Date:         Sun, 18 May 2003 23:40:44 -0700
Reply-To:     Chris <superluckyninja@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Chris <superluckyninja@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Thanks! : was [Q] coolant light blinking/heating problem?
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Hello,

Thanks Jim, Thomas, Vincent, Dennis, and any others
who responded to my questions. The help was very
appreciated. What my mechanic overlooked, turned out
to be a faulty series resistor for the cooling fan. If
it's damaged; the cooling led blinks all the time, the
fan won't come on and the car over heats.

Thanks to this list , I got the part [$40 giant green
resistor] and fixed the first problem of my vanagon,
myself. love that feeling. =]
Got to go an a beautiful trip to the Sierras this
weekend and off to Oregon in a couple days.

-Chris
90' westy
"MotherShip"


--- Chris <superluckyninja@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> Hello Vana-guru's,
>
> I have a 90' westy. recently I went on a trip of
> 3,500
> miles. Now my coolant light, the red LED in the temp
> gauge, blinks seemingly randomly and excessively.
>
> I have taken the van into a reputable repair-shop in
> my area. They replaced the gauge and un-hooked
> everything that they thought may cause such a
> problem.
> They claim that the problem is benign. They say that
> there must be some interference between something...
> an "electrical ghost"
>
> Has anyone ever encountered such a problem? or does
> any one have any ideas as to what could be
> happening?
>
> My coolant level is fine. My car is running hotter
> than normal when in stop-light heavy city areas.
> When
> the fan kicks on, it now KICKS on. It's very loud.
> I've been told that this is the high position.
> before
> these problems it would kick on in low, and it would
> kick on before the temp gauge climbed so high
> [second
> line before the top of the gauge]. Is this high of a
> temperature reading a bad thing?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> =chris
> 90'westy
> new to vanagon's, old to vw's.
>
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