

| Subject: | Re: Replacing Temp Gauge |
| From: | Tim Marciniak |
| Date: | Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:54:24 -0500 |
> > Regarding my 90 Multivan I'm pretty sure needs a temp gauge. Any >> body done this job? About two weeks ago the needle was reading a >> little below its normal position, now it does not register at all >> except that the light blinks on at startup then goes out like >normal. >> Test the gauge as close as I could with resistor values for testing >I >> got from the archives and nothing moves the needle. Voltage >> stabilizer is in spec. No way to test sensor. Pretty sure its the >> gauge. --- >hmmm. well ... ok, but i'd suspect the gauge sender (on the >thermostat) myself. in all my years of vw's (since 1958), i've not had >the gauge itself go bad on me. but the senders have gone bad several >times. Is there any way to test the sender? My first inclination was the sender is bad but after trying to to test the gauge (with a 200 ohm resistor in series) and getting no response I figured the temp gauge was bad, I would of thought at least some movement of the needle would occur. Thanks, Tim --
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