Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:38:03 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Good news, - was;'84 temp gauge shoots up fast
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you know the ole rule...
'keep your vital fluids full' ...
and this was a simple case of low fluids ..so always look !
if it's not clear............. on an 83 or 84, if the level sensor goes
off..
it pegs the temp gauge.
seeing your temp gauge max out 'should' have made you immediately
investigate coolant level in the pressure bottle.
I recently bought a level control unit for a later model van ..
and first time I have any need to ..
I'll put that in one of these earlier vans.
Often the unit has '43' on it ...
on early waterboxers it's above the fuse box and to the left..
where you can barely see or reach it . Way up in there. Instrument cluster
out helps of course.
Scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "HotelWestfalia" <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 7:14 PM
Subject: Good news, - was;'84 temp gauge shoots up fast
> The fast rise of the needle made me think of that electrical fault. But
> it
> was only doing what it was supposed to do when the coolant is low.
>
> As it turned out, the tank was empty because one of the hose clamps was
> not
> tight enough and lost about a gallon of coolant or more. I thought, the
> plastic part was broken, but after checking under a magnifier glass, it
> proved to be fine. Putting everything back and have the clamps tighter,
> all
> seems to be fine.
>
> Checked all the other clamps and got them tighter. Fortunately that was
> all.
>
> Thanks for all the help from all of you though. I filed the good advices
> so
> I don't have to ask about this again.
>
> Cheers,
> Zoltan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Lauterbach" <jhlauterbach@BELLSOUTH.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 4:36 PM
> Subject: Re: '84 temp gauge shoots up fast
>
>
>> If coolant is low, or coolant sensor is bad, temperature gauge will
>> shoot way up, often with flashing red warning light.
>>
>> john
>>
>> On Sat, 2011-12-17 at 12:01 -0800, HotelWestfalia wrote:
>>> Hi to all,
>>>
>>> I can't remember what the reason is why the early 1.9 water cooled temp.
>>> gauge shoots up fast while the temp. is still normal. I only know, it's
>>> some kind of electrical technicality.
>>> Looked in my archives and could not find it. I will file it under a
>>> better name once I got the answer.
>>> Thanks guys and girls.
>>>
>>> Zoltan
>>
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