Hi all, This reminds me of a question I've been considering; what do you do if the PO has put some kind of thick oil in there that causes the cold-weather-speedo-no-worky syndrome? How do you get it out so you don't contaminate the teflon lubricant? Or is this really a problem? Thanks in advance, Marc Perdue Bill Davidson wrote: > > Sounds to me like your speedo cable is about to die. > > Not necessarily. Sometimes the cable just gets bent a little tight due to > other things under the dash pressing on it. Check this out and/or spray some > teflon lubricant into the end of the cable housing... worked for me! > > Bill > > Mine was doing what yours > > is and when I replaced it no more noise. It's an easy do if you ar at all > > mechanical. > > > > John Rodgers > > 88 GL Driver > > > > dawn wrote: > > > > > in the mornings when i get out to drive the vanagon to work the > > > speedometer will whine about 10 miles ten quit whining and work just > fine.it > > > is a high pitch noise how can i fix this? > > > Also my vanagon is using alot of oil I drive about 80 miles a day and > she > > > uses about a 1/2 a quart a week she did not do this until winter set in > i > > > use sae 30 penzoil oil . what should i do ? > > > It is about 10 - 50 degrees here. > > > I live in north carolina > > > Darrel > > > Don't just surf the Web, take an eTour! > > > http://www.etour.com/default.asp?associd=aff942 > > |
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