[tcb] Re: Technical Question - Oil and Engine Heat
- From: Mark Sawyer <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:12:28 -0700 (PDT)
I tried that on the Vanagon but the dipstick is 3 feet long and curves.
@sfasu.edu> wrote: You can also use the old tried and true method of the
cooking thermometer
stuck in the oil dip stick hole. Pretty reliable and only about $5 or so
at Wally World.
At 09:10 AM 6/15/2006, you wrote:
>Deck lid is not too hot to touch, although it is pretty damn hot...
>
> > Is the deck lid to hot to touch after you have been driving for a while??
> > The only reliable temp guage I have ever used is one that has the sending
> > unit in place of the cap on the pressure relief valve. ASK Imports usually
> > has them in stock.
> >
> > Eric Woodall wrote: Engine size is 1600.
> > A very un-stock 1600. I am contemplating unhooking my berg dipstick until
> > the engine breaks in. The damn thing is making me crazy...
> >
> >> New engines naturally run hot until everything breaks in. Do not run a
> >> synthetic oil until after you 2nd or 3rd oil change. If you do, the
> >> rings
> >> will never seat properly. I forget what size engine you are running.
> >> With
> >> the miles you have on it now, I would add maybe a half of quart of Royal
> >> Purple Oil mixed in with my regular oil change. I did this to one of my
> >> engines that I built and it dropped my engine temp by 15 degrees.
> >> ---mark
> >>
> >> Eric Woodall wrote: Hello list members,
> >> Been a while since I've been on the list! Good to be back!
> >> Here's the deal. I recently got my '66 Split on the road, with a New
> >> (not
> >> rebuilt) enine, new transaxle, new brakes, etc., etc., etc.
> >> I just had my Dual Weber ICT's rejetted to fit my engine specs.
> >>
> >> I had Jeff (local vw mechanic guru) rejet the carbs, and diagnose what
> >> he
> >> thought was causing the bus to run hot.
> >> Right now I am running straight 40 weight oil, and my bus is still
> >> running
> >> hot around town (Gene Berg Dipstick).
> >>
> >> Are my fellow Texas bus friends running multigrade oil?
> >> Are you all running multi grade synthetic oil?
> >> Do new engines run hotter until they're broken in? (only about 450 miles
> >> on this one)
> >>
> >> I really don't want to get into a crazy heated debate about oil, a la
> >> type2.com list, but I am just curious.
> >>
> >> I kind of need to sort this out before going on the long treck up to
> >> northwestern Arkansas at the end of the month.
> >>
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