John;
        Does running the heater at full blast return the needle to the
normal position?

Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis    <Kernersville,NC>
86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe
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On Wed, 31 May 2000 20:53:23 -0400 "John P. Flaherty"
<jflahert@MAINE.RR.COM> writes:
>Hi Volks:
>
>In normal driving my 1984 1.9 usually runs with the temp guauge a hair
>past
>center. It stays pretty constant there, as I'm almost never in severe
>enough
>traffic to make it climb higher. Beginning yesterday, however, it
>climbed
>substantially higher, stopping at slightly past halfway between the
>LED and
>the end of the scale. It remained there, climbing no higher, but not
>going
>down at all either. Moving/brief stopping had no effect. The van drove
>normally; engine performance was fine. Except for the guage. the van
>didn't
>act like it was running hot. The fan never came on. (Radiator switch
>is new
>last month, and worked when tested at that time. Haven't been in heavy
>enough traffic for it to come on since, but if the fan were the
>problem the
>temp should have dropped when I hit the interstate anyway). There was
>no
>smell of antifreeze. Engine didn't feel hotter than normal. Coolant
>tank
>(new last month, with new pressure cap) was full. It's done this every
>time
>I've driven it since it began yesterday. Air temperatures were in the
>50-60
>degree range. Van was lightly loaded (if I can be considered a light
>load).
>
>So, whats the opinion....do I have an overheating problem? A temp
>sender
>problem? A guage problem? And how do I tell?
>
>Thanks,
>John Flaherty

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