Date:         Sat, 24 Jun 2006 13:21:34 -0400
Reply-To:     Don in North Carolina <vanagondon@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don in North Carolina <vanagondon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: conflicting cooling problem data...(this one is for the true
              experts...)
Comments: To: robert shawn feller <carboncow@gmail.com>
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On 6/24/06, robert shawn feller <carboncow@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've just about had it trying to figure out why my gauge/LED tell me I'm
> running very warm and often "hot" when I'm stopped.
>
>SNIP all to familiar tale of woe<

My 1988 had been running hot - really too hot, not just the gauge.  I
replaced the thermostat assemby, complete with new housing, thermostat
and temp senders and the radiator complete with a new fan switch.

The result is that the van is no longer overheating BUT the gauge now
says it is.  Reads a full needle width above the LED, and when stopped
it will rise enough to flash the LED - and then the fan starts to
cycle in LOW speed.

So I have the same issue - the van is not overheating but the guage
says it is.  The radiator fan runs normally as it did before, but at a
gauge reading that is far too high.  The local shop tried a different
sensor (unfortunatly, they had thrown my old one away) and went as far
as to put a different gauge cluster in to test - that cooling  guage
read the same high amount.  I am beginning to think that there may be
a bad batch of sensors out there that are not giving the correct
readings at the correct temperatures, as your ohm readings indicate.

Anybody got an old working sensor I can try??

--
Don in Reidsville, NC
1986 Kawasaki Concours
1988 Vanagon GL (Sylvia)
2001 Subaru Outback (H-6)
"I reject your reality and substitute my own." - Adam Savage