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how to attach VDO water temp?
Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
Sun, 23 Jul 2006 21:32:05 -0400
anyone got a link for a VDO gauge/sender combo that fits the 2.1L. was searching achieves and having a heck of time...
'84 Oil pressure sender wire routing
Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:16:03 -0400
When I reinstalled the engine in my '84, I managed to get the wire to the oil pressure sender tangled up in the exhaust...
Re: Can this do that? [THANKS, ALL]
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Sun, 22 May 2011 20:18:28 -0700
...Blown bulb, failed sender, funky wiring, yeah, I can troubleshoot that. Thanks. Dennis: Thank you, your description of what happens when there is insufficient...
Re: VDO Guages not working
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Wed, 3 Oct 2007 19:55:23 -0400
...I hope to drive the van soon, > at what > temp should the guage register? Are there ways to test the guage/ > sender. > The sender...
Re: Oil Pressure sensor
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:52:40 -0700
...If there is any chance there is enough thread left to hold the sender, use pipe goop, but keep it on the sender threads...
Re: need dealer part # for coolant temp sensor
Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:56:43 -0400
Gary, on closer look at the 2 pin sender VW 251 919 501 it does NOT appear to be the CORRECT part for my...
Re: I need an IdiuT light! [low fuel warning lamp]
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 5 Apr 2002 22:24:34 -0500
...This could utilize a >separate sender in the fuel tank (perhaps similar to the type used in the >water tank on the Westy, but...
fuel/oil sender hybrid?
Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
Sun, 25 May 2003 19:48:40 -0700
...Do you guys know which pressure sender would be compatible with fuel (ie. not melt seals) and have a compatible voltage range with your...
Re: Magnetic Tachs - bicycle to vanagon
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Thu, 6 Nov 2003 17:26:44 -0700
...I think the wireless ones might be infrared, so you have to have a clear line-of-sight between the sender and the head...
Re: Major oil leak ...
Historical mailing list - David Hally
Thu, 8 Feb 2007 20:16:33 -0800
...There is an adapter piece that came off with the sender, at first I thought that I had got the wrong sender. There is...
Re: VDO Oil gauge...
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Wed, 21 Jun 2000 17:52:26 -0700
I have an oil pressure and an oil temprature gauge installed in my VWs - The Oil pressure gauge comes with a new sender that...
Re: Connecting Oil Pressure Gauge?
Historical mailing list - George Wietor
Wed, 18 Apr 2001 14:44:39 -0700
...Flash all of us a photo of the sender. We will be in your debt. Thanks in advance. George --- Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@HOME.COM...
Re: Oil gauge sender mounting questions for Air-Cooled engines
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 25 Apr 2005 22:13:40 -0400
...Oil gauge sender mounting questions for Air-Cooled engines Hello Listees: For an early '80s AC vanagon, where on the engine would oil pressure...
Re: Oil Press. Sender location(T4)
Historical mailing list - Aaron J. Wood
Fri, 26 Apr 1996 00:55:17 +0000
...All this adds up to its not worth it. > What have you decided to do? You are right, the threads on the sender are...
Re: New distributor missing hall sender?
Historical mailing list - Todd
Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:09:41 -0700
My original pictures linked at the bottom of this thread show the 'simplified' hall sender (sort of). In picture 3 of 3, it looks...
hall effect sender output characteristics?
Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
Tue, 21 Oct 2003 01:15:38 -0700
...Per complete engine cycle (all four cylinders firing), what does that little sender spit out (electrically speaking, that is)? In particular, i am curious...
Re: Temp 2? Where?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:01:27 -0500
...I also do not have any reading on my temp gauge so was wanting to find that sender as well. > I need some advice...
Re: oil pressure test guage?
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Fri, 31 Mar 2000 10:06:32 -0800
...I used a dual sender from VDO with an >> extender hose since the dual sender is too fat to fit in the original sender...
6V to 12V gauge update.
Historical mailing list
19 Oct 94 24:28
...I followed a wire along the tank and found the sender cap with two wires comming off it. I couldn't see the cap...
Re: Pseudo-Vanagon Syndrome?
Historical mailing list - Vince S
Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:33:00 -0700
...Pseudo-Vanagon Syndrome? The hall sender is available seperately: '85 down: VW part #: 035 998 065 '86 up: VW part #: 052 998 065 If...
Re: 2.1 L Oil filler tube needed
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:48:25 -0500
Scott, the sender that feeds my VDO oil pressure gauge also feeds the dynamic oil pressure monitoring lamp. I have two senders, one for...
Re: Radiator/Coolant/Overheating Issues
Historical mailing list - Sunshine
Tue, 8 Sep 2009 18:47:44 -0500
...Check the wire on > the oil pressure sender that resides down by the lower left of the > crank pulley. Then, if that's in...
Replacing Hall Sender?
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Sat, 26 Jul 2003 08:26:03 -0700
...perhaps hall sender not triggering? This is next on my list of things to check. The test seems simple enough in Bentley, but I...
Re: ground wire for fuel sender (need help finding)
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Sat, 25 Dec 2004 08:31:49 -0800
Hi Ken, The Bentley shows that the ground for the fuel guage sender is located near the fuel pump at the floor board crossmember...
Re: '88 westy water temp light flashing..... what to check first
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sun, 24 Apr 2005 19:13:52 -0400
The sender in the expansion tank. I've had this happen due to corrosion at the contacts where the wires connect to the sender...
Re: Oil pressure light comes on after about 7 minutes.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 3 Dec 2010 00:38:33 -0500
...It cannot be that such a thing could be triggered by the second sender, since it's normal for that sender to indicate a...
Re: Revised dash layouts, incorporating a GTI gauge cluster
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:08:05 -0400
...be the easiest to find a sender. Van-Cafe offer a > really nice setup with the sender mounted in the metal shield. > > The other...
Re: 87 Syncro no temp gauge
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 5 Sep 2015 18:45:31 -0400
Your gauge sender is disconnected or open, back at the thermostat housing. While you're back there, disconnect the low coolant level sender in...
Re: Fuel gauge sender ground location
Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
Fri, 6 Mar 2009 13:15:57 -0800
...Phil pecked and erased: > The physical ground point for the gauge sender ('87 2WD confirmed) is > located on the inside, driver's side Main...
Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Sat, 9 Apr 2011 10:12:06 -0500
...Many places to mount the sender with a rubber coated clamp. I've also heard of folks using a simple grease gun extension hose...
Re: temp gauge not working right...
Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
Mon, 13 Aug 2018 00:48:29 +0000
...s an open circuit between the sender lead and ground.** Bad contact at sender, bad ground at sender, bad contact at connector T7a pin...
Re: Hall Senders
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Thu, 28 Nov 2013 15:05:11 -0800
...On 11/28/13, JRodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > I will be dealing with a hall sender issue shortly - and after someone > mentioned putting...
Fuel gauge sender question ('66)
Historical mailing list - Robinson
Thu, 13 Jun 1996 17:49:11 -0400 (EDT)
Hi all, While my tank's getting boiled out (13 year old sludge) I'd like to know if the sender is any good...
Re: Hall effect sender question
Historical mailing list - Jeff Gilbert
Thu, 28 Oct 1999 08:39:59 -0700
What kind of symptoms would one expect from a shorted/inconsistent Hall Sender? Mine's a little suspect, broken where it attaches to the...
busted temp sender?
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Tue, 15 Aug 2000 09:16:11 -0700
If my temperature sensor/sender (?) is bad, will i run rich? Still trying to pinpoint my running rich issue... granted i've only spent...
Re: Shouldn't the listsrv set the reply to vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com?
Historical mailing list - Rick D
Fri, 28 Dec 2001 17:39:40 GMT
...It will reply to the original sender and to the list. Rick John Hawk writes: > I think we are all missing valuable replies to...
Re: ground wire for fuel sender (need help finding)
Historical mailing list - jimt
Sat, 25 Dec 2004 12:04:14 -0700
...However why they would suddenly send the ground wire for the sender all the way to the rear of the van doesn�t make...
Re: Overheating symptoms?
Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
Wed, 20 Mar 1996 11:06:11 -0800 (PST)
...As for the sender, I am using the VDO sender and there is no way it will fit. The spark plug is recessed and...
Re: New symptoms (still not running right)
Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:26:05 -0400
I've never experienced this kind of problem, but I would start by testing the Hall sender and Hall control unit per Bentley. That...
Re: Okay READ the subject bar...Hall Effect SPEEDO question.
Historical mailing list
Thu, 29 May 2008 14:21:29 -0700
...http://www.egauges.com/vdo_indS.asp?Sender=VW_GM_Cable&PN=16-9290-0 Cheers, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
Tue, 5 Sep 2017 16:57:45 -0400
...back to the initial theory that I have a wire shorting. -when I disconnect the HP sender at speed > 2300rpm, I get a BUZZER...
Re: Installing VDO oil temp Gauge
Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
Fri, 21 Feb 2003 07:19:00 -0800
Joe, Although the link suggested by Mike below is a great resource, it discusses the oil Pressure gauge and sender. I was able to...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Tue, 5 Sep 2017 17:10:37 -0700
...I added an extension onto the engine case mount for one sender, and used a t-fitting to mount the gauge sender there also...
Re: VDO Oil Pressure Extension Adaptor
Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
Wed, 12 Feb 2003 14:25:28 -0500
I purchased the VDO oil pressure sender extension hose from Bus-Boys (about US$27). Only place I could find it. I mounted the...
Re: VDO Oil Pressure Extension Adaptor
Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
Wed, 12 Feb 2003 16:25:37 -0700
...Beware of sender hose extensions that have standard pipe > threads. The sender and engine block have metric threads. They are very > close but not...
Re: oil pressure test guage?
Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
Fri, 31 Mar 2000 11:13:48 -0500
John, I would consider mouting a permanent oil pressure sender along with a gauge on your dash. That's one of the first things...
Re: Cold start oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Tue, 11 May 2021 21:06:03 -0400
...Would moving the sender in that manner cause a change, or that much change, in the reading? > > The other change I made (burying the...
Re: Oil pressure summary
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Fri, 20 Sep 2002 12:18:04 -0500
I may be way out in left field here, but I specifically used a single terminal sender for my VDO OP gauge. My thinking...
Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:37:35 -0400
...I must have been thinking of the gauge sender. On the 2.1l non-Syncro the thermostat housing is right up forward; the two...
Re: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's,normal again.
Historical mailing list - Jerry
Mon, 2 Mar 2009 00:02:28 -0600
...These tests will check your coil, hall sender harness, ECU and the hall sender. You can do all these checks with volt/ohm meter...
Re: Hall Sender question
Historical mailing list - John Connolly
Wed, 24 Dec 2003 14:53:26 -0700
...Hall Sender question > Hey all, > > That plastic peice on the side of the distributor(the > hall sender) is broken and just hanging there. It...
Re: Overheating symptoms?
Historical mailing list
Wed, 20 Mar 1996 23:05:19 -0700
...Oil pressure will get lower as the oil temp rises. >> Also the head temp sender *will* mount in the spark plug hole in a...
Re: Flaky fuel gauge
Historical mailing list
Fri, 5 Jan 1996 16:19:14 -0500
...but, if I take the float out of the tank and ground the top of the >>sender, I can make it work just fine...
Re: Coolant level warning light - '88 GL - 2.1 WBX
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 6 Jan 2017 17:44:31 -0500
...Dirty pins, distilled water instead of 50:50 coolant mix, bad ground -- the usual reason is bad contact between sender plug and sender. OTOH...
Re: Hall Sender
Historical mailing list - Germain
Mon, 10 May 2004 21:26:16 -0400
...Hall Sender > Germain wrote: > > > Hi everybody > > I have some problem to start my Westy when the motor is hot ( I wrote some > > Email about...
Re: 2.1 WBX Dies when hot.
Historical mailing list - Rob
Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:39:24 -0700
A lot of runs good in one state (cold or hot) and not in the other goes back to the temp2 sender. This has...
Re: Pseudo-Vanagon Syndrome?
Historical mailing list - MC
Tue, 10 Aug 2004 10:08:54 -0700
...Check my website, as it lists the Bosch Numbers for the replacement Hall Sender (or Pickup Coil as some others call it). Up thru...
Re: Fuel Level Sender: Get Stuck? Knock it Loose?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Tue, 4 May 2010 11:42:58 -0700
...Now my fuel gauge >> consistently reads properly. >> >> Can a sender get stuck, then UNstuck with a thump like that? Nothing >> else changed that I...
Re: coolant sensor and starting
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:56:29 -0400
...Why and what's >the fix? If you're talking about the coolant level sender, then it's a complete mystery. If you're...
Re: H2O tank senders solved!
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 7 Jan 2000 15:48:06 -0500
...Panels or senders. I've done several by now - david] CORRECTION!! -- Model airplane cement does *not* bond to the plastic rods. Household cement does...