Date:         Wed, 13 Sep 2000 08:14:37 MDT
Reply-To:     Harold Jaynes <hjaynes1@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Harold Jaynes <hjaynes1@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      The Mother Ship
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I appreciate all the responses to the synthetic oil question.  After having
owned three Vanagons and approximately 25 Volkswagens, am I offbase in
saying that I'd better count on having electrical problems? I guess it comes
with the territory and I've just gotten used to the quirks.  My specific
question is: My Viper red Vanagon, a.k.a. "The Whale" has this annoying
blinking light on the temperature gauge which has caused the blazing red
Whale with the blinking red lights to be renamed the Mother Ship.
Occasionally the vehicle will play mind games with me and the temperature
gauge will go to the far right to tease me and let me think it's running
hot, stay there for a minute, and go back to the halfway mark...regardless
if it is cold,hot, heater on, heater off....but the blinking light...it
stays blinking constantly.  Any ideas? I have a new sensor in the coolant
reservoir and the temperature gauge seems to be fine.  Any VW braniacs care
to take a stab at it? I'd prefer to fix it other than keeping a small piece
of tape covering the light so I don't get to see it blink! Thanks again for
all the responses.

Harold Jaynes
Crime Free Washington D.C.
84 Whale
"If I would have known they were going to make me Pope, I would have studied
harder."       Pope John Paul II
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