ex Palo Altan David Carment writes: > Does anyone have the definitive answers on the correct engine operating > temperatures for all VW engines? Diesel, Air-cooled and water-cooled? is > there a definitive source? This may help some people whose engines they > believ to be overheating -DC- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > A friend of mine, when he had an '81 Westfalia was curious enough about oil temperatures that he called a support engineer at Pennzoil. The outcome of their conversation was: The correct temperature for modern multigrade oil is 210-230 degrees F. If an excursion to a temperature above 300 degrees F is taken, the oil should be changed at the nearest opportunity. This guy's Vanagon was pretty completely instrumented, and I _think_ he said that the heads usually ran about 100 degrees F hotter than the oil.
Now, I check my engine temperature by seeing whether or not I can boil spit on the oily end of the dipstick..... (usually not, by the way)
Dave Kautz '74 Westfalia
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