Re: Coolant gauage problem - intermittent

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Solomon Ngan say:

> Hi guys,
> After seeing all the coolant gauage problems on recent threads, my 
> coolant gauage didn't work this morning.  It just "died".  No 
> movement at all.
> 
> However, after an hour sitting in the parking lot, I started the car 
> up, the gauage worked again, ie, without anything being done by 
> anyone.  In fact the hood has not been lifted.
> 
> Could it be a dirty connection problem, or is it a sign of the sensor 
> dying,  or a corroded wiring problem like Robert Myers has ?

Classic symptom of a dead/dying sensor.

As I recall, you have a 90Q20V. Pity; it's very hard to get in there
to replace it. I ended up paying a shop to do it. My 100Q just lets
you slide a wrench right over it.

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