At 11:27 PM 10/15/2014, Jeff Palmer wrote: >Should also mention that today i retrieved the van and now the >needle maxes out upon startup as well :) A lovely complement to the flashing. > >So what is the preferred approach here? Replace the instrument >cluster? The gauge? If I need either, are they the same for all model years? Pegging needle indicates that you have an old-type controller and that you either are legitimately low, have a wiring/sender problem, or bad controller. Prolonged flashing that varies by humidity indicates leaky capacitor (10 uF 16V aluminum or tantalum) inside gauge. If you have an old-type controller and the needle is *not* pegging then the controller is not causing the light to flash. See http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=353678&start=0 -- it's a long redundant thread but it's all in there. Yours, David |
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