At 06:46 PM 9/2/2003, Blake Thornton wrote: >I started up my 84 today to have the coolant light flash for about 5 >minutes before finally turning off (the flashing light there by the temp >gauge). There is no way my van was overheated (it hadn't been running). > >Any ideas? My sensor that is in my coolant resevoir is brand new with a >new o-ring (and is possibly leaking, but not much). Short the sender terminals -- if gauge stops blinking then may be poor connection or sender electrodes coated or mixture way off. If still blinking (likely), then input voltage to gauge wrong (outside of 9.5-10.5 volts btw gauge +12 terminal and gauge ground terminal) or gauge itself bad (likely). If opening (unplugging) the sender makes the gauge go full-scale, then you have the older type gauge controller (likely on an '84), and any blinking without high-temp indication on the gauge is either bad gauge or bad voltage. d
>Thanks for any thoughts! >Blake >St Louis -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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