

| Subject: | '90 watertank float diags... help |
| From: | Harry Yates |
| Date: | Mon, 23 Jun 1997 13:45:01 +0000 |
Hi Everyone. I've been having problems with proper led indication of water level on my '90 Westy, and I've been doing some diagnostics to determine what has failed. I used a digital Ohm-meter to measure the resistance of the float at the three points along the rod, and I have recorded the following values: green 0.3 ohms yellow 0.6 megaohms red 1.0 megaohms My display panel only shows green and yellow... *sometimes*.. all with an empty tank! The '90 model has a long rod that has a float that goes up and down indicating the water level by some magnetic type switches inside the rod (my theory). >From my diags, it would seem the float assembly is OK. If someone could verify these settings for me, that would be great. It *does* require some work by emptying your stuff out, and removing the float assembly, and unhooking the wires (use long needle nose pliers to unhook the wires). Personally, I think there is something wrong with the display panel, but I need to know if this is OK first. Any other ideas are welcome. The Bentley diagnostics for the display panel are NOT for the '90 model panel. My panel is different in design than what is displayed in the Bentley, and the diags don't work for me. :( Any help would be appreciated. Harry. Harry Yates, Langley, British Columbia Canada '90 Syncro Westfalia WWW - http://syncro.cr.bcit.bc.ca/hyates '87 Golf Diesel email: hyates@bcit.bc.ca '91 Miata (Millie)
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