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• Re: Coolant light mystery
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Fri, 16 Sep 2022 13:25:01 -0400
  ...Coolant Level Probe in the Expansion Tank > >is nothing more sophisticated than a simple Switch > When the Probes are > >Submerged > Circuit Closed,, When Coolant...
• Re: Temp gauge or heating problem?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 14:31:46 -0800
  Check the coolant level warning switch. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of Dennis Sarriugarte Sent: Friday...
• J B Weld: My experience with
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 Sep 1996 13:43:07 PST
  TWIMC; I used J B Weld as a temporary fix when my coolant level warning switch (located on the coolant expansion tank i.e...
• Leaking Coolant from Expansion Tank
  Historical mailing list - Samuel L. Walters
  Thu, 10 May 2001 21:41:29 -0400
  Volks and Syncronauts, A few days ago my 89 Syncro started leaking coolant from around the coolant level switch which screws into the expansion...
• Re: Radiator/Coolant/Overheating Issues
  Historical mailing list - Sunshine
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 17:57:47 -0500
  ...coolant expansion tank coolant level sensor and that my radiator fan stopped coming on as well. So I just replaced the thermo switch or...
• Thank you for temperature answers!
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Tue, 28 Jan 1997 20:23:44 -0000
  ...One remaining question is how do you test the coolant level warning sensor in the expansion tank (the LED flashes OK on start-up...
• Re: Testing coolant level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:30:11 -0700
  ...Testing coolant level sensor Hi, I just bought a new sensor. I put it in water and test the continuity between the two probes...
• Re: Coolant warning light problem, REPLY
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Tue, 15 Sep 1998 01:03:24 EDT
  ...We stopped and checked the coolant level in the expansion tank and the refill tank and both were OK. Belts looked fine. The owners...
• Re: Blinking coolant level light
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 01:24:02 -0400
  ...Blinking coolant level light > I'm desperate. No burned wires. Coolant level sensor good. Temp 2 > sensor good (or so says my mechanic), level...
• Re: Blinking coolant level light
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:43:11 -0700
  ...Coolant level sensor good. Temp 2 sensor good (or so says my mechanic), level control module good. But here's a puzzle. When I...
• Re: Water level/temp warning flasher
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 09:08:37 -0400
  ...2) Unplug the connector from the coolant-level probe. Needle will either head offscale or stay put. If it heads offscale then the flasher...
• thanks on blinking water temp light and groups in Europe
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Sat, 13 May 2017 15:27:35 +0200
  ...When troubleshooting, check the two wires going to the coolant level switch in the pressure tank. Remove the plug on the level sensor, and...
• Re: Temperature gauge reading wrong?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Hugill
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 16:50:45 -0500
  ...The switch simply monitors fluid level in the reservoir, not temperature. Overheating may or may not cause coolant loss, thus low level in the...
• Re: Water Temperature Light
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 18:30:15 -0800
  I think, your coolant level sensor is dirty enough to getting no coolant enough on it to not being able to conduct electricity. Unless...
• Re: Water Level Indicator Red Blinking Light
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 18 Mar 2001 20:48:39 -0600
  ...I assume this is a check of the components. > > I have a new coolant low-level-warning switch (the two probes that protrude > into...
• Latest overheating inquiry--radiator needed?
  Historical mailing list - Felder
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 15:52:12 -0700
  ...hot coolant in the rear, cool radiator, but water pump working well enough to pump coolant to the top of the tank, sitting level...
• Re: RoadHaus - Coolant level LED Problem
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 2 Mar 2004 07:09:31 -0800
  ...things 1) coolant sensor (may hae deposits on > it), > 2) coolant mix (correct mix is necessary for > electicity flow), 3) flasher switch (by fuse...
• Re: Radiator/Coolant/Overheating Issues
  Historical mailing list - Sunshine
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 18:23:58 -0500
  ...coolant >> expansion tank coolant level sensor and that my radiator fan stopped >> coming on as well. �So I just replaced the thermo switch or...
• expansion tank wierdness
  Historical mailing list - Wes Johnson
  Sat, 19 Sep 1998 17:20:43 -0700
  Installed a new expansion tank and coolant level sensor into our 89 Westy. Everything went fine, maybe too easy. Wife and I drove to...
• Re: Coolant Low Level Light Useful?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:19:41 -0700
  ...87/87a type relay from X on ignition switch. That way if the ground opens (coolant low) the light should go on. And I...
• Re: Water level/temp warning flasher
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 08:37:37 -0500
  ...Needle > should head for the sky, if not you have more problems than a flashing light. > > 2) Unplug the connector from the coolant-level...
• Re: Blinking Red Light
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Fri, 13 Aug 1999 01:37:38 -0700
  ...coolant level or V-belt damage. > Move the vehicle a safe distance off the road, stop the engine and depress > the emergency flasher switch...
• Re: Coolant light mystery
  Historical mailing list - FRANK CONDELLI
  Mon, 19 Sep 2022 07:58:20 -0400
  ...darn sure that that Coolant Level Probe in the Expansion >> Tank >>> =20 >>> is nothing more sophisticated than a simple Switch > When the Probes = > are...
• Blinking Light in 84 Camper (Continued)
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Sun, 31 May 1998 17:00:37 -0400
  ...coolant level or V-belt damage. Move the vehicle a safe distance off the road, stop the engine and depress the emergency flasher switch...
• Re: My Vanagon's blinking coolant light problem vs other peoples'---it all blends together
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 12 Dec 2014 19:45:04 -0500
  ...The coolant level warning is a secondary feature that was added later on some VW models such as Vanagons. That is where they went...
• Re: Blinking coolant level light
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:19:41 -0700
  ...Blinking coolant level light > > >>I'm desperate. No burned wires. Coolant level sensor good. Temp 2 >>sensor good (or so says my mechanic), level...
• Re: First long trip in 82 diesel - coolant temp?
  Historical mailing list - STEPHANIE WOLZ
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:04:45 -0700
  ...Is the light behind the > coolant temp gauge for coolant level or coolant temperature? Maybe I should > have the cooling system 'pressure tested' for...
• Re: Water Level Indicator Red Blinking Light
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Tue, 13 Mar 2001 16:09:23 -0800
  ...Compared to the coolant indicator lamp this is still simple... The coolant level warning lamp is driven by the coolant loss detector (a relay...
• Re: Radiator/Coolant/Overheating Issues
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 19:11:08 -0400
  ...coolant > expansion tank coolant level sensor and that my radiator fan stopped > coming on as well. So I just replaced the thermo switch or...
• Re: Oil pressure light
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 10 Nov 2014 07:31:52 -0800
  ...There is NO buzzer for the coolant level. 1986 and newer vans have a loud buzzer for oil pressure warning. When that oil warning...
• TD coolant circulation pump
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 10:43:56 +0100
  ...When temperature levels have cooled sufficiently, it should switch off. Mine doesn't: it just keeps going.. I've temporarily corrected this by just...
• Re: Re temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Tom Torrella
  Sun, 8 Jan 2012 21:21:47 -0500
  ...Next to the pressure cap is a coolant level switch (improperly referee as 'a probe'). See examples @ BusDepot though they don't list the...
• REPAIR SAFETY - COOLANT LEVEL SENSOR (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Mon, 16 Nov 1998 19:39:57 -0500
  ...The coolant level sensor had blown out of the expansion tank. I had had my mechanic replace the tank, the pressure cap, and the...
• Re: Catastrophic failure of coolant level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:59:39 -0400
  When I put these coolant level sensors in I use Vaseline to lubricate both the threads and the O-Ring. They go in easily...
• Re: Coolant light mystery
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 16 Sep 2022 10:35:38 -0600
  Pretty darn sure that that Coolant Level Probe in the Expansion Tank is nothing more sophisticated than a simple Switch > When the Probes are...
• Re: Coolant/Heater
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 20:03:30 -0600
  ...Coolant/Heater > Hi All, > > Last month I drove my 1987 Vanagon Syncro from my home in the > northwest corner of Oregon (at sea level...
• Re: gauge recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 22:08:13 EST
  ...and switched, battery voltage taken at the output terminal of the auxiliary battery and unswitched, coolant pressure gauge tapped at the coolant reservoir tank...
• Re: Leaking Coolant from Expansion Tank
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 10 May 2001 22:21:59 -0500
  ...Walters" wrote: > > Volks and Syncronauts, > > A few days ago my 89 Syncro started leaking coolant from around the > coolant level switch which screws into...
• Re: More Flashing Red Light mysteries
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 23:44:31 -0400
  ...shorted the level switch connector with a jumper wire and the light >kept on blinking....so it's not the coolant conductivity in my...
• Re: Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - Marius Strom
  Fri, 25 May 2012 22:50:14 +0000
  ...I figure the temperature at which the radiator fan comes on might be based on assumptions of coolant flow levels below that which is...
• Re: The Vanagon cooling system.. it's counterintuitive.. (long post)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 7 Sep 2015 12:59:03 -0400
  ...If it stops and starts again, your gauge and panel voltage regulator are ok but a new-style coolant level controller is triggering. If...
• Re: Blinking coolant level light
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 06:42:39 -0400
  ...Blinking coolant level light > > >>I'm desperate. No burned wires. Coolant level sensor good. Temp 2 >>sensor good (or so says my mechanic), level...
• Re: Is John right about the temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 18:12:07 -0700
  ...During 85 VW switched to a new "coolant level sensor control unit" RELAY. The new type does not peg the needle on hot when...
• Re: Radiator/Coolant/Overheating Issues
  Historical mailing list - Sunshine
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 18:43:04 -0500
  ...coolant >>> expansion tank coolant level sensor and that my radiator fan stopped >>> coming on as well. �So I just replaced the thermo switch or...
• Re: Coolant light mystery
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 16 Sep 2022 14:39:21 -0500
  ...Coolant Level Probe in the Expansion > Tank > > > >is nothing more sophisticated than a simple Switch > When the Probes are > > > >Submerged > Circuit Closed,, When Coolant...
• Re: Overheating
  Historical mailing list - Richard M. Myers
  Mon, 5 Oct 1998 20:37:09 -0700
  ...summer day, and then the temp needle never got past the coolant level > warning light. And secondary cooling fans came on only very rarely...
• Re: Well, I made it...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 14 Jul 2001 09:55:11 -0500
  I'm not aware of any connection between the coolant level and the oil pressure warning system. On my 88GL when the buzzer and...
• 85 Vanagon w/non-stop blinking LED
  Historical mailing list - Jen Egan
  Wed, 21 Apr 2004 13:51:02 -0700
  ...replaced coolant level sensor, replaced coolant hoses, flushed cooling system, repaired some vacuum leaks. They have by-passed the coolant sensor and switched out...
• Re: expansion tank wierdness
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 20 Sep 1998 22:36:33 -0400
  ...Came out of the restaurant to coolant > under the car. Check it out and the coolant sensor switch is loose. OK. So > the system...
• Re: Warning light
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Wed, 5 Nov 2014 06:22:57 -0500
  ...Will clean the 2 prongs on cap and check coolant level. Thanks for the info Dennis Jowell Scotch Hollow Farm Newbury, Vermont > On Nov...
• Bad parts getting worse?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 18 Mar 2017 18:15:44 +0000
  ...This morning I decided to at least check what the coolant level was and found the hole around the coolant level sensor so deformed...
• Re: Warning light
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 5 Nov 2014 09:11:13 -0600
  ...Will clean the 2 prongs on cap and check coolant level. > Thanks for the info but you said the buzzer goes off when you...
• Re: "Troll" posting: Rescue Tape still in place...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 26 Mar 2011 11:09:40 -0700
  ...All without fussing around with milli-volts and resistors and micro-switches to make that 'low coolant level' warning light work without properly without...
• Re: Catastrophic failure of coolant level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Steven Smith
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:03:41 -0700
  ...I seem to remember that unplugging the coolant level sensor would cause the temp gauge to bury itself to the hot side no matter...
• Re: Weird Coolant System Behavior
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 12 Feb 2000 02:31:15 +0100
  ...You speed up the circulation, the cold coolant comes to the engine before the temp levels out. Seems to make sense. PerL 87 Syncro...
• Re: Temperature gauge reading wrong?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Hugill
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 17:11:08 -0500
  ...The switch simply > >monitors fluid level in the reservoir, not temperature. Overheating may or > >may not cause coolant loss, thus low level in the...
• 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: Oil pressure light
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:05:00 -0500
  ...have some things mixed up. > > There is NO buzzer for the coolant level. > > 1986 and newer vans have a loud buzzer for oil pressure...
• Re: Coolant Movement Problems
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 16:09:02 -0400
  ...Air in the system? Worn out pump or slipping belt? Radiator fan switch not working? Low coolant level? Bleed the system and top up...
• 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...