Date:         Sun, 3 Sep 2000 22:24:51 -0400
Reply-To:     "Karl M." <thewestyman@MINDSPRING.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Karl M." <thewestyman@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      Re: 87 Syncro GL gas tank sender
Comments: To: Cochran <gfcochran@PRODIGY.NET>
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The fuel gauge sender is located on the left, behind the tire and upper
spring mount. The insulation doesn't cover it. You will need to remove the
carbon canister that is clamped to a bracket at the front of the spring
mount, then you will see the sender, which is approximately 6" in diameter,
and held to the tank by 6 bolts. First in diagnosis might be to disconnect
the wiring plug at the sender and ground the colored wire (not the brown
one, which is the ground wire) to the van body. If the gauge goes full up,
then the fault is in the sender. If not, the fault is in the gauge most
likely. The sender can be removed IF the bolts will come loose, a lot of
them I've seen are very rusty at this location.

Karl Mullendore
Westy Ventures
1987 Syncro Westfalia 1.9TD

----- Original Message -----

> My gas gage has recently stop going over 1/4 full.  I have  made the
> assumption that the sender in the tank has probably gone bad. There are
only
> about three possibilities here, the voltage regulator for the gage, the
gage
> itself, or the sender. If the voltage regulator was bad would not the temp
> gage also be acting up? Not likely the gage itself is bad? The question I
> have is, can in fact the sender be replaced like Bentley seems to say,
> without removing the tank, and were the hell is it. From looking at the
> Bentley drawing,  I expected to be able to see the  sender by looking
behind
> one of the rear wheels, but I can not see it. Is it under what looks like
> some kind of insulation around the tank?  If I can find the wires
connected
> to the sender can I test the gage by jumping the wires together? I would
> appreciate any help in locating the sender, or in any trouble shooting
tips