In the framework of the Pierre Auger Observatory upgrade, which foresees the installation of scintillator-based surface detectors placed above the water-Cherenkov tanks, we studied the light yield and the effect of temperature cycling for different extruded scintillators/optical fibers configurations. In this paper we will report on the light yield of extruded scintillators read out with wavelength shifting optical fibers, optically coupled to a PMT. We tested many different geometries, different fibers qualities and diameters and different scintillators providers. Then, for a selected number of configurations, we tested the effect of temperature variations on the detector response, in a climatic chamber. In order to reproduce the thermic excursion that will affect the detectors installed in the field in Argentina (between -5°C to +40°C), we studied the scintillator response in the temperature range from -20°C to +70°C. We performed as well many temperature cycles between -20°C to +50°C to study the temperature-induced degradation on the detectors due to mechanical stress