Depending on where you are and how cold it is, I would be thinking stuck or
failing thermostat.  When you drive and the temp gauge drops, can you tell
if your heat output drops too?  Maybe the temp gauge is correct and the
engine temp actually is going down.

Gary

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Willenbrock" <pooncerelli@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 8:26 AM
Subject: temp gauge ques

> hey all,
> this morning i did my usual warm on my 90 gl.  the temp gauge needle was
> sitting a little lower then the led light when i drove off.  as soon as i
> drove down the road at about 40 or so the temp gauge quickly went down to
> the lowest mark.  perplexed, i pulled over and while the van was idleing
the
> temp gauge slowly came back up.  thinking it was nothing i drove again and
> sure enough the needle went right back down to nothing.  what is going on
> here?  my wire going into the temp sender, not the temp II, is not the
best
> connection, but it is connected.  my water pump is also going bad.  what
> could this this be and how to fix?  how can i rebuild that wire connection
> at the temp sender?
> thanks
> jason
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