At 09:53 3/25/98 EST, you wrote: >My brother bought a 93 Eurovan a year or so ago, he loves it but he came to me >in a fit of anger over the guages. Thinking that since I am such a VW advocate >that I could help to releive the problem and calm him down. apparently the >guages are falsely reading or not at all, (re: gas, temp, etc.). This is also >happening on his wife's 91 cabrio, it is the same problem with both. Was there >a f#$@-up in these at the factory??? Is there an easy remedy? He has had it in >to the local VW dealer 4 times and they are still scratching their heads... >Duhhh>>> >Any helpfull hints would be much appreciated. > >Thanx Chris I have seen this kind of thing on the Scirocco - it was bad connections at the senders on the engine. I cleaned the connectors and coated them with Vaseline to keep out the moisture - no more problems.. This trick works good on injection sensors and light bulbs, too. Chuck Kuecker ckuecker@mcs.net '83 Scirocco (Katy's car now) '58 Ghia Convert '75 Bug '67 Bug '63 Bug (*still* for sale) '91 Vanagon |
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