Sounds like a loose/broken temp sensor wire, assuming that it's running
normally otherwise.

Frictiony noise form the front could be any of quite a few items, but wheel
bearings are on that list.

Where are you?

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
|Bernie
|Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 9:11 AM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: On the road.................a couple of issues!
|
|*Hello All,*
|*
|*
|*Having a couple of things that popped up yesterday on my 85 Westy.*
|*First thing temperature gauge dropped to almost nothing.*
|*Always would be consistently just below half before and now basically not
|responding*
|*or responding on very intermittent basis.*
|*Second issue is a noise that seems to be coming from front of vehicle.*
|*Don't know how to describe other than a noise produced by friction of some
|sort.*
|*Could this be wheel bearings?*
|*
|*
|*Perplexed in the desert,*
|*
|*
|*Bernie*