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• Re: '84 Vanagon, Help!
  Historical mailing list - James Cook
  Sat, 13 Aug 1994 08:25:01 -0700 (PDT)
  ...week of coolant overflowing the overflow tank. Level rose. meltdown was signalled by temp. sensor. They drained and replaced the coolant and could find...
• Re: Water temp increase after changing hoses, thermostat, and plastic parts
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 11:32:44 -0700
  There is no direct connection between the level sensor and the temp gauge. The level sensor just has a wire to the coolant level...
• Re: 1984 Westy Cooling System Mysteries
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 13:26:57 -0800
  RE: '84 Mystery Overheating On earlier Vanagons the temp meter/indicator would rise/peg from errors at the coolant level sensor and turn on...
• Re: blinking coolant light on 83 Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 08:35:05 -0400
  At 08:08 AM 6/11/2002, Jeffrey R wrote: >Should the coolant level warning switch be replaced? If this coolant level >sensor is...
• Re: Cooling woes and the aborted trip to TBTT (somewhat longish...)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 16 Jul 2000 06:36:04 EDT
  ...The temp sensor flashing light indicates coolant level. When it is flashing the coolant level in the main tank is too low. If the...
• Re: coolent level sensor
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 09:54:17 EST
  ...Does anyone know where the "Coolant Level Sensor relay" is located in an '84 Vanagon? It is not with the rest of the relays...
• Re: flashing temp light
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 23:25:18 EDT
  ...malfunctioning wiper switch? Other ideas? >> could be air in coolant lines or most liely a faulty coolant level sensor in the expansion tank. chris
• 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: no idle
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 2 Dec 1999 08:34:54 -0500
  ...Next you need to fill the expansion tank up to the MAX level. Now when you drive, the coolant light should be OFF. If...
• 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...
• Re: Coolant temperature sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:28:36 -0400
  ...That is why there is the low coolant level sensor system. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On...
• Coolant tank
  Historical mailing list - Colin Moran
  Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:58:58 -0500
  Hello Everyone, I need to find a coolant tank. Mine is cracked and leaking badly. I also need the coolant level sensor. Any one...
• O.K., I admit it... I deleted the mail on coolants...
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 2 Oct 1994 00:33:56 -0500
  ...the e-mail that went on about coolants, maybe there >was something about the coolant level sensor... I'd like to check to >see...
• Re: Expansion Tank Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 08:38:58 -0800
  ...If it's wet in there replace the coolant level sensor or risk having a sensor that will not register low coolant. Bill
• Re: blinking coolant light solution
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:10:30 -0600
  ...Finally > got some time today and pipetted some coolant form the pressure tank and > removed the level sensor. Sure enough the probe tips were...
• Re: temp gauge-coolant level sensor questions
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 17:40:48 -0500
  At 03:46 PM 11/14/2000, Brian Jones wrote: >sensor. the van has no coolant in it right now, when i turn the...
• blinking coolant light solution
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:29:39 -0700
  ...Finally got some time today and pipetted some coolant form the pressure tank and removed the level sensor. Sure enough the probe tips were...
• Peeing coolant at gas station... Conclusion.
  Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 14:52:55 EST
  Just to let you all know that the cracked coolant level sensor is caused my 88 Weekender to peeing coolant. I replaced it and...
• Re: Coolant Sending probe shrunk and fell out!!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 9 Jun 2008 06:27:43 EDT
  ...The aftermarket coolant level sensors I have that come through Auto-Camping are perfect. Never had a problem with any of them. From my...
• 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...
• Red Blinky Light Issue
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 7 Jan 2001 23:53:52 -0500
  ...Simple, right? Just replace the coolant-level sensor. I'm going to. The funny thing is that the light comes on after I go...
• Re: Coolant temp warning lamp glitch?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:23:28 -0700
  ...If there's coolant in that tank and there's no leaks, then the Coolant Level Sensor at the top of this tank needs...
• Re: Radiator/Coolant/Overheating Issues
  Historical mailing list - Sunshine
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 20:01:07 -0500
  ...hmmmmmmmm Thanks Sunshine On Sep 8, 2009, at 6:50 PM, Karl wrote: > The coolant level sensor should definitely have an o-ring on...
• Re: Coolant light mystery
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 17 Sep 2022 11:30:55 -0600
  ...All Models > > > > * refer to appropriate wiring diagram > * disconnect coolant level sensor electrical connector > * check coolant level in coolant reservoir > *** MUST be between MIN and...
• 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: Joy Hecht's problem's solved?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Mon, 23 May 2005 16:39:13 -0400
  ...moving the sensor to a lower point :::in :::the system? ::: :::The light should flash as soon as the coolant level sensor hits nothing :::but...
• Re: expansion tank wierdness
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 20 Sep 1998 22:36:33 -0400
  ...1998, Wes Johnson wrote: > Installed a new expansion tank and coolant level sensor into our 89 Westy. > Everything went fine, maybe too easy. Wife...
• Re: Blinking coolant level light
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 25 May 2010 14:13:28 -0700
  ...Blinking coolant level light > At 03:04 PM 5/25/2010, John Meeks wrote: >>The spec is (with probes in the coolant) between 31K...
• Re: Coolant resistance thru coolant level probe
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 23:18:44 -0700
  ...Had a small crack in the pressure tank between the pressure cap > and the coolant level sensor. Since I had to disassemble things anyway...
• Re: 84 coolant light.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 1 Sep 2009 20:36:09 -0700
  ...coolant pressure bottle, not the license plate bottle, right ? Someone also once said that a weak anti-freeze mixture will make the level sensor...
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  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 2 Jun 2021 09:44:50 -0700
  ...I get it that the coolant tank sensor only identifies a coolant level issue and not temperature - for some reason I connected what you...
• Coolant resistance thru coolant level probe
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 23:29:28 -0500
  ...Had a small crack in the pressure tank between the pressure cap and the coolant level sensor. Since I had to disassemble things anyway...
• Re: Thank you for temperature answers!
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Tue, 28 Jan 1997 18:27:26 -0800
  Coolant level sensor 101-- Disclaimer--I'm not getting this from any manual, so take with a grain of salt. Information based on archives...
• Re: Torque on coolant level sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:20:21 -0500
  ...tighten the sensor after it touches the O-ring in order to get 20% compression. I would definitely put some coolant or something on...
• Re: coolant blinking, refresh my memory...
  Historical mailing list - Steven Smith
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 06:47:52 -0800
  ...Not overheating Coolant level sensor checks out .but getting intermittent blinking that often resets with a ignition restart. I seem to recall there is...
• 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: Blinking red light of death
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 1 Oct 2013 16:48:05 -0700
  ...The red light was > malfunctioning on my '86 and it was corrected by replacing the sensor as > John Meeks suggested. This coolant level sensor...
• Re: Coolant change
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 11:28:36 -0500
  ...low > >coolant level warning light. It connects to the coolant sensor in the top > >of the > >coolant expansion tank. > > > >On the sensor in the...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 8 Aug 2018 18:25:49 -0700
  Pat, I change all of them, the one for the ECU and the one for the coolant gauge and the coolant level sensor too...
• Re: Red Blinky Light Issue
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 08:08:47 -0600
  ...Simple, > right? Just replace the coolant-level sensor. I'm going to. The funny > thing is that the light comes on after I go...
• Re: coolant light / temp sensor - need advice please!
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:24:31 -0500
  ...coolant level sensor in the coolant tank in the rear. This > little system senses the resistance between the two terminals on the > sensor probe...
• Re: Which syndrome is this?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:45:37 -0400
  ...but I >believe that the Sensor on top of the coolant expansion tank is coolant >level, not coolant temp. >I may be wrong here...
• Re: Catastrophic failure of coolant level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:39:40 -0400
  Steven Smith wrote: > I also seem to remember something about the coolant mix needing to be 50%? If true, that is sophisticated! Absolute myth...
• Re: Tweak yer heater output!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 10:01:34 -0800
  ...Later it was also connected to a level sensor in the coolant tank. From then on it served both functions. Mark Dylan Friedman wrote...
• Re: 87 Westie: Overheat light comes on with midrange temp!
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Thu, 12 Dec 1996 23:51:52 -0800
  ...If your levels seem okay, you might try cleaning the connectors at the sensor and/or checking the wiring. If all else fails, you...
• Re: '85 Temp. "Warning Light of Doom" - Question
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Jun 1996 12:28:07 -0400
  ...After I start up again, the light is >gone. > To my knowledge the coolant level sensor probe is the only soruce that will make...
• Re: What could have gone wrong?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 5 May 2008 09:09:01 -0400
  Jaap Nauta wrote: > Probably bad sensor or contacts. If the needle stays in the middle, temp > is fine, and the red light indicates level...
• Re: Blinking coolant light - fixed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:41:19 -0800
  ...On those if the level sensor goes off, the needle still reads what the real coolant temp is. . Mr M. D. and others know...
• Re: Temperature Sensor Light/Difficulty Starting
  Historical mailing list - madsen
  Mon, 13 Dec 1999 04:09:40 -0500
  As I recall, my coolant LED flashed at one point. Turns out that my coolant level sensor was covered in a pasty material as...
• 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...
• Re: Coolant resistance thru coolant level probe
  Historical mailing list - patrick paul clerkin
  Sat, 28 Jul 2001 03:22:00 -0500
  ...Had a small crack in the pressure tank between the pressure cap > > and the coolant level sensor. Since I had to disassemble things anyway...
• Coolant change
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sat, 26 Aug 2000 18:48:50 PDT
  ...low >coolant level warning light. It connects to the coolant sensor in the top >of the >coolant expansion tank. > >On the sensor in the...
• '85 temp warning light won't turn off.
  Historical mailing list - CARY CHIANG
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 17:52:24 MST
  ...I have replaced the instrument pod and compared the coolant level switch (in the expansion tank) and the coolant sensor (next to temp sensor...
• 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...
• Re: Logan Pass - blew the expansion tank temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 9 Jul 2015 10:43:34 -0700
  ...I replaced twice (2 vans) that same sensor... unless the coolant is very empty... and even that... once I even had the big coolant...
• Re: 84 Wasserboxer Coolant Level Light (U)
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 07:07:29 +0000
  ...Checked 14 point connector at panel, tightened > nuts on gauge, replaced both sensors on thermo housing and sensor in bottle. > Coolant level (Sierra) full...
• Re: coolant light / temp sensor - need advice please!
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:14:46 -0800
  ...The temp gauge will still function as before but the coolant level sensor will be disabled. If the blinking issues cease while this is...
• Re: Expansion Tank Sensor
  Historical mailing list - fgjh nmmm
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 18:39:39 -0800
  ...Right on the point! > If it's wet in there replace the coolant level > sensor or risk having a > sensor that will not register...
• Re: Joy Hecht's problem's solved?
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Mon, 23 May 2005 17:07:58 -0400
  ...If you have a slow leak, the expansion tank level sensor works to indicate a problem, but in a catastrophic coolant loss, it's...
• Re: Coolant pressure tank level switch o-ring size
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:25:02 -0400
  ...as to what size o-ring is on the level switch > on the coolant pressure tank? > > Thanks, Bob C > Perkasie, PA > > Sent from Mail...