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Re: Re:Vanagon Temp Guage
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Thu, 14 Jul 94 19:46:11 CDT
On Thu, 14 Jul 94 17:28:33 CDT David Kao said: >Anyway, I decided to replace the thermostat. ... >But, wait, the temp gauge...
Re: Westie Propane Gauge?
Historical mailing list - Kirk van Druten
19 Dec 1995 20:34:08 U
Reply to:RE>>Westie Propane Gauge? David, Maybe I don't understand something about propane. I'm pretty sure the gauge you're talking...
False reading from Temp. Gauge
Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WITZ
Wed, 22 Apr 2015 00:45:15 +0000
Found my problem for my Hi and false temp gauge reading. I guess I should have known that the temp sensor on the block...
Re: Flashing temp gauge
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 16 Oct 2014 15:52:00 -0400
At 12:26 PM 10/16/2014, Stuart MacMillan wrote: >Van Caf� has this gauge for $86, but they don't say it's...
Re: 1st Most important specialized waterleaker measurem...
Historical mailing list
Sat, 23 Oct 1999 08:42:35 EDT
Call the tower, sounds like you are ready for take-off :) Wow I wish I had half of the gauges on your beast, on...
Re: Deal on oil pressure/temperature gauges
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Wed, 4 Apr 2018 17:24:54 -0700
...I bought a set of Cabriolet gauges and installed them in pods on the 'a' pillar. The Rabbit OP gauge is 5 bar and...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 6 Sep 2017 15:58:11 -0700
Hi, I made a manifold and relocated the two pressure switches plus added a pressure gauge sender. Pics etc here https://shufti.blog/2012...
Re: Measuring fuel pressure
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:25:56 -0700
I have used tire gauges for this many times. Just cut the Shraeder valve end off the gauge hose and extend it with a...
Re: The vanagaon temp gauge is crap
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:09:35 -0700
Andrew, the gauge sensor is a simple resistance based device. The sensor changes resistance as a function of temperature and the gauge reads this...
Re: Temp & Fuel gauges not accurate
Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
Thu, 27 Sep 2001 00:03:25 -0700
Your description of the fuel gauge's behavior is typical of a bad fuel gauge sender - in fact I'd bet my lunch on...
Where to mount oil/volt gauge
Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
Wed, 25 Aug 1999 18:22:12 EDT
I'm planning to add a VDO oil gauge in addition to the idiot light on my 84 van. Where is the best location...
water temp sender
Historical mailing list - Greg Stelz
Tue, 16 Apr 2002 16:05:12 -0700
...I was talking with one of the techs at egauges.com and they sell a 250F (10-180 ohms) gauge that he says may...
Normal temp?
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:14:04 -0700
...Having owned nothing but early Vanagons I do not know where 'normal' is on the later temperature gauge (digital clock/tach). On the early...
Re: vacuum guage
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Wed, 25 Jul 2012 03:56:21 -0500
I have a 3 gauge VDO pod on top of my gauge cluster that has Oil Pressure. Vacuum, and Oil Temp gauges from VDO...
gauge lights
Historical mailing list - gburgin
Sun, 2 Jul 2017 21:51:17 +0000
Hey guys, I've had some issue with individual gauge lights going off and coming back on. Sometimes all of them. I've removed...
Re: Oil Temp Sender and Gauge
Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:55:55 -0700
...Without the jumper to > the ground, the gauge reads full scale - 181C or 300 F. Note - This is > just with the ignition on without...
Re: Gauges in the engine bay
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:06:25 -0700
I see very little point in gauges in the engine compartment. You will want to know what the parameters you are measuring are , when...
'84 wassertemp gauge
Historical mailing list - Ed Mellinger
Mon, 29 Apr 1996 11:04:50 -0700
Hi Folks - On my '84 van, the water temp gauge moves around a lot with changes in speed and load... from about one needle...
Oil pressure update.
Historical mailing list - radish150
Sun, 29 Apr 2001 16:39:33 -0700
I installed a wet gauge today to check the real op. I did not pay a whole lot of attention to the gauge when...
Re: [Vexing temperature and fuel gauge intermittant functioning problem on Eurovan]
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 20 Apr 2001 15:25:16 -0400
...But you can measure it at either gauge, should be ten volts +/- a half volt. david David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net...
WANTED Temp gauge
Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
Wed, 17 Jul 2002 03:07:47 +0000
<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>I need a coolant temp gauge for a 87 Syncro. I already installed a VDO gauge...
Re: Coolant Temp Sensor Problem
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:20:02 -0500
At 06:23 PM 11/30/2010, mark drillock wrote: >>I will add that with the old engine in, the gauge hardly even >>budged...
fuel gauge
Historical mailing list - Jeff Engel
Thu, 11 Jul 2002 18:54:28 -0500
...Can make gauge work at instument cluster by putting voltage directly to fuel gauge contacts.Unplugged 2 wire connector at gas tank and with...
Re: propane filling question
Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
Mon, 16 May 2005 08:45:53 -0500
<<dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET(Dennis�Hayn Most real propane tanks have gauges-float operated. The Westy tank is too small for a gauge as the...
Re: Adding gauges, part 2, this time I WILL do it!
Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
Tue, 25 May 1999 09:23:24 -0400
...Add these gauges, that I already have: Oil temp, oil >pressure, water temp, volts. Then an EGT and a boost gauge. (Of course, also...
Re: Vanagon gas tank capacity?
Historical mailing list - Wes Ullrich
Fri, 1 Oct 2004 15:42:54 -0400
My gauge is way off, I have 2-3 gallons left when I am at dead zero, so I use the trip odometer as...
Re: Use Fuel Pressure Tester to Test Cooling System Pressure? (engine running)
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Sun, 21 May 2017 14:13:27 -0700
Thanks Larryguy. ;) I'll keep a hawk eye on pressure and would have a clamp ready to clamp the hose going to gauge before...
Re: Vanagon Water Temp Gauge - Temperatures?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:23:59 -0700
...In their club magazine there was an article that >>listed the water temperatures at various points in the gauge - the >>center of the gauge...
Re: Replacing Temp Gauge
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sun, 25 Aug 2002 18:38:32 -0700
...If this still does not peg the gauge, the likely problem is a bad gauge or a bad connection on the 14 pin connector...
Temp Gauge, White section
Historical mailing list - Neil2
Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:48:38 -0700
Hey volks, I noticed a white section on me temp gauge ('86 Vanagon) on the extreme left side. It looks similar to the red...
Re: Gauges
Historical mailing list - Rob
Thu, 9 Oct 2008 17:54:40 -0700
At 10/9/2008 05:20 PM, Jim Cochran wrote: >I want to add some aftermarket gauges. I have the stock dash now. Who...
Propane gauge
Historical mailing list - Michael Kimball
Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:03:29 -0700
Any ideas re: propane level gauge
Re: EV fuel / temp gauge glitch
Historical mailing list - Pelikan
Thu, 8 May 1997 09:16:27 -0400
The fuel gauge and temperature gauge problem stems from some cold solder joints on the circuit board governing their operation. EuroVan Update published a...
Re: gauge recommendations
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Tue, 12 Feb 2002 22:08:13 EST
...of dash) vacuum gauge (left), combination Exhaust temperature gauge and cylinder head temperature gauge. (in the instrument console) air/fuel gauge mounted above the...
Re: Idea for gauge placement
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:30:35 -0700
...I found the three gauge pod on ePay for > $9. Its a "universal" pod sold for about a dozen different cars as > far as...
Re: Gauges
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:43:14 -0500
Do you know that the VDO sender and the Audi gauge are compatible? i.e. same current for a given pressure? Larry A. On...
Re: Exhaust gas Temp gauge
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 9 Jul 2011 18:32:48 -0700
...Exhaust gas Temp gauge > Hi Mike, > > As Zeitgeist mentioned, egauges.com for your gauges. I bought the Isspro, > actually the selling point for me...
Re: temp gauge
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Sun, 13 Sep 1998 20:22:50 -0700
My gauge must be different than yours. Mine when cold is full ccw... as it warms up it moves cw. When I had the...
Re: Normal 2.1L opreating temp
Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
Thu, 1 Aug 2002 21:02:52 -0600
These gauge positions are all relative. As many list members have reported including Ben Huot's post a day or two ago the temp...
Re: Oil pressure -- normal range?
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Sat, 9 Apr 2011 23:09:19 -0400
...And it's just handy to > wire the > gauge dash lighting to the power for the gauge ..that way gauge > illumination > is on any...
Re: Oil pressure -- normal range?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 9 Apr 2011 14:25:00 -0700
I suggested the 0 to 100 psi gauge. On one engine I tested, oil pressure was as high as 60 psi cold, and as...
wonky temp gauge?
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Sun, 19 Jun 2011 23:31:19 -0500
My temp gauge is acting up, I think. 85 Westfalia (automatic), 2.1l Boston Bob rebuild with about 20k on it. Coolant levels seem...
Fuel gauge wiring diagram
Historical mailing list
Wed, 7 Sep 94 10:55:06 bst
I've been trying to fix the fuel gauge on my 73 bus. The gauge itself is working fine. So is the voltage regulator...
temp gauge
Historical mailing list - .
Sat, 04 May 1996 14:34:16
...My temp gauge goes up only an 1/8th of the way, will I cause any problems and how do I fix it? y...
Re: Oil pressure gauges and engine life
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Wed, 9 May 2012 10:20:18 -0700
Actually I think gauges are very useful to avoid major problems...not so much for other stuff, but for knowing when something has gone...
Re: WTB '81 Vanagon Oil Temp Gauge
Historical mailing list
Thu, 13 Mar 1997 18:11:07 +0000
> motor with an oil temperature gauge. The local VDO dealer is asking > around $70 for them. That's a lot of gas and food...
84-Temperture Gauge
Historical mailing list - Roch Cole
Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:02:07 EDT
...After a few minutes of running, my temp gauge always goes to the 1/2 mark. It only goes over when it's heated...
temperature gauge under reporting temperature
Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
Sun, 23 Oct 2005 19:03:42 -0400
After topping up my coolant with a bit of water, my temperature gauge is under reporting my temperature by A LOT. On two 11...
Re: Coolant Gauge (again)
Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
Tue, 14 May 2002 00:55:46 +0000
<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P>Just did this myself! Went through and verified that it was the gauge. Then went to <A...
Re: 86 hot temp gauge---RESOLVED
Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:40:43 -0500
...Drove down the highway and back and the coolant temp gauge settled about middle of the LED and stayed. Left idling upon return, engine...
FS Gauges - Picture up.
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 22 Oct 2002 14:53:52 -0500
...http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/020gague2.jpg #2) 1 set of 3 gauges, each gauge has a tiny split in the Plexiglass lens that you...
Re: oil pressure woes
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Mon, 3 Mar 2008 09:05:40 -0500
Fellow vanagon types I have never used the VDO gauge but I do get calls from people telling me that they have low oil...
Re: Both temp light and gauge not working
Historical mailing list - B Feddish
Sun, 26 Mar 2017 20:17:08 +0000
Over the last few years I�ve had intermittent issues where, when driving, the temp gauge will go all the way to the right...
Re: '87 temperature gauge
Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
Thu, 8 Apr 2004 18:00:09 -0600
...gauge needle pointing? 12 o'clock? 1 o'clock? 2 > o'clock? 10 o'clock? tia and cheers, art, 82 westy The answer is...
Re: coolant pressure gauge
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Fri, 11 Feb 2000 19:59:20 EST
...You just need to evacuate the line to the gauge (after it has been installed to the gauge end) and refill with the glycerine...
Jetta Conversion. Coolant Sensor DTC. WBX Temp Gauge LED Cause This?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:34:41 -0700
...Could the WBX blinking LED in temp gauge at startup (normal), trigger this DTC? A3 Bentley shows the temp gauge portion of sensor consisting...
Fuel gauge problem
Historical mailing list - Gilles H Turmel
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 22:15:14 -0400
...When I fill up the tank the fuel gauge shows half on the instruments cluster. Is there a procedure to identify the problem, the...
Re: RX7 Oil cooler the real skinny
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 21 Mar 2002 21:54:38 -0600
I'm glad I've got the gauge but I ran the same Westy for six years without gauges and got 140K on an...
Re: Thermostats
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Mon, 6 Apr 1998 08:50:13 -0700
...If you change any one of these components, you'll probably get a slightly different reading on the gauge. The gauge should be consistent...
Re: Idea for gauge placement
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:20:48 -0600
...I found the three gauge pod on ePay for > $9. Its a "universal" pod sold for about a dozen different cars as > far as...