At 09:45 AM 7/3/2002, Chuck Mathis wrote: >The coolant level light on my '85 has suddenly replaced its normal behavior >(flashing brightly when the key is turned, sometimes continuing for a few >seconds after the engine has started) with a very brief, dim, slow flash that >is hard to see in daylight. The temp guage functions as it has. What do I >need to be looking at or for? Check the gauge ground (third terminal on gauge). If that's ok then I think it has to be the gauge electronics (inside the gauge but separate from the gauge itself which is just a standard bimetal gauge. You can take it apart by drilling out the rivets on the face, fiddly job. david
-- David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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