Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1998 17:27:36 -0400
Reply-To:     Martin Jagersand <jag@CS.YALE.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Martin Jagersand <jag@CS.YALE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Where should my temperature guage run normally? (DIESEL WESTY)
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com

At 06:32 AM 10/6/98 -0500, Joel Hembel wrote:
>Where should my temp guage run normally? I just finished a new head
>gasket and want to make sure everything is okay. It seems to run right
>about the middle by the red LED or a hair to the right. I've purged the
>system for air.  Joel Hembel
>

For those who like to know: The two marks on the left of the
temp scale correspond to 55 and 60Celcius. The middle one (red LED)
is 90C, and the right temp. On my westy it stays right at the LED.
My Quantum some times creeps up just past the LED. The Quantum is a Turbo
(creates more heat) and I think there may be some crud in the cooling
system as well. Time for a flush!

With a TD you should idle it a while before shutting down, so it
gets a chance to cool down. After a highway run I do this with the
Westy as well.

/Martin
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Computer Science Department             jag@cs.rochester.edu
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