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Old 01-10-2008, 07:33 AM
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Default Coolant temp sensor
Replaced the sensor last night. Wasnt as easy as I has hoped. Talk about a knuckle scraper. Doesnt look like I even needed one though. Think cluster is busted. Gas and Temp guage work only ocassionally. Was hoping it was just the sensors, but guess not. I heard the cluster is really expensive. Just have to rely on distance to empty and hope the car isnt overheating. Anyone else had a bad cluster?
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Old 01-10-2008, 02:37 PM
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VAG-COM is your friend.
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Old 01-11-2008, 07:22 AM
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I had heard that a bad coolant temp sensor sometimes wont trip the computer. Do you know how to diagnose a bad cluster? Would that trip the computer?
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Default Use VAG-COM to check the cluster for faults and check inputs from various sources.
There's a lot more to VAG-COM that pulling a few codes from the ECU.
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Default Look at the web site bba-reman dot com, sounds like they
repair clusters with problems like yours. I have no experiece with them just passing along some info.
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