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Re: Red light blinks because of front height?
Historical mailing list - Phil S.
Wed, 25 Sep 2002 17:47:33 -0700
...temperature guage or perhaps an air bubble in your cooling system(temperature sensor will cause a red light blink when not submerged in coolant...
Re: Warning light
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 5 Nov 2014 09:11:13 -0600
...The coolant warning > > light is in the coolant temperature gauge. > > The oil pressure warning system is a bit complex. There are two sensors. A...
Re: Running rough, dies as temp gauge starts to register
Historical mailing list - Seattle Nick
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:51:20 -0500
...I think the van is likely running very rich because the temp sensor is telling the computer that the coolant is always cold. Try...
Re: Re Stopping the flashing coolant light for good
Historical mailing list - --------
Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:06:29 -0400
...coolant level light and make it work...A testimony like that >one...who can argue with that? Though I do monitor my coolant temperature...
Re: Tooooooooooooo ritch a startup...com on guys!!!!!
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:15:11 -0400
...i suspect a bad coolant temperature sensor. measure that while you have your multimeter out also. jonathan On Sun, 24 Apr 2005, Benny boy...
Re: adding resister to center 1.9 coolant temp gauge?
Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
Tue, 6 Jul 2010 18:26:09 -0700
...coolant temp sender died. >>> >>> I replaced it with a new one. Now the gauge reads high, about >>> 65%-70% when normal operating temperature instead...
Re: Side Air Intake Engine Cooling Question (searched)
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:51:22 -0700
...excessive heat in tubbed portion of lid causes coolant sensor >>>> to get too hot. Resistor in it then zeros out allowing near or full...
question on temperature gauge wiring
Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:26:25 -0500
...The temperature overheat/low coolant level led does flash normally when the engine is started but I would imagine that this might work properly...
Re: Warning light
Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
Thu, 6 Nov 2014 06:30:01 -0500
...The coolant warning >>> light is in the coolant temperature gauge. >>> The oil pressure warning system is a bit complex. There are two sensors. A...
Re: Overheating
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Sun, 4 Oct 1998 11:52:43 EDT
...Do this after the bus has set over night, then the sensor will be at ambient temperature. Compare to chart in Bentley. Drive Safely...
Re: Water Level Indicator Red Blinking Light
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 11 Mar 2001 20:34:58 -0600
...fresh coolant. > Leon > 85 Subwagen westy > > John Rodgers wrote: > > > 99 chances out of a 100 it's not the gage but the sensor in...
Re: FLASHING COOLANT LIGHT
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Sat, 8 Jan 2000 14:17:37 -0500
...When you are driving along with engine warm and the coolant level sensor detects low coolant level, the red light starts flashing and the...
Re: '84 Vanagon, Help!
Historical mailing list - H Steven Dolan
Fri, 12 Aug 1994 13:33:55 -0700 (PDT)
...Finally (about > 2K miles later) the leaking gas literally blows coolant out of most > of the cooling system and the temperature sensor begins to...
'84 Vanagon, Help!
Historical mailing list
Fri, 12 Aug 1994 13:36:31 -0400 (EDT)
...Finally (about 2K miles later) the leaking gas literally blows coolant out of most of the cooling system and the temperature sensor begins to...
Re: [DIESEL]Help Vanagon coolant tank needed badly!
Historical mailing list - Southard Family
Fri, 14 Jul 2000 06:40:15 -0400
...The tank has two 7/8" hose > connector nipples and no temperature sensor. Any help that wont cost me a > fortune would be greatly...
Re: Cooling system questions
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 14 Feb 2016 20:45:34 -0500
...sensors will be out of range so the gauge needle position will be off. Get some means of getting the actual coolant temperature in...
bosch info: vanagons 1983-85 water-cooled
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Sun, 14 Aug 94 20:06:32 CDT
...PRESSURE REGULATOR, 0 280 160 205 Volkswagen 1985-83 Vanagon 1913cc (DH) 1991-86 Vanagon 2109cc (MV) TEMPERATURE SENSOR COOLANT, 0 280 130 026...
more bosch info: 1983-1985 water-cooled buses
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 12 Aug 94 16:41:47 CDT
...PRESSURE REGULATOR, 0 280 160 205 Volkswagen 1985-83 Vanagon 1913cc (DH) 1991-86 Vanagon 2109cc (MV) TEMPERATURE SENSOR COOLANT, 0 280 130 026...
Re: voltage reading at the gauge temp sensor?
Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:46:26 -0500
...corrected when I replaced the single lead (brown > wire) to > the temperature sensor. There was an internal break in the original > wire - > not easily...
Re: [WetWesties] The Vanagon cooling system.. it's counterintuitive.. (long post)
Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
Sun, 6 Sep 2015 09:15:00 -0700
...sensor so that when your van begins to heat up from low coolant or an air lock in the cooling system the gauge temperature...
Re: idle surges
Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
Fri, 20 Nov 1998 10:28:18 +0200
...Since it is happening in cold and warm operations I am excluding oxygen sensor and coolant sensor. The complicating factor is also that the...
Re: Audible Idiot "Light"...EE Inventor Wanted
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:42:34 -0800
...except for the coolant level sensor, which I think is a bit touchier than a simple "got ground" OR "got 12v" = "start buzzing" system...
Re: Joy Hecht's problem's solved?
Historical mailing list - jimt
Mon, 23 May 2005 13:24:10 -0600
...They are useless if there is no coolant in the system. you would need a head temp sensor and gauge like used on many...
Re: Hesitation at low RPM
Historical mailing list
Tue, 6 Sep 1994 15:53:49 -0700 (PDT)
...There was no change, still had hesitation at > low rpms. > > Then I reconnected the coolant sensor, and disconnected the O2 sensor. > Bingo! Without the...
Re: Warning light
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 4 Nov 2014 19:45:05 -0500
...The coolant warning light is in the coolant temperature gauge. The oil pressure warning system is a bit complex. There are two sensors. A...
Re: Overheating...or not?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 3 Mar 2007 16:26:28 +0000
...enough coolant to travel through but at idle, just won't make it. An Infrared thermometer will allow you check actual temperatures to check...
Re: Coolant Hoses, Complete Set -- Remove and Replace
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Sat, 27 Jun 2020 12:10:59 -0700
...temperature scanner reads > > >> > 225F on the return pipe to the water pump > > >> > > > >> > At idle, the coolant fan comes on and controls the temperature at...
cold idle issue
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Wed, 22 Jan 2003 08:56:10 -0800
...Cause was the Temp I sensor, until the Temp II was warm enough for the ECU to use coolant tempterature map. Sincerely, Mark Keller...
Re: 86 hot temp gauge---was '86 Westy cranking trouble
Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:03:36 -0500
...The gauge measures current flow through the wire and > sensor. As the sensor heats up it's resistance drops and more current > flows through...
Re: Temp gauge problems too
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Wed, 28 Sep 2005 20:35:03 -0500
...least APPROACHING engine > > temperature. It's fed by the > > black sensor on the thermostat housing which always > > sits in the coolant > > circuit regardless of...
Re: Logan Pass - blew the expansion tank temp sensor
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 09:07:13 -0400
...Coolant > > got hot enough to expand and the pressure blew the sensor out of the > tank. > > Like you, I Thought it was a failed...
Re: Re:Vanagon Temp Guage
Historical mailing list
Thu, 14 Jul 94 18:18:15 PDT
...when you moved the 'whole thing' over to the 84, did you move the coolant temp sensors as well (oh, god! is he gonna...
Re: 84 temp. gauge and idle stabilizer electrical problem
Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
Fri, 11 Sep 1998 10:44:42 -0400
...slowed down the coolant level in the main tank would drop way down causing loss of continuity in the level sensor which makes the...
Re: running hot....any ideas?
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
Fri, 3 Feb 2006 13:18:28 -0500
...the coolant light and gauge system than i. for a 85 there is really two inputs to the gauge the tank level sensor and...
Blinking Dash Warning Lights! - reply
Historical mailing list - George Averill
Sun, 30 Aug 1998 09:20:02 -0400
...The >engine temperature is well within it's typical operating range (about 1/2 >way up the LED or below), the coolant levels in...
Re: 87 Westy overheating after coolant change
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 21 Dec 2014 20:39:23 -0500
...Quick >> question, where is the sensor for the temperature gauge? Is it >> measuring coolant temp or engine temp? Im trying to think about what...
Re: 87 Vanagon Engine Overheating problems
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 5 Sep 2006 19:00:11 -0400
...I have >changed most parts related to the cooling system (thermostat, temperature >sensors 1 & 2, coolant distributor, water pump, expansion tank, several tubes >and...
My O2 sensor is NOT faulty..(follow-up to a question yesterday)
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 9 Sep 2014 07:22:49 -0700
...most O2 sensors. I was thinking mine was not functioning, due to me seeing an overly-cool operating temperature on my coolant gauge and...
Re: Anti-Freeze opinions
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Tue, 4 Apr 2017 20:57:35 -0600
...It gets from the Coolant Temp' Sensor ~ So ~ If WW Does Alter the >>>> Heat Transfer Ability of the Coolant, Up or Down, That Temp...
Re: Re temp gauge
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Sun, 8 Jan 2012 19:38:52 -0800
Yes the proper term is Coolant Level Sensor, does nothing to sense temperature at all. 251 919 372 Easily available from most of the...
Re: Mocal sandwich plate plus oil cooler equals overcooling
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:50:30 -0600
...reasonable temperature, but It's also probably a highly optimistic reading. It's a long run to the sensor, and the sensor is in...
Re: blinking coolant light
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:03:07 -0500
...Coolant light starts blinking. > The temperature gauge needle is right where it should be - in the middle. > The engine is not hot. > There is...
Re: Dex-Cool . . . I hesitate to ask this
Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:20:00 -0400
...to Dex-Cool in a '91 > Jetta I developed coolant leaks around the temperature sensors and > between the cooling hose flange and the head...
Re: Boiling radiator light etc.
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Wed, 07 Jun 95 13:44:16 CDT
...on my 88 bus, i think it's the coolant level sensor itself that's gone a bit wacko. sometimes it will come on...
Re: Bubbles??/
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Wed, 8 Mar 2000 20:21:21 -0500
...such as where the coolant sensor goes in the tank. When van goes cools down from normal operating temperature to ambient, air can get...
Re: 1.9 wbx Won't run now it's colder
Historical mailing list - lauterba
Mon, 3 Nov 2003 22:41:59 -0500
...If both temperature sensors are okay, you should be getting a fast idle of around 1800 rpm if air temp and coolant temp are...
cold run problems
Historical mailing list - James Creech
Wed, 22 Nov 2000 12:59:45 -0500
...just before cold weather got new plugs, wires, distributor, air filter, O2 sensor, coolant flush and fill (mechanic friend did all) d.. within specs...
Re: Faint coolant smell
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Tue, 8 Sep 2015 11:07:45 -0700
...Turned out to be a really slow leak at coolant level sensor in coolant bottle with blue cap and at the rear heater valve...
Re: The Mother Ship
Historical mailing list - t
Wed, 13 Sep 2000 07:18:26 -0700
...Any ideas? I have a new sensor in the coolant > reservoir and the temperature gauge seems to be fine. Any VW braniacs care > to...
Re: Das Blinkenlights
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Thu, 24 Nov 2005 23:36:05 -0500
...An open circuit condition > would be one in which there is no coolant between the terminals in the > sensor - like perhaps all the coolant...
Re: Oxygen sensor replacement....alternate source for sensor?
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Tue, 13 May 2003 08:57:26 -0700
Paul, Temp2 sensor measures the temperature of the coolant and tells the ecu when engine is warm and to lean out the mixture. Order...
[Fwd: cooling system failures]
Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
Mon, 8 Jun 1998 19:37:24 -0700
...kms - temperature sensor ll. Just a precaution. 135,000 kms - small plastic flange ch/to metal under power steering - large plastic coolant runnining length...
Re: Severe coolant leak
Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:37:43 -0700
...Potentially water pump, hoses and clamps, thermostat, > temperature sensor...? >
Re: Oil pressure light
Historical mailing list - Larry Steffen
Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:04:40 -0800
...The low pressure sensor is new. Wires are on it are ok, oil is 20/50 and 1/2 on dip stick. Temperature of...
Re: Temp Gauge/Voltage Stabilizer
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Mon, 19 Jul 2004 20:20:24 -0700
Jim, this may be a problem with the 43 relay or the circuit that feeds it, namely the coolant level sensor system. The conclusive...
Re: HELP Flashing red temp light!
Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
Sun, 22 Apr 2001 15:38:24 -0400
...temperature. Typically, when the coolant is a little low, the engine is hot, some condition causes the coolant to drop below the sensor, which...
Re: continuing almost overheating problem.
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Tue, 2 Jul 2002 14:25:45 -0400
...No cracks in overflow or coolant reservoir 6. new rear heater core 7. correct voltage at the temperature gauge in instrument panel. 8. not...
Flooding at start
Historical mailing list
Sat, 14 Oct 1995 12:15:59 -0400 (EDT)
...Unplugged coolant temp cleaned off corrosion. plugged back in. Van starts in all conditions and is running great! 25mpg. Conjecture? Temperature sensor not able...
Re: Running hot, what can be the matter
Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
Thu, 4 Apr 2002 19:54:18 -0700
...Is there a reliable engine heat measurement? Do I swap > out temp sensor? Yes, the way shops measure the temperature is with an infrared...
Re: cooler Thermostat
Historical mailing list
Mon, 14 Jul 1997 22:48:00 EDT
...Engine will never operate at optimum temperature range, ECU/Thermotime Sensor will never compensate for it and will run too rich, despite what the...