You could be right, but I thought it was the other way around, that the
early ones had this glitch, and they fixed it on later ones.
I put a resistor in place of the level sensor... ( when I need to for
troubleshooting ) 

This keeps that part of the circuit happy, and then we're back to a 'normal'
temp gauge system......needle points, and LED goes off only if temp gets too
high.

Faulty gauge circuit in the dash is a possibility too, or gauge, but you
wouldn't normally expect that. 
Scott 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Dave Vickery
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 12:16 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: temp gauge and coolant light trouble

The temp gauge on later models I ebelieve is designed to go to the top if
the low coolant sensor is tripped.  Check the connections on the pressure
tank or if the coolant level in the tank is more than a couple inches low.

>From: Matthew Hokanson <vanagon88@GMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: Matthew Hokanson <vanagon88@GMAIL.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: temp gauge and coolant light trouble
>Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:26:31 -0400
>
>Hey all,
>
>Just recently, when I start my 1988 Vanagon GL, the temp gauge needle
>immediately rises to the top of the gauge and the coolant light keeps
>blinking (passed its normal start up routine).
>
>Any help or thoughts on this would be awesome. I checked the archives but
>couldn't come up with anything.  (Not entirely sure of what keywords to use
>though.)
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>M. Hokanson

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