Hello Mike, My temperature gauge gave up too a while back. Turned out to be a broken wire for the temperature sender. Perhaps the 'dingbat' forgot to connect or damaged the wires that plug into your temperature sender. There are two wires attached to it, a brown and a yellow/red wire. The temperature sender is located on your thermostat housing, which is where he would be doing his fiddling. You will see the housing as a black contraption, front left of the engine and a little below, with a few hoses connected to it. (looking into the engine bay from the rear) You need to get underneath to get a real good look at it. Should have a small rubber boot on it. (Bentley 19.11) Good luck Ken Madsen 87GL 87 Golf Diesel 95 Jetta GLX
----- Original Message ----- From: "mike barker" <mariner4@SNET.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 9:38 PM Subject: cooling system woes
> Well, the 'ole waterpump gave up the ghost yesterday releiving the system of > all coolant. Got it replaced (not my regular guy-this happened on the road) > and $600 later my temp gauge is not registering. Like any good Vanagon > driver I watch the temp gauge more than the road and am feeling lost now. > What did this dingbat do (or forget to do?) Thanks for any help. > -Mike |
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