I just got home from our trip and plan on looking into it soon. I was pushing a 20-30 mph headwind on the way home today and noticed that my water temp went up while increasing speed and my foot feed remained in the same position? Could the coolant be traveling too fast at that rpm to efficiently cool enough in the radiator? I figured less pedal=less fuel= less heat? Possibly larger diameter pulley to slow coolant flow or add another cooling implement? Does anyone know the approximate cfm of the radiator fan? Possible upgrade there? Any tips are appreciated. Thanks Velma 82 1.9L AAZ rd westy On Aug 26, 2013 10:28 AM, "neil n" <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Cool. > > Re: fuel efficiency. When I read "... boat" for some reason assumed a roof > mount. Why I don't know! ;) > > Since the cluster stuff is not fused from the factory, something must've > ended up being the fuse. Or, maybe the cap in the temp gauge blew? > > Neil. > > > > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:41 AM, ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@gmail.com > > wrote: > > Yes, I did the swap myself. it was after we arrived at our destination that >> the smoke and then looking at my gauges to see temp bottomed out, good >> thing my Egt/boost gauge kit came with a temp gauge and sender. But the >> clicking/clunking I believe to be cv. It most noticeable off throttle and >> goes away when I push in the clutch while driving. >> >> Velma 82 1.9L AAZ rd westy >> >> >> > > > -- > Neil n > > Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca > > '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p > > '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine Swap Group: > > http://tinyurl.com/d7gd5ej > |
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