Dave, Thanks for the education on that. I was unaware that there was any temp monitoring connection to the light. Mike Mike Hugill Principal Recruiter Evergreen Group, Inc. P.O. Box 536 Garrett Park, MD. 20896 (301) 942-8168 mike@evergreengroupinc.com www.evergreengroupinc.com YahooIM: evergreengroupinc ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@attglobal.net> To: "Mike Hugill" <mike@EVERGREENGROUPINC.COM> Cc: <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 5:03 PM Subject: Re: Temperature gauge reading wrong?
> At 04:50 PM 12/27/2001, Mike Hugill wrote: > >the light reports a high temperature (overheating). The switch simply > >monitors fluid level in the reservoir, not temperature. Overheating may or > >may not cause coolant loss, thus low level in the reservoir. Have you ever > >seen your temp gauge pegged without the red light blinking. I have. Once. > >:^( > > The light blinks for several seconds whenever the gauge receives a signal > that would result in the needle going offscale. This signal can be > provided by the temp sender (obviously) or by the coolant level control > circuit which comes in two flavors. One (older) flavor simply simulates an > overheat -- the gauge pegs, the light blinks. The newer one (191 319 376, > I'm holding one in my hand) sends brief pulses that aren't enough to make > an obvious difference on the gauge but do trigger the blinker. > > cheers > david > > > -- > David Beierl - Providence, RI > http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ > '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" > '85 GL "Poor Relation" > > |
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