Those sensors will last and work a long time if occasionaly pulled out and cleaned(those 2 metal pins with very fine sandpaper). The old coolant will also make them fail(blink), time to put in fresh coolant. Leon 85 Subwagen westy John Rodgers wrote: > 99 chances out of a 100 it's not the gage but the sensor in the > expansion tank. They go bad all the time, but I have never heard of > anyone haveing to replace the gage in the instrument cluster. That would > be a real PITA. The sensors are cheap, less that $10 I think, brand new, > from the Ron Salmon or Ken Wilford, and others. I have had so much > trouble with them I keep a spare amongst my spare parts in my > maintenance and emergency road kit. You might want to try replacing the > sensor unit before doing anything more. > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver > > > George Averill wrote: > > > > I need some ideas for replacing the temperature gage that contains the > > red blinking light that indicates low water in the water reservoir. > > This has been an ongoing problem for several years. Now I am working > > on it again. > > > > In the past, I have replaced the gage with a used one that worked > > several months then quit. Then I replaced the gage with one from VW > > which lasted about six months. > > > > My questions are: > > 1. What sources are there for replacement gages? (Does anyone stock > > them besides the dealer?) > > 2. Has anyone built a separate water level gage to bypass the one > > that came with the vehicle? > > 3. Any ideas why the gages keep going bad? > > > > Thanks in advance. If you send a reply to this message, please send > > it directly to me by e-mail so your reply won't get lost in all of the > > many messages on the site. I have a hard time reading all of them. > > > > George > > 84 Camper > > Columbus, GA > > > > P.S. The rear water heater core is in and working great! The > > replacement was a snap; no trouble at all. Thanks to all who > > responded with help. |
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