[Vwdiesel] Temp Gauge ?????.

[Dana Morphew]

I recall you are in B.C. near the coast.  If your cooling system is healthy, I would
stick with the 87 C 'stat.  You likely will have more carbon formation in the
combustion chamber and take more time to evaporate water that has condensed in your
oil if you use an 80 C.

Water is more efficient than coolant for removing excess heat from the engine.  I'd
regard a 50/50 mix as ideal and use a mix favoring coolant (not more than 65-70%) as
temps drop below 0°F.

Dana



> There are two things that will POISON you rabbit    HEAT  and Low lubricety of fuel. Not for me to tell you what to do , so let me tell you how I solved the two problems.
> Heat first. Sprayed the (fan belt??)  ok the veebelt with dressing,rosin. On the 1.5 L engines sped up the Waterpump to equal the 1.6L speed.(used 1.6 pulleys).Made sure that glycol ratio was on the high side of water.And keep the level high.Used  the coldest thermostat available.For you electric nerds, yes I installed manual override and Indicator light on dash.Would rather wear out fan than Twist cylinderhead.The waterpump is a piece of cake to remove , O ringed to block.I got one here ,where radsealer had welded to the impeller (screw) so hard it had to be blasted.Not a lot of pumping there at any RPM.
> For LUBRICITY read threads Fuel 101 in archives.       Hagar.
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