> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 95 19:19:32 CDT > Reply-to: gsker@lenti.med.umn.edu > From: Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@lenti.med.umn.edu> > To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu> > Subject: RE: '85 engine trouble -- help! > On Fri, 13 Oct 1995, Michael A. Radtke wrote: > > Aaron, > > > > 1) Temperature gauge: Almost for sure a bad thermostat. This also > > could cause all of the other problems except: > > Not necessarily. Mine did the same thing (always reads low now) and after > much agonizing and replacing of thermostats, I decided that there was > something really wrong, but my temperature was really ok. I haven't > bothered finding out what is really wrong, but it's NOT the thermostat. > It's the gauge or the wire. (I replaced the sender). > -- > Gerry > Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@med.umn.edu> U of MN Med School Admin 6-5379 > Home St. Paul,Ramsey County,Minnesota, USA don't know if this is related, but the temp gauge in my 84 rabbit does weird stuff once in a while. it usually shows the temp to be right in the middle between hot and cold, but every once in a while it jumps up to the red mark for a few minutes, then returns to normal. i know it's not real because the gas gauge that sits in the same instrument panel goes up 30% as well, so it's gotta be some electrical thingy going on there. never thought it important enough to investigate though... loaf on, gregor
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