Date:         Sun, 7 Jan 2001 12:23:49 -0500
Reply-To:     Marc Perdue <marcperdue@ADELPHIA.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Marc Perdue <marcperdue@ADELPHIA.NET>
Subject:      Re: whinning speedometer and oil useage
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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
> >