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Subject:Thermostat - is it working? Help!
From:Sharon & Miguel Calvin
Date:Sun, 24 Oct 1999 11:40:48 -0400

List gurus,

These new-fangled water-cooled engines sure are different from my old 1600dp.
Is there any way to check wether the thermostat is opening without removing it?
I need to be certain that coolant is flowing through the rad so that I can
be sure that my fan thermo-switch is bad.  See, if the thermostat is stuck
closed, then the thermo-switch might never get hot enough to activate the
fan.

TIA

Miguel Calvin                              ==+=========
mcalvin@ican.net                          /[ ][  ][  ]}|
Guelph, Ontario, Canada                  |  _       _  |
"Frieden" is our 83.5 VW Campmobile      =='O`-----'O`-= ~~
with 1.9l wasserleaker and manual trans.