Since I put in a new thermostat (along with a new water pump and radiator and gauge sending unit) my gauge has run low and getting lower. After the new installations the needle used to just get into to the range above the white bar at the bottom which signifies "too cold" and when the needle got just completely past the LED the fan would kick on. Now the needle often sits in the white "too cold" part but vey close to being in the "normal" range and the fan kicks on just before the needle hits the half way though the LED. I had heard word that there are different sending units for the gauge from the dealer for the vanagon. And I had thought this might be the cause of my low temp reading. Anybody have word on such a thing? And the catch is I seem to have pretty good heat. Now mind you I'm checking the heat in 70 degree weather. If it were 30 degrees outside would it make a difference? And as for the gas mileage I don't know. I'm doing a lot of city driving and that's new to me anyway. But for those that has trouble with the thermostat I'm wondering if these symptoms are the same. Especially if the heat would seem fine in this warm weather--and then I'd be surprised when it got cold. But it never gets cold here really. Thanks Jeff 83.5 Westy LA,CA
In a message dated 7/20/2001 6:12:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time, groch@WORLDCHAT.COM writes: > I've noticed that the > temp guage does't run quite as high on the guage as it once did. It used to > sit in the middle of the led and now it barely touches the bottom of the > led. |
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