them opened up.
>
> There are no problems with either one, except maybe that they are both owned by
> someone so impatient as me...
>
> I had read the Bentley instructions, but was figuring on faster response than I
> got. And not knowing the probe read as far off as it did,didn't help...
>
> Thanks to all who devoted some of thier brain capacity to helping me figure this
> out!
>  Evan Mac Donald