Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 22:23:03 +0000
Reply-To: Hector Zapata <volkyless@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Hector Zapata <volkyless@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: VDO Coolant Temp Gauge installation in a 1990 2.1L....Need
Suggestions
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<P>Sorry, my e-mail to you bounced. The coolant distributor is where the thermostat housing is. If yours is the original from the van, I wouldn't drill it. It might crack. I drilled mine, bought new this year, the one in the van was bad anyway. No sealants here, I used a o-ring and a ring connector to ground it.<BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>Hi Hector:
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<DIV></DIV>Thanks for getting back to me. Can I ask you...what is
<DIV></DIV>the "coolant distributer"? Also..did you have to use
<DIV></DIV>teflon tape or any sealant on the sender to make sure
<DIV></DIV>the seal was good? The sender I have is a 10mm one
<DIV></DIV>originally meant for the Bug...is this what you
<DIV></DIV>installed?
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<DIV></DIV>Thanks for any help you can pass along...
<DIV></DIV>kevindobrien@yahoo.com
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<DIV></DIV>--- Hector Zapata <VOLKYLESS@HOTMAIL.COM>wrote:
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<DIV></DIV>Hello All:
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<DIV></DIV>My mechanic has been trying to install an
<DIV></DIV>VDO Coolant
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<DIV></DIV>temp gauge in my 1990...I bought the gauge
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<DIV></DIV>T-fitting along with a 10mm screw-in sender
<DIV></DIV>from the
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<DIV></DIV>same outfit (Egauges). It was suppose to
<DIV></DIV>all go
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<DIV></DIV>together (so I could use both gauges)...but
<DIV></DIV>the
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<DIV></DIV>mechanic has informed me that the original
<DIV></DIV>temp
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<DIV></DIV>sending unit (to the dash) is a large plug
<DIV></DIV>type...not
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<DIV></DIV>the 10mm type that would fit in one side of
<DIV></DIV>the T
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<DIV></DIV>fitting. Any suggestions as to how I might
<DIV></DIV>make this
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<DIV></DIV>work? Anywhere else I could screw the VDO
<DIV></DIV>sender into
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<DIV></DIV>to get a reading on coolant?
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<DIV>What U did to my 1990 was drill a hole to the </DIV>coolant distributor and tap it for the sender. I did
<DIV></DIV>this same thing to my wife's Jetta about six years
<DIV></DIV>ago, not a drop lost from there. You have to remember
<DIV></DIV>that you have to ground the sender, otherwise it won't
<DIV></DIV>work. In my van the VDO is the only way to tell the
<DIV></DIV>coolant temp, the stock gauge stopped working a while
<DIV></DIV>ago. Good luck to you.
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