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Temp gauge?

You can try cleaning the sending unit for the gauge.  It's on the bottom of
the coolant gooseneck on the front of the motor.  Mine would flash
intermittently like that and cleaning the contacts on the sending unit cued
it.

Alan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Lehrian" <matthew-lists@lehrian.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 8:44 PM
Subject: Temp gauge?


> Hi all,
>
> I recently bough an '85 Scirocco.  When I start it up, the red LED in
> the temp gauge flashes.  The temp continues to go up about 2/3 of the
> way.  Then, the temp stabilizes and the red LED stops flashing.  The
> car seems to drive fine and the other temp gauge (in the center
> console) seems OK.  Is this normal?  If not, please help!
>
> Also, the odometer and tripometer stopped rolling, but everything else
> in the dash works (like the tach & speedo).  Someone told me that the
> gears inside might need rebuilt as they sometimes break.  What is the
> process for getting the speedo out of the car and who can rebuild the
> gears?
>
> Thanks for you help.
>
> Happy new Scirocco driver.  :-)
>
> Matt
>
>
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