cooling was Stubborn oil temps! (help)

[scirocco81 at vwmail.net (Eric S)]

So I am intriqued.

What did you do to your systems?  Seems like an awful pain in the ass to drain the system completely as they say...did you put in higher temp thermostats?  Details man details!

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Eric
www.VintageWatercooleds.com

79 VW Iltis
81 Scirocco S (*TDI* swap and complete restoration in holding pattern)
81 Rabbit Truck LX Diesel (FOR SALE!)
81 Rabbit Truck 2.0 16v Motronic
83 Scirocco Wolfsburg
91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow 8v swap and mechanical rebuild in progress)


--- "Decker" <boisfort@myhome.net> wrote:
>Hi folks;
>     Check this stuff out www.evanscooling.com. It works for me. I have
>Evans
>NPG+  in my 1979 Scirocco, 1981 VW 1600 Turbo diesel pickup and my 1986
>Audi  5000cs turbo.  It seems to work like they say and with no pressure in
>the
> system think how long those old hoses will work. In the 1979 Scirocco I
>have
> an 85 Audi 10 to 1 compression engine that originally had a knock sensor
> ignition. I am running it with a straight points distributor, mechanical
> advance only  ( no vacuum advance or retard) 32 degrees total and since the
> addition of the Evans NPG+ I am running it on regular gas. I have a 6 spd
> tranny and a Quaife in the Scirocco and hard nose it much of the time. It
> doesn't seem to ping ever and it's still alive.
> Brian Decker
>
>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "L F" <rocco16v@netzero.net>
>> To: "Dan Kraus" <dirtbike@warwick.net>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 9:23 PM
>> Subject: Re: Stubborn oil temps! (help)
>>
>>
>> > Dan
>> >  Antifreese has less heat transfer capacity (about 50% less) than pure
>> water.  So the lower percentage of antifreeze you go, the better cooling
>you
>> will get.  Don't go below about 75% water and some experts recommend 60%
>> water as the lower limit.
>> > (ref. CAR & DRIVER magazine, 7/02)
>> >
>> > Larry
>> > sandiego16v
>> >   ----- Original Message -----
>> >   From: Dan Kraus
>> >   To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>> >   Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 9:55 PM
>> >   Subject: Re: Stubborn oil temps! (help)
>> >
>> >
>> >   I thought more antifreeze = less temp..
>> >
>> >   I would like to know more about this 20-30% mix for summer use.
>> >
>> >   Dan Kraus :-)
>> >
>> >
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