Brad, Have you noticed a corresponding change in the accuracy of your gas guage? If so, could be the little voltage regulator for the guages. Costs about 5 bucks. John Flaherty Portland, Maine '84 GL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bradley Flubacher" <flub@ADELPHIA.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 6:42 PM Subject: running a little cool?
> For about a year, my '84 wasserboxer ran with the needle just to the > left of the center of the LED on the temp gauge. About a month ago, I > notice it was running about a full needle width the the left of the LED. > I finally got around to replacing the thermostat, temp gauge sender, > and the radiator, and it's still running at the same temperature! When > I ground the sender's wire, the LED blinks and the gauge starts its way > all the way to the right. I've cleaned the wire, and used pliers to > tighten its grasp on the sender. I've rulled out a lot. Maybe the > sender has lost calibration of some sort? Maybe I'm worried all for > not?? Comments? > > Thanks, > Brad > State College, PA > |
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