Re: Almost there.....

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

If the hose never gets hot (watch that oil temp!) then you need a new thermostat,
or your lines or radiator is blocked up, or your water pump is bad.
Sometimes the circuitboards on the back of the instrument cluster go bad, causing
wierd oil pressure light problems.
    GL!
    -Josiah
    '84 GTI (Autoxer/Toy)
    '86 Scirocco 8v (for sale)
    '87 QSW (daily driver)
    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah

Salvatore Guzzo wrote:

> Yippy-yippy-yeah!!!!!!!!!!
>
> I finally fixed my charging problem today.  The connection in the
> instrument cluster was not put in properly and thus, I guess, it caused a
> short and it failed to charge the battery.  Prior to this, the volts read
> about 10V while running.  I connected a ground wire from the alt. casting
> to the head to no avail.  Correcting the instrument fixed that.
>
> So here's the last two drawbacks before I will fine tune it and get the
> thing running properly.  First, the bottom hose on the radiator is cold
> although the top one is hot (ouch!!!!!!that burns...I got proof you know!)
> My dad suggested that it could be the thermostat inside the water pump.
> Any ideas as to what may cause this.  Secod, the flippin' oil pressure
> light keeps appearing intermitently; that is, it flashes while driving or
> during high revs.  I disconnected the wires fron the oil sender on the
> driver side of the head and also the oil sender on the oil flange on the
> front of the motor.  Someone had told me that it could be the relay,or
> maybe my wiring is not correct (popssibly another shortage somewhere).  For
> this one, I don't even know where to start.  Hence, any help will
> suffice.......
>
> Well, I guess I'll get back to studying now.......that was enough of a break.
>
> Sal
>
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