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MartyParty Learner Dubber

12 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#178478
My Caravlle is funny,

Sometimes the temp gauge starts flashing and the temp needle starts going up. If I turn the ignition off and then on, whist still travelling, then it settle back to it's happy self.

Sometimes however it will do this every thrity seconds. It's got water, so what's going on? There must be something up?

BiX Veteran Volks Folk

2,499 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#178479
could it be a loose connection?
I have no sympathy for my car, only the wallet that pays for it!
Go hard or go home!!!!

Anthiron The Baja Rejuvenation Begins

4,936 posts · joined Oct 2003 ·

#178480
could be a faulty sender.....
62/60 model bug eye baja bug, (Full Build in Progress)
1974 Chevrolet Luv
1970 MK2 Ford Cortina GT
1979 Yamaha RX125 Two Stroke tracker project.
2004 Harley Davidson Sportster XL Custom

MartyParty Learner Dubber

12 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#178482
So a loose or faulty sender in the temp gauge you mean?

Anthiron The Baja Rejuvenation Begins

4,936 posts · joined Oct 2003 ·

#178486
the sender is the little thing that is reading the temperture and it sends this up wire or vacumm tube or whatever the hell it uses and this is then interpreted by you through looking at what the guage reads....it is possible that the sender (sensor thingy) is not reading correctly
62/60 model bug eye baja bug, (Full Build in Progress)
1974 Chevrolet Luv
1970 MK2 Ford Cortina GT
1979 Yamaha RX125 Two Stroke tracker project.
2004 Harley Davidson Sportster XL Custom

tonyg Seriously Crusin Dubber

174 posts · joined Oct 2003 ·

#178936
I think you will find you have the dreaded cyl head leakage problem suffered by all vw wbx motors eventually. Will drive you mad. Swore I would not have it again and fitted subaru to mine. Best thing i ever did car wise and costs less than fixing wbx. Now I have 60% more power, reliability and a damn fine car again.
let's know how you get on
good luck
tony g
they took me away haha, hope the medication works

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#178950
MartyParty wrote:. If I turn the ignition off and then on, whist still travelling, then it settle back to it's happy self.
How did you work that trick out????

is this an auto????

Barry
Futue te ipsum!!!

MartyParty Learner Dubber

12 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#179159
I'll try loolking at the sender on the weekend, hopefully that's all it is. If only all templ problems could be tucked away with a simple flick of the ignition....