Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 23:17:00 -0400
Reply-To: "Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD" <gstylia@TEMPEST.COEDU.USF.EDU>
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From: "Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD" <gstylia@TEMPEST.COEDU.USF.EDU>
Subject: Re: 87 syncro water temperature sender
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oops, apologies to Mark in order. I read everything except "This info
does not all apply to 2wd Vanagons, only Syncros"
Thank you Dave!
gs
MilosKitchen wrote:
>Hello Georgios,
>As Mark pointed out, on a Syncro it is a different, smaller sensor. It
>threads into the housing with pipe threads (no O'ring) and has one wire
>only. It is not the one pictured on the provided Bus Depot page.
>Dave Milo
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
>Of Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD
>Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 10:24 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: 87 syncro water temperature sender
>
>
>dittos on Mark's description with one exception. The Temperature Sender
>to the Gauge has 2 wires (Yellow/Red, Brown) with two terminals and the
>Temp II Sender has 3 wires (2 white wires #10 & #48 and 1 brown wire)
>with two terminals.
>The Temp to Gauge is black & round and the Temp II is blue & square.
>
>I had the exact same problem. My Temp Sender to Gauge was 20 years old
>and it got bad (leaking through). In my case, one of the terminals was
>half broken off too and they are not easy to find. I have an 86 vanagon.
>
>The Temp Sender to Gauge is located 90 degrees straight forward from the
>Temp II on the thermostat. Make sure you change the o-ring too.
>
>Check Busdepot.com with a picture at
>http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=251919501
>
>If it is not the Sender, it may be the Instrument Voltage
>Regulator/Stabilizer on the dashboard.
>http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=357919803
>
>georgios
>
>---
>It is a separate sender for the gauge. It is very small and threads into
>the lower metal half of the thermostat housing. It is difficult to see
>from the engine compartment. You need to lie on your back under the
>driver's side cylinder head area. The housing bolts to the front of the
>head, front being front of the car. The gauge sender is 1 wire, the Temp
>II uses 2 wires and is nearby. The same single wire sender is used on
>millions of other VWs from the early/middle 80s so they cost little and
>are easy to find. This info does not all apply to 2wd Vanagons, only
>Syncros.
>
>Mark
>---
>
>Hans Achter wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi all,
>>My temperature gauge quit working and I am trying to figure out where it
>>
>>
>gets the signal from. I always thought that there was a temperature sender
>and the Temp Sensor II was a separate temperature sensor for the fuel
>injection. Does the Temp Sensor II also send the signal for the dash
>temperature gauge?
>
>
>>-Hans
>>87 syncro
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>
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