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Date:         Thu, 20 Jul 1995 09:30:25 -0700 (PDT)
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From:         morrison <morrison@rohan.sdsu.edu>
Subject:      Re: Engine Oil Temps

My '71 camper(1641cc) always reads around 210-220 on the freeway. Up a hill it gets to 230. Some say this is high, some say it is normal. right now i am installing a bug-pac 72 plate cooler inside one of the airvents to see if it wont cool things down. I will post the results.

Ted Morrison '71 campmobile (Phineas)

On Thu, 20 Jul 1995, thom fitzpatrick wrote:

> Hi, > > Today, when I got to work, I stuck a meat thermometer in the oil > dipstick tube, and got a reading of 210F I did this immediately after > I shut the motor off. > > Is this normal? I've never had any quantitive values for VW oil > temps before. I bought the thermo to check the guage vs real-life in > the porsche - dead on! - not bad for a 22+ year old guage! > > If not normal, what are reasonable temps? > > Thom > -- > > I'm not a sysop, I just play one on the echos. > Thom Fitzpatrick & Amy Burgess > tfab@netcom.com > ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/tf/tfab/home.html > '56 VW Sunroof Kombi > '72 Porsche 911T Targa > '78 BMW 530i > Desperately seeking '51-'55 Barndoor Deluxe Project >


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