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On 4 Jun 2006 at 21:22, Keith Park wrote: > You can look under the engine and see if the thermostat is compressed (flaps > closed) or sprung (flaps open). It should open in several minutes of idling > or less of actual driving, You can carefully heat it with a torch and it > will open that way too, but don't do it on the engine and set the oil on > fire. I would not suggest using a torch. It's too easy to melt the solder that holds the thermostat together. Once the solder melts, even a little, you're buying a new thermostat. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~