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this is a copy of a post i placed on a vw camper forum ive had no help as yet so wondered if any body on here could help

many thanks mike

hi sorry to revisit with a question but i need help with 87 type 25 petrol
on the way home from our holls the water temp gauge failed ie first read to cold then nothing i had a new sender fitted and got the van back with an air lock in the cooling system and the gauge reading 3/4 across.
got the air lock sorted at the garage but was told the gauge was probaly reading high because it was new (funny i thought you bought new things so they worked properly.
any way to cut a long story short after new thermostat and temp sender for the electric fan, the needle still goes nearly 3/4 across then after 1.5miles seams to rest just of the right hand side of the red light, is this in you opinion ok, i have had a 2.1injection a 1.6 diesel and two of these 1915cc petrols and the needle has allways been on the red light (the red light is off)
hope somebody can advise me many thanks
mike

billy

thanks for the reply

i was concerned because  i have never had one read that hot

ive just found the bleed screw on top of the thermostat housing was not fully closed, so have closed it and will bleed it again tomorrow.

going to use the independant vw garage in future

so thanks again

mike

ps   are you the billy from the club 80-90 if so you are not the only n******t on this site