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Date:         Mon, 20 Dec 1999 16:42:12 -0600
Reply-To:     "Roy O." <keepsake@PANGEA.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Roy O." <keepsake@PANGEA.CA>
Subject:      Fw:      Re: Engine temperature in winter
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Putting cardboard in to block the radiator cooling,
| IMHO, made no difference on the vanagon. One thing I did find out was that
| when the HIGH temp is -10 - -40F our vans make a lot of noise as if in a lot
| of pain.
|
| Bill  V.                 "I'd Rather Be Hiking The
| '82 CA Westy [FreeBird]       Greater Yellowstone"
| "Famous Potatoes"


Putting a winter front on my Westfalia helps with interior heat (especially
at -20C and below) keeping in mind that the thermostat is working properly too.


The designers of the Vanagon had no idea how to design a vehicle for frigid
weather which is why the machines squeal like a stuck pig when started in
sub-arctic type temperatures.


Roy O.
'87 Westfalia GL
(till death us do part)
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