[T3] temp gauge

[Bobsnotch at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/22/2013 10:52:58 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jadney at vwtype3.org writes:
 
I've never had a temp gauge, and never missed it. I've always found  
the sound of the engine, coupled with the situation we were in, was  
able to tell me how it was doing.

I DID have an oil pressure gauge  for awhile, but in the long run that 
just seemed to cause me unnecessary  worry, since it always read lower 
than I thought it should. The engine,  however, never minded.


And your neck never got sore from bending your head over to see  what the 
gauge was reading either. ;-)
 
VW never installed those gauges, for fear that owners would worry  too much 
about them.
 
It's like I told Joe, when my engine seized in the garage (from a  lack of 
oil pressure), the engine never got hot, and had only ran maybe a  minute. 
That meant, IF there was a gauge, it wouldn't have shown a temp  problem. Now 
an oil problem may have shown, but it had already starved the #1  bearing.


Bob 65  Notch S w/Sunroof and IRS aka Krusty
64 T-34 Ghia aka Wolfie
71  Square-vert under  construction


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