When vigorously cleaning the pins, be sure to do it gently, as the plastic
tends to be a bit brittle.

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
|David Beierl
|Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 3:35 PM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: Engine running COLD
|
|At 12:40 AM 2/21/2011, Gregg Carlen wrote:
|>Sitting at idle for awhile, the needle will rise to the top side of
|>the temp light. I turned on the radiator fan and it cooled right
|>back to the center. Still have a problem with the temp warning
|>flashing during startup and continuing for 10+ minutes. Possibly a
|>bad temp sending unit?
|
|Nope.  Bad gauge.  To make certain, pull the 42/43 relay on the relay
|panel.  If as I firmly expect the symptom continues you have a bad
|cap inside the gauge which you can fix or I can.  Pmail me.
|
|If the symptom goes away when you pull the relay, pull the level
|sender from the pressure bottle and clean the pins vigorously with
|Scotch-Brite then report results.  While you're back there looking at
|the pressure bottle, inspect closely for impending cracks.  I'll have
|a couple pictures up shortly.
|
|Yours,
|David