Why you should use a thermostat

My '66 always used to run hot, and I could never work out why. It turned out that due to the low mileage the car had never really warmed up when being driven and the flaps had seized. Since fixing that problem, the car has run MUCH cooler, and actually better too.

-- Howard Rose

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:21:10 -0500, Jan scribbled this interesting note:

Just because you are right does not mean you aren't "a paranoid freak full of reindeer doo"!:~)

-- John Willis snipped-for-privacy@airmail.net (Remove the Primes before e-mailing me)

Haha! True that!

Jan

I told you not to eat the droppings!

J.

Hi Jan,

I am trying to locate flaps thermostat and connecting rod. One of the parts that I came across is thermostat ring. I cannot figure out if it's a t1 part and I haven't been able to see it on any diagrams here is an example

Thanks, Ant> I will not hide my opinion: USE ONE.

The thermostat ring shown is used on the 30ps T1 engines(36hp SAE), what year is your engine?

J.

case is 71+ everything else is lower like 60s...

Ant> ant> > Hi Jan,

The thermostat ring was used on older beetles (oval era 1200cc 6V engines), it fits over the fan opening and the thermostat makes it move closer or further away from the fan, limiting airflow.

In later models the ring was discontinued and replaced with flaps, left and right.

(so the ring and flaps never existed in the same engine)

Jan

anton kirjoitti:

Cool. I am almost set then.

Thanks guys, Ant> The thermostat ring was used on older beetles (oval era 1200cc 6V