Date:         Sat, 27 May 2017 12:15:54 -0700
Reply-To:     vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@COX.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Only 5V at Temp II sensor?
Comments: To: George Gaudette <gcgaudette@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <RWu71v01a08X5Fr01Wu8nG>
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There are 2 temp senders in the thermostat housing. If you were working
with the blue one than that isn't the one for the gauge.

The blue one is Temp11 but it is only for the ECU and has nothing to do
with the gauge.


Mark


> On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 2:45 PM, George Gaudette <gcgaudette@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Volks,
>>
>> '90 water-cooled automatic camper here.
>>
>> My coolant temp needle stopped moving entirely some time ago.  The coolant
>> blinky light works normally (blinks initially on startup then goes out, and
>> has recently blinked for low coolant level).
>>
>> Today I obtained a bunch 100 Ohm resistors and fashioned them in various
>> configurations to provide different levels of resistance when jumpering the
>> wires that connect to my 2-wire Temp II coolant temp sensor/sender, as
>> described here:
>>
>> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=464113
>>
>> ...which is to say I hoped to validate that the temp gauge is in working
>> order (including the wiring to it).
>>
>>