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• 87 Westy Coolant Temp Puzzle
  Historical mailing list - John W. Parkins
  Thu, 8 Sep 2005 20:14:01 -0400
  ...Can anyone else confirm this? I see from the Bentley wiring diagram that the low level coolant electronics are connected to the gauge temperature...
• Re: Flashing Cooling Light
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Tue, 15 Sep 1998 13:09:17 -0400
  I had the same problem when I replaced the coolant level sensor on my 85 Vanagon. The light started flashing again a few months...
• Re: Head Leak
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:55:36 -0400
  ...My coolant level is fine, my heaters get nice and warm and the engine temp stays within a normal range. As a note, I...
• coolant level sensor was-Sometimes it does not ...
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:35:01 -0400
  I am dealing with a coolant level sensor issue right now. I had replaced one about 3 yrs ago and had actually not had...
• Re: Coolant pipes replacement
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:17:52 -0400
  ...Electrons are pulled from the aluminium >>by the copper through the coolant. >> >>I'm pretty sure the low coolant level sensor uses the water...
• Re: coolant disposal
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 10:39:13 -0800
  ...add yours to the waste coolant that they collect. Mark in Anchorage, AK - A city with a level one treatment facility ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Re: temp gauge and coolant light trouble
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:50:49 -0700
  ...Check the connections on the pressure tank or if the coolant level in the tank is more than a couple inches low. >From: Matthew...
• Re: flashing coolant light purpose
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:59:05 -0400
  I definitely like my coolant level warning light and would fix it if it broke. It's 1 more piece of info. something is...
• Re: Spewing ATF from dipstick
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:45:29 -0800
  ...you could have differential oil getting into it ..raising the ATF level. and since there's an ATF cooler/heat exchanger.....coolant could conceivable...
• Re: 87 Westfalia - Running hot?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 4 Oct 2023 14:55:21 -0700
  ...When you are on flats the coolant level can overcome the air and get to the radiator. Try bleeding the air out and add...
• Re: Loss of Power after carwash
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:23:17 -0700
  ...As it cools down coolant is drawn back out of the overflow tank which should return to its previous level. An overflow tank that...
• Re: Water temp warning light flashing
  Historical mailing list - James
  Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:01:00 -0500
  ...We had this happen last summer after a coolant system change - it took a long road trip to finally get the coolant level to...
• Cooling System performance at altitude
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 17:28:11 -0700
  If one has a 15psi cap will the coolant boil at a lower temperature at 7500 feet than at sea level. Same problem as...
• Re: Colant expantion
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:11:58 -0700
  ...As you state, the coolant level in the recovery tank returns to the Max mark after cool-down. Wow, the Orange Color must be...
• Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Mon, 4 Aug 2003 20:20:45 -0400
  ...My mechanic called, he was bleeding the coolant system and he said that he was doing like they say to do in the book...
• Re: 87 HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Nov 1996 12:59:11 -0500
  ...It is a level sensor. When the coolant level gets below the bottom of the level sensor probes, the circuit is interrupted and the...
• Re: Coolant Leak
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 05:26:47 -0500
  ...MaxAt 07:32 PM 6/2/2005, Finn Runyon wrote: >I have about a year old coolant resevoir that I bought from The Bud...
• Re: Vanagon overheating on trip
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 18 Jul 2015 11:15:00 -0700
  ...Coolant levels. The coolant level in the tank is at the min, which is >> lower than I remember it being a week ago. The...
• Re: Both temp light and gauge not working
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 26 Mar 2017 17:25:13 -0400
  The first issue is caused by the old-style coolant level controller triggering (or of course by the engine overheating or the temp sender...
• Re: Late night - blinking light
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 6 Sep 2009 11:09:54 -0400
  ...If the first thing is the problem (low coolant level), the second thing (actual hot temperature), where there is redundancy may be averted. So...
• Coolant level warning light - '88 GL - 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 5 Jan 2017 15:35:34 -0600
  What does it mean when that light turns on without blinking. Solid red. Stays on. Engine does not get hot. Temp needle never moves...
• flashing temp light
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 21:12:27 -0400
  ...flashing constantly, though the gauge does not indicate overheating and the coolant level is full. Could this be linked to the malfunctioning wiper switch...
• Re: Expansion tank leak
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 21 Sep 1999 23:23:30 -0600
  William, I was having similar problems with my coolant level sensor and replaced it. They are inexpensive, under $10. Back last winter I had...
• '87 Wf overheated on fwy; tank dry
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sun, 29 Jun 1997 16:00:41 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I'd keep an eye on the coolant level from then on every time I stopped. Just a note. I recently had my coolant...
• Expansion tank level; was RE: temp light blinking.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:58:36 -0700
  --snip-- Levels still full pressure tank , high as in up to filler cap in filling reservoir --snip-- This reminds me of a question I...
• Re: Anybody with a thermo scan gun and two minutes?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:02:20 EDT
  ...Coolant level drops -- either the system was not purged of air previously and the coolant air bleed ring around the engine bay is actually...
• Re: Coolant Fairies - Another Q
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 18:46:45 -0400
  ...no leaking coolant & > coolant level was normal & has remained so. > *Is gurgling coolant, if that's what I heard, a warning sound? > Thanks, > > Phaedra...
• Re: Overheating/preservation question.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:45:00 -0500
  ...There was no indication of a fall in the coolant level (no indicator light went on). I put on the heater and it was...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 8 Jun 2004 - Special issue (#2004-539)
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 9 Jun 2004 08:20:57 -0700
  ...My 87 clearly has the coolant sensor > unrelated to the temperature sensor when the coolant > level is low in the tank. The temperature gauge...
• Re: Head leak again.... What next?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:09:05 -0500
  ...That is why my coolant tank has a max - hot level and a max - cold level. In fact the radiator has a hose that...
• Re: 84 Red light problem again
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 09:06:58 -0500
  ...Coolant would leak out, level would drop, light would come on. Anyway, I replaced the sensor, no more problem. John Rodgers '85 GL Driver...
• temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Dean S
  Fri, 13 Dec 2013 10:22:15 -0500
  ...a coolant flush...and replacement the coolant used was Pentofrost SF....My guess its either and air pocket or a fill level issue. I...
• Re: head temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Michael Pabst
  Wed, 29 Dec 1999 01:51:38 EST
  ...as long as there's enough coolant in the engine (which is checked by the coolant level sender in the expansion tank) - both heads...
• Re: Weird Stuff----
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 11:51:35 -0500
  ...The level sensor is just a pair of s/s pins stuck down into the coolant. An open circuit between the pins should make...
• Re: Coolant warning light trouble
  Historical mailing list - Jack Newton
  Fri, 29 Aug 1997 18:11:42 +1000
  Johan Nyberg writes: > I have a problem with the coolant level warning light. Sometimes it goes on > flashing for a very long time (5...
• Re: Plastic Fantastic; Your coolant system's dissolving AKKK !!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:42:37 -0800
  ...It may have been due to extremely low coolant level resulting in super-heated steam running around the pipes, but that incident started a...
• Re: Coolant change
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 10:38:11 -0500
  ...John Rodgers <inua@hiwaay.net> > > >Doug, the flashing light in the temp gauge in the instrument panel is the > >low > >coolant level warning light...
• Is John right about the temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 13:04:34 -0700
  ...My 87 clearly has the coolant sensor unrelated to the temperature sensor when the coolant level is low in the tank. The temperature gauge...
• Coolant opinions re: Prestone LongLife
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 6 Jun 1999 10:55:12 -0700
  ...coolant and put in new Prestone LongLife 5 year coolant (Phosphate/Silicate free), which is orange in colour. A very slight drop in levels...
• Re: Coolant temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Mon, 5 May 2008 17:03:35 +0000
  ...wrote: > > Can anyone tell me if the coolant gauge temperature sensor (in thermostat > housing - not the level sensor in the expansion tank) uses an...
• Re: Water temp warning light flashing
  Historical mailing list - silcarr
  Wed, 12 Nov 2014 18:29:17 -0800
  ...We had this happen last summer after a coolant system change - it took a long road trip to finally get the coolant level to...
• Re: My van makes coolant!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 21 Oct 2007 13:16:35 -0700
  ...Hurray! > >> > >> This morning, I saw that the coolant level was well above the max > >> line, so > >> I siphoned some out. Took it for another...
• Different coolant level indicator relays
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:36:53 EDT
  Can anyone tell me the difference between relays number 251 919 376 used on the 84 Vanagon and 191919376A used on the 87 Vanagon...
• heater problem
  Historical mailing list - Grenon, Jerome
  Thu, 11 May 2000 08:44:56 -0400
  ...from the heater are empty, no coolant, but my coolant expansion tank is to the right level. i imagine a trip in Arizona with...
• Re: Blinking coolant level light
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:25:13 -0600
  ...the sensor in the pressure tank is clean and that the coolant mixture is correct). You may also want to double check the relay...
• Re: Blinking coolant light...
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 5 May 2000 14:56:59 -0400
  ...Belts okay, coolant level in overflow tank good, no pressure > when removing the overflow tank cap, no visible coolant leaks. After five > minutes or...
• Re: Libby Bong and coolant change
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:33:01 -0600
  ...the level, drove the bus to Cali > and then back across the country to Atlanta. I don't remember if > additional coolant was ever...
• Re: flashing light on temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Mon, 7 Apr 2003 12:16:58 -0700
  ...But definitely check the coolant level, anyway. -Damon --- Richard Brassaw <sendmeanemail@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: > One of two things usually cause the blinking > light--other...
• Re: Blinking red light of death
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 2 Oct 2013 08:09:31 -0700
  ...That means forget fooling with the coolant level sensor or sensor wiring and focus on where the problem really is, up front. It may...
• Re: Flashing temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 16 Oct 2014 15:48:46 -0400
  ...The coolant level controller when triggered loads down the gauge sender line with </= 35 ohms to simulate an overheat condition. The gauge has no...
• Re: Coolant level sensor - repeat breakage
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:49:36 +0000
  ...Some questioned source of the leak - it is the coolant level sensor has a crack in it that you can see, once you remove...
• Re: Over-full overflow tank..cause for alarm?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:18:03 -0700
  ...While the over flow tank does have high level marks, if > trouble shooting, it is better to check absolute coolant level by first > allowing...
• Re: A/T problems -- fluid level high Removing the ATF cooler.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 Feb 2015 19:42:17 -0500
  ...A/T problems -- fluid level high If the cooler has failed, you can couple the coolant hoses together, but you also should connect the...
• Re: '87 GL Temp Gauge - Long
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 3 Aug 2002 20:00:10 -0400
  ...Either one, with the coolant level sender leads shorted should have no effect on the gauge. With the leads open, the short one will...
• coolant fairies, expansion cap.
  Historical mailing list - Brian Honan
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 17:46:33 -0400
  ...Before this I noticed that the tank had over the max level of coolant. This is a brand new expansion tank/cap. Got the...
• Coolant coming out...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 3 Aug 2000 15:27:23 -0700
  ...When the engine is cold, the coolant level is lower, but still above the upper line; previously it was between the upper and lower...
• Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 15 Sep 2015 18:21:49 -0500
  Stephen, do you mean the expansion tank that has the coolant level sensor in it? John On Sep 15, 2015 6:11 PM, "Stephen...
• Re: more coolant blinker probs.
  Historical mailing list - lbmelman
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 14:49:48 -0700
  ...The temperature needle seems fine, >always right in the middle (well, just below light) at operating temp. >Coolant level seems fine, V-belt seems...
• Testing coolant level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Gilles Turmel
  Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:48:25 -0400
  Hi, I just bought a new sensor. I put it in water and test the continuity between the two probes. Current should flow between...
• Re: Heater?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 12 Oct 2018 13:59:20 -0700
  ...coolant - connect the new heater core to only one hose - check the coolant level in the heater core, fill it up with coolant till...