Date:         Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:19:34 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject:      Re: Help! Appeal for data
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>

BTDT.  My '85GL Westy will blink, but the temp indicator will NOT rise.  On
my '84 non-GL 7 passenger, the temperature indicator will rise along with
the light blinking.

I believe the difference is the speedo/tach type of instrument panel which
is (I believe) normal in the GL version.

On the other hand, I have four fingers and a thumb.

Karl Wolz
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 12:35 PM
Subject: Help! Appeal for data


> Volks, I've got some conflicting data concerning the low-coolant warning
> and could use help sorting it out.  Briefly (briefly? me?) the Bentley
> wiring diagram for all years indicates that there are only three terminals
> on the temp gauge/blinker assy -- +10v, ground, and sender; and that the
> low-coolant circuit operates by grounding the sender lead, thus simulating
> an overtemp condition (so the gauge goes offscale and the light
> blinks).  This is how my '85 and '85 behave.
>
> HOWEVER, I've gotten reports in the past that some V'gons only blink the
> light under these conditions and the gauge does not rise.
>
> I'd very much appreciate it if a whole bunch of you would go out, turn on
> your ignition and wait until the light stops blinking, then unplug the
> low-coolant sensor and tell me what happens.  What I expect to happen is
> that the light instantly starts blinking, then the needle rises and goes
> offscale over say ten seconds or so.  When you plug the sender back in the
> gauge soon starts to fall; the light blinks for another ten seconds or so
> and shuts off.
>
> Please let me know the year of your V'gon and how your results compare
with
> what I've just described.
>
> thanks
> david
>
>
> David Beierl - Providence, RI
>   http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
> '85 GL "Poor Relation"
>