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jared8783
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 Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:27 pm Post subject: Newbie in need of cooling tin help |
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Ok I bought my first VW about 1 month ago.
It is a 75 converted to carbeurator.
The guy who sold this to was not a mechanical guy he just gave me these tins and said they were supposed to be on car and it ran fine without.
I figure that if VW put them there in the first place that they ought to be there. It can only help right?
So if anyone could please help me and tell me what they are for and where they go I would really appreciate it. Photos would probably be nessecary.
By the way according to the oil temp gauge it normally runs anywhere between 140F and 200F. Is this normal? What would be ideal?
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spanky324
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| Those go on the back of your shroud i would put them back on!! |
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spanky324
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| Those go on the back of your shroud i would put them back on!! |
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jared8783
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| Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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| where at exactly anyone with pics please |
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lactose7
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Brian D
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| Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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They go in the front of the engine (FRONT is FRONT), on the driver's side, over the oil cooler.
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jared8783
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cool thanks for the pics and diagrams everyone
so what about my average running temp of 140F-200F
Is this normal/good?
What is an ideal temp to see on the oil temp gauge? |
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Windisch
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2023 2:31 pm Post subject: Re: Newbie in need of cooling tin help |
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I realise that this is an old post (2009) but I just installed a dip-stick temp gauge (26 May 2023) and found that, on a 70 degree F ambient temp day, my 73 bug runs an average temp of about 175-180 degrees...which seems to correlate quite nicely with your expressed reading of about 140-200F.
[I also have a sump oil temp sensor on the bottom end of my engine's oil pressure relief valve, hooked up to a cockpit gauge, but it never seems to rise above the 120 degree F. mark (for what it's worth). This suggests to me that such 'bottom-of-the-sump' external oil temp sensors are rather ineffectual (much more accurate to measure oil temp via a dip-stick probe, in my opinion.)]
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