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• Re: Temp gauge problems too
  Historical mailing list - rockin' robyn
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:41:29 -0700
  ...Until I get it fixed, I regularly check my coolant and oil levels. peace, - rockin' robyn & Vanis (Woplin)
• Re: Oil Cooler oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 28 Nov 2003 08:12:09 -0800
  ...10) check coolant levels and oil levels and 11) start engiine and check for oil and coolant leaks. Sounds like it's not too...
• Re: A Different Coolant Problem
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 9 Sep 2013 12:52:49 -0700
  ...below liquid level. Mark Dave Mcneely wrote: > Tom, if the pressure cap is leaking, then air can enter it just as coolant can escape...
• Re: Weird little electrical problem
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Sun, 25 Apr 2021 20:22:51 -0700
  ...I know you're a very experienced Vanagon owner so assumed coolant level was fine but I've had the coolant low light come...
• Re: bleeding a van - coolant
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 12 Oct 2001 14:18:27 -0700
  ...bleeding a van - coolant > Coolant still won't go into the van. Got maybe 5 oz more in, tried with van > level and with...
• Re: Drippy Water Pump...
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Tue, 22 Jul 2003 18:07:31 -0500
  ...When the level of coolant starts creeping up in the expansion tank is when to start really worrying. The air from combustion chambers is...
• Re: Weep No More For Me
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 02:17:34 PDT
  ...the coolant moved) x > > gravity x (the height from the pump to the top of the coolant level). >Of > > coarse, the level is constantly...
• 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...
• Coolant Leak around Sensor in Reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Howald
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 11:41:39 PST
  I have a problem with coolant leaking from around the Coolant Level Sensor in the reservoir tank. It happens regularly when the engine is...
• Blinking coolant light...
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Fri, 5 May 2000 07:54:04 -0500
  ...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: Help wanted!!!! here we go again - power problems in Custer, SD
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 5 Oct 2004 10:15:19 -0700
  ...I've also had problems with low coolant fluid level due to leaks which resulted in the same set of swinging needles and flashing...
• Re: 2.1 Conversion-Trouble Bleeding Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - John
  Fri, 1 Dec 2006 18:47:09 GMT
  ...drives the coolant to the radiator top off the coolant and rev the engine a little more to see if the level drops more...
• Re: Wondering about coolant physics
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 1 Jan 2016 16:39:40 -0500
  ...In summary, with my '82 diesel conversions, I switched the primary coolant reservoir to the '83 version, added a coolant level sensor and then...
• Re: Coolant mystery
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 18 Jun 2016 09:55:40 -0400
  ...today a sighted friend told me that when I did this the expansion tank filled up with coolant. Interestingly the level of the over...
• Re: 87 Syncro Westy Puking Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:38:05 -0800
  ...The back of the Westy is covered in specks of coolant. > Once I've manually equilabrated the coolant level, we're good to > go...
• Re: blinking coolant light -- opinions on diagnosis needed
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 20:06:15 -0400
  ...Thin bit of coolant on the front lip of the expansion tank (left side of engine, not the overflow). Level in expansion tank looked...
• More 91 Carat cooling, Radiator R+R Question
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Mon, 15 Jun 1998 10:52:13 -0400
  ...This is considerable above my temp gauge, which normally runs at the level of the coolant light. Once school is out this week, his...
• Re: To bleed or not to bleed
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Sat, 9 Apr 2011 00:19:45 -0400
  ...So I would say you are probably OK - just keeo a close eye on coolant level. That being said it doesn't mean that...
• Re: Head leak again.... What next?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:53:57 -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: Funky temp gauge - update
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 8 Jun 2015 16:43:17 -1000
  ...be aware that there are two kinds of Coolant Level Warning Control Units .. early ones like up to 84 .. and on those ..if the...
• Re: 85 flashing coolant indicator
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Sat, 26 Jun 1999 09:12:56 -0400
  ...The heads were recently redone and I've had > it back to the mechanic who assures me that the coolant levels etc. > are fine...
• Re: the mysterious flash of the coolant light
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 28 May 2012 16:02:50 -0700
  ...None of these had anything to do with the coolant level sensor system itself. Mark pickle vanagon wrote: > We just took our first camping...
• Re: Leaking Oily Fluid??? looking for some advice.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:33:45 -0400
  ...Once I was home I checked >level of coolant, and was just fine, oil is good, other fluids great as well >upon quick inspection...
• Re: bleeding questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Wilson
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 16:27:05 -0800
  ...in the system > > Just how much coolant? I've seen the level in my > '85's coolant reservoir > vary quite a bit as the...
• Re: Drain Coolant to replace Thermostat (2.1 L)???
  Historical mailing list - Dan R. Hall
  Wed, 23 Jul 2003 22:11:40 -0500
  ...Drain Coolant to replace Thermostat (2.1 L)??? John: I think about half of the radiator is higher than the level of the thermostat...
• Re: Good news, - was;'84 temp gauge shoots up fast
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:38:03 -0800
  ...seeing your temp gauge max out 'should' have made you immediately investigate coolant level in the pressure bottle. I recently bought a level control...
• Re: Oil Temp
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 21:56:42 -0400
  ...Lower the oil level to 1/4 above the bottom of the oil level operating range. This will lower the oil temperature at 80...
• Another one with an anti-freeze leak.
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Dec 1995 21:52:23 -0500
  ...of a leak(hadn't done it before) and while the coolant level was at the minimum it did come up to normal when...
• Temp Gauges: Fake Over Heating?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Wed, 22 Oct 2003 21:47:38 -0400
  ...So I just check the coolant level occasionaly live with it. But then, I'm lazy. Tom Brobst
• Re: '86 Westy coolant questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Apr 2012 01:04:02 -0400
  ...Once the coolant level sensor is forced out the sensor and tank need to be replaced as the threads are damaged. Dennis -----Original Message...
• Re: coolant question
  Historical mailing list - ~K~
  Sat, 12 Feb 2000 01:20:10 -0400
  ...I recently had some coolant "issues" so i ended up replacing the waterpump (which was leaking) and i replaced the tank last year sometime...
• Re: Grounds
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 12 May 2001 19:53:00 -0700
  ...When I bought it, > the gas > gauge, the coolant level light and the temperature gauge didn't work > and the > brake warning light stayed...
• Re: coolant sensor 50/50 tolerance?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:00:18 -0700
  Phil, The first thing to do is to remove the coolant level sender and clean the probes with some steel wool or fine sandpaper...
• Re: Coolant coming out...
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 3 Aug 2000 22:13:51 -0400
  ...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: Oil Buzzer advice
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Mon, 5 Oct 2015 07:25:37 -0700
  The stock coolant level warning led gives the driver ADVANCE warning that coolant is slightly low and needs to be checked to avoid possible...
• Re: Bad parts getting worse?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Sat, 18 Mar 2017 14:23:18 -0400
  ...This morning I decided to at least > check what the coolant level was and found the hole around the coolant > level sensor so deformed...
• Boiling Point
  Historical mailing list - David Clark
  Sun, 9 Jan 2000 22:14:12 -0000
  ...Get to house level ground engine still running but coolant spills out onto exhaust - loads of steam. On neither occasion does the gauge read...
• Re: Temp Indicator On Dash rises to max: 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Hotch
  Mon, 14 Oct 1996 12:25:10 -0400
  ...coolant light will blink if you do not have the proper mix of coolant and water. It will also blink if your fluid level...
• horrible new email�
  Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
  Fri, 6 Jan 2017 05:53:57 +0000
  ...Coolant level warning light - '88 GL - 2.1 WBX ������� Have You checked the CoolantLevel in the ExpansionTank ~ If that is OK then it might...
• Re: 91 GL running hot all of the sudden
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 16:49:24 -0400
  ...of adding the coolant by my wife was knee-jerk and only bloated the > resevior; I've held steady coolant levels all summer long...
• Re: Fwd: RE: "Green" solar battery charger
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 14 Nov 2003 08:14:42 -0500
  ...Katz wrote: > then we have our coolant level electrodes. note that that system uses AC > as a dodge around the failure of ohms law...
• Re: Need advice please....
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Fri, 21 Nov 2003 12:01:51 -0500
  ...does it climb above that level when you put a load on the engine? Try cruising up a long grade on the highway -- are...
• Re: Nagging Gremlins: Temp gauge, Window washer, stumble, arm rest, Sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 3 Oct 2005 19:00:40 -0400
  ...Temp gauge, Window washer, stumble, arm rest, Sliding door Hello, check the wiper fuse;check your timing;check your expansion tank coolant level. Pray...
• Caution! (was: Coolant problems)
  Historical mailing list - T.M.
  Mon, 29 Sep 2003 10:33:39 -0400
  ...And why didn't the coolant level warning system warn me? Because the sensor had a crack, causing coolant to ooze out slowly and...
• Re: One Time Coolant Leak
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 2 Oct 2012 08:36:35 -0700
  ...I took a look at the refill tank (behind the licence plate) and the coolant level was up to the lower edge of the...
• Re: coolant level control unit location
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:02:32 -0400
  At 03:34 PM 7/22/2008, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >I need to identify which relay-looking unit is the Coolant Level Control...
• Re: Back on the road but running warm or faulty gauge
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:21:38 -0700
  ...Is your coolant level steady on a long drive? Do you have white smoke coming out of the exhaust? If you have white smoke...
• Fwd: Re: Blinking coolant light
  Historical mailing list - Tony Peet
  Wed, 6 Oct 1999 18:26:10 PDT
  ...On my '91 Vanagon, the light will blink with the temperature guage in the normal range if the coolant level in the MAIN tank...
• blinking coolant light...
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sat, 4 Sep 1999 13:58:07 -0400
  ...The blinking coolant light is just hooked up to the level sensor, right? Mine's flaky and I got a new one from TBD...
• Re: Lowering Coolant Pressure for Headgaskets
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Tue, 19 May 1998 20:52:39 -0700
  ...Magee I believe the pressure level from the coolant side is obtained from the 'radiator' cap (on the expansion tank on the v'gons...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Coolant Loss: Searched
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:54:16 -0500
  ...The reason I suspect coolant being burned is the relatively > sudden change in coolant level. > > Thanks > > Neil. > > > > -- > Neil n > > Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http...
• Re: My Vanagon's blinking coolant light problem vs other peoples'---it all blends together
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:42:27 -0800
  ...Granted, my experience level is less than some Vanagon owning and-or wrenching folks but IMO and experience, if the low coolant warning light...
• Re: Coolant leak(again)
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Thu, 26 Mar 1998 11:36:00 EST
  ...Solved it with clear silcon and lots of teflon tape around the level sender. This way you can check that it is a crack...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - 2 relays underneath the fuse panel
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:28:22 -0800
  One of them is the fan high speed relay and the other is the coolant level warning relay. The one with the thicker wires...
• Re: 84 coolant light.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Wed, 2 Sep 2009 07:52:14 -0400
  ...The coolant light would come on just after start up. I filled the system with the proper mix of coolant and the blinking stopped...
• Re: Water Temperature Light
  Historical mailing list - Troy Delnicki
  Fri, 9 Feb 2007 03:23:23 -0500
  ...If the blinking problem stops when the relay is out, the fault causing the blinking must be in the coolant level circuit. If, however...
• Re: Crazy Coolant Light Question
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:54:23 -0400
  ...It sounds like you are getting a "low coolant level" warning. Is the tank possibly a little low? Not the tank you can see...
• URGENT HELP NEEDED in Iowa (around Davenport area)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 3 Oct 2000 21:41:31 -0500
  ...his bus has started what appears to be the Dreaded Coolant Flange leak ... dropping the coolant level in the overflow tank from Max to...
• Temp Guage problem
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Mon, 9 Sep 2002 10:02:43 -0700
  ...and my coolant WAS low), no temperature reading at all, no blinking light at startup either. What, other than the level sensor, could be...
• Re: blinking coolant light with full coolant
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 25 Feb 2006 22:53:54 -0600
  ...If the >> blinking problem stops when the relay is out, the fault causing the >> blinking MUST be in the coolant level circuit. However if...