Date:         Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:54:24 -0500
Reply-To:     tmarciniak@WI.RR.COM
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From:         Tim Marciniak <tmarciniak@WI.RR.COM>
Subject:      Re: Replacing Temp Gauge
Comments: To: Joel Walker <jwalker17@earthlink.net>
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>  > Regarding my 90 Multivan I'm pretty sure needs a temp gauge.  Any
>>  body done this job?  About two weeks ago the needle was reading a
>>  little below its normal position, now it does not register at all
>>  except that the light blinks on at startup then goes out like
>normal.
>>  Test the gauge as close as I could with resistor values for testing
>I
>>  got from the archives and nothing moves the needle.  Voltage
>>  stabilizer is in spec.  No way to test sensor.  Pretty sure its the
>>  gauge.


---

>hmmm. well ... ok, but i'd suspect the gauge sender (on the
>thermostat) myself. in all my years of vw's (since 1958), i've not had
>the gauge itself go bad on me. but the senders have gone bad several
>times.

Is there any way to test the sender?  My first inclination was the
sender is bad but after trying to to test the gauge (with a 200 ohm
resistor in series) and getting no response I figured the temp gauge
was bad, I would of thought at least some movement of the needle
would occur.

Thanks,

Tim


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