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• 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...
• Fwd: AC converted to 134
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:53:20 -0400
  ...When the pressure is reduced to 174 PSI, the high pressure switch opens and the fan returns to slow speed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The coolant temperature switch...
• Re: test for radiator fan working?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 09:03:50 -0400
  On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Felder wrote: > It has occurred to me, during all this head and coolant replacement, > that I have never heard...
• Re: Coolant light mystery
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Fri, 16 Sep 2022 13:25:01 -0400
  ...Coolant Indicator LED is Flashing at Normal Temperatures Model(s): All Models * refer to appropriate wiring diagram * disconnect coolant level sensor electrical connector * check...
• Re: intermittent radiator fan / overheating SOLVED
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 4 Oct 2006 13:21:54 -0700
  ...With the pump running, the reduced temperature coolant doesn't cut the fan off until coolant has circulated and cooled the whole system. > > With...
• Re: 87 Westy Engine Running Warm---At Wits End
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 17:59:08 -0500
  ...Hence, the temperature of the coolant must >be at least 185 deg and possibly close to 200 deg.) >12. I have properly bled the...
• Re: Wondering about coolant physics
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 1 Jan 2016 16:56:05 -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...
• Best Practices for Engine Rebuild Break In Process
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 5 May 2009 18:27:00 -0400
  ...1) Allow coolant temperature to come up to normal running temperature before driving. 2) Avoid full throttle application. 3) Do not exceed an engine...
• Re: What Should I See On the Temperature Gage?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 8 Oct 2009 13:39:05 -0400
  ...Thermostat > opening and > closing based on the temperature of the coolant and keeping the engine > at a > constant operating temperature. > So, which is normal...
• Re: Cooling Fan info discrepancies
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:22:53 -0600
  ...You should be able to measure > across the switch when the temperature is up to see if it completes the > circuit at the proper...
• Re: Oil pressure light
  Historical mailing list - Larry Steffen
  Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:04:40 -0800
  ...Only 1 of the switches > can trigger the buzzer. It is the pressure switch by the waterpump > pulley and oil pump cover. If that...
• Re: Coolant Hoses, Complete Set -- Remove and Replace
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Fri, 26 Jun 2020 01:05:47 -0400
  ...temperature scanner reads 225F on the return pipe to the water pump > > > > At idle, the coolant fan comes on and controls the temperature at...
• 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: Coolant Hoses, Complete Set -- Remove and Replace
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Fri, 26 Jun 2020 11:07:49 -0400
  ...temperature scanner reads 225F on the return pipe to the water pump >> > >> > At idle, the coolant fan comes on and controls the temperature at...
• Re: Cooling Fan info discrepancies
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:49:10 -0700
  ...You should be able to measure across the switch when the temperature is up to see if it completes the circuit at the proper...
• Re: Radiator Fan
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 27 May 1998 08:12:06 -0700
  ...on when the coolant in the radiator reaches a certain temperature (somewhere around 80C to 90C, depending on the switch). This usually only happens...
• Continued Coolant Grief
  Historical mailing list - Colin Stanfield
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 10:46:50 -0400
  ...I was on a short drive this morning (5 minutes) when the coolant light came on and the temperature gauge pinned. I stopped at...
• Pulsing idle UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Marcus Schaper
  Wed, 14 Apr 1999 01:14:11 EDT
  ...prices from www.fastgermanauto.com - check the coolant sensor - check the air flow meter - go through the idle setting scenario in Bentley - check all...
• Re: Temperature guage LONG
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 9 Apr 2001 00:12:44 -0500
  ...I > > changed out the radiator fan switch with the lower temperature rated one, > > but that had no effect on where the gauge sits or...
• Re: TIICo missing thermostat: replaced
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:18:10 -0400
  ...The fan switch was not changed. I got a lot of responses about what a missing thermostat would do to the coolant temperature. In...
• Re: weekend work
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:03:24 -0500
  ...The point of the thermostat is to > allow the coolant to heat to operating temperature. Once it reaches > that temperature, the thermostat is going...
• Re: Manual on/off Switch for Radiator Fan--Radiator/Coolant Hell
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 17:16:58 -0400
  ...Manual on/off Switch for Radiator Fan--Radiator/Coolant Hell phil, i maintain that you are in the temp range that is normal for...
• Radiator Fan Keeps Coming On
  Historical mailing list - John Ryan
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:48:16 -0700
  ...The coolant level is fine and I just had the system flushed in January. Could this be a malfunction with the fan switch or...
• Re: Weird Coolant System Behavior
  Historical mailing list - William Maxian
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 16:01:36 -0500
  Increased revs - increased coolant circulation - cooler. Steady increased revs - temp increase - hotter. Seems normal to me. 83.5 Westy KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: > Had...
• Re: Audible Coolant alarm opinions
  Historical mailing list - steve meassick
  Sat, 3 Mar 2018 02:29:19 +0000
  ...Audible Coolant alarm opinions > > Hi Eric, > No, the alarm doesn�t warn you about temperature. Only coolant level. In my case, the alarm went...
• Re: Dex-Cool . . . I hesitate to ask this
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:20:00 -0400
  ...experience is that after switching to Dex-Cool in a '91 > Jetta I developed coolant leaks around the temperature sensors and > between the cooling...
• Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:36:30 -0700
  ...fan switch makes sense for the West. I really wished for > one on a trip from here to Wyoming in 103 degree temperatures. > > When...
• Re: Need advice please....
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Fri, 21 Nov 2003 08:01:08 -0800
  When you replaced the t-stat, did you by chance also change the temp switch that drives the temp gauge? A different switch could...
• 87 Westy Engine Running Warm---At Wits End
  Historical mailing list - John W. Parkins
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 18:13:55 -0400
  ...Hence, the temperature of the coolant must be at least 185 deg and possibly close to 200 deg.) 12. I have properly bled the...
• Re: coolant pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 13:56:48 -0500
  ...In the past I have used an electric oil pressure gauge with senders for oil, fuel, and coolant. The senders go to a switch...
• Comments on the Oil Cooler Upgrade Issue
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 19 Nov 2005 04:30:07 EST
  ...This is obviously to control the upper temperature point of the oil, holding it closer to the coolant temperature. The details of the rate...
• Re: Temp Gauge Out, Heat Blasting
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Mon, 17 Jul 2006 23:57:30 -0400
  ...The engine thermostat opens and closes to regulate when engine coolant circulates to the radiator to keep the engine in an optimal temperature range...
• I need a suggestion for a 60C thermostatic switch
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:26:25 -0800
  ...This switch will sample the temperature of veggie oil in a metal enclosure. Suggestions or ideas for this would be greatly appreciated - the more...
• Re: HELP Flashing red temp light!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 22 Apr 2001 11:14:44 -0700
  ...reserve of coolant. Most likely candidate is the rear heater. If you turn it on when the system is at operating temperature, do you...
• Re: 2.1L coolant light problem
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 08:53:46 -0700
  ...coolant flow maybe variable and > is > > the cause of the problem. This is a tuff thing > to > > measure but it would explain the temperature...
• Re: intermittent radiator fan / overheating SOLVED
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Wed, 4 Oct 2006 14:35:02 -0600
  ...With the pump running, the reduced temperature >> coolant doesn't cut the fan off until coolant has circulated and cooled the >> whole system. >> >> With...
• Re: Coolant Hoses, Complete Set -- Remove and Replace
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 27 Jun 2020 10:00:44 -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...
• Re: Heater removal
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 20 Feb 1995 18:37:09 -0600 (CST)
  On Mon, 20 Feb 1995, Gerald Skerbitz wrote: > I'll test the switch next. The other reason I tore into this was that we...
• Re: idle surges
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
  Fri, 20 Nov 1998 10:28:18 +0200
  ...What else could it be? The airflow meter? (maybe but it would affect other rpms too) the air temperature sensor? the idle switch? (it...
• Head gasket FIX!!!
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Sat, 12 Jul 97 20:29:00 -0500
  ...What air flow? VW has on water cooled cars put in either an afterrun fan thermo switch OR a afterrun COOLANT PUMP and thermo...
• Re: expansion tank wierdness
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Sun, 20 Sep 1998 17:06:48 -0500
  ...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: Wondering about coolant physics
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 1 Jan 2016 17:03:24 -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: Cooling Fan info discrepancies
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:47:31 +0000
  ...You should be able to measure > > across the switch when the temperature is up to see if it completes the > > circuit at the proper...
• 82 Diesel coolant temp sender location
  Historical mailing list - Pete Geisen
  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:12:38 -0400
  ...red arrow is pointing to the coolant temperature gauge sender; blue arrow to the oil pressure switch; and green arrow to the glow plug...
• Re: Cooling Fan info discrepancies
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:22:59 -0700
  ...You should > be able to measure > > across the switch when the temperature is up to > see if it completes the > > circuit at the proper...
• Re: DIESEL starting and other general questions
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:41:36 -0700
  ...If the coolant temperature is warm enough, the > glow plugs and LED won't be turned on at all in the > "glow" position of...
• Re: 2.1L coolant light problem
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 08:47:51 -0700
  ...coolant flow maybe variable and is > the cause of the problem. This is a tuff thing to > measure but it would explain the temperature...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:34:34 -0500
  ...All of this was with coolant temperature normal (needle on the led of the temperature gauge). That was problematic at one time, but with...
• Re: Overcooling Hypothesis--Long
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:17:22 -0500
  ...a period of 10 minutes or so in > freezing temperatures, the coolant loses temperature, and your gauge > is way off the edge of the...
• DIESEL starting and other general questions
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:16:46 -0800
  ...If the coolant temperature is warm enough, the glow plugs and LED won't be turned on at all in the "glow" position of...
• Re: Hesitation at low RPM
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Aug 1994 15:04:25 -0500 (CDT)
  ...after warming up, >at low rpms, there is very little power, and under load, seems to >switch between normal (a bit of power) and...
• Re: Cooling Fan info discrepancies
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:26:55 -0400
  ...You should be able to measure > across the switch when the temperature is up to see if it completes the > circuit at the proper...
• Re: Need a/c hose for 87 Westy Gl
  Historical mailing list - Scott DeSanti
  Sat, 11 Jul 1998 11:15:31 EDT
  ...Some of the symptoms I had were RPM relative whining from the compressor (starved for freon) and increased coolant temperatures from the buildup of...
• Troubleshooting the Basic Idle Stabilizer System - Manual Transmissions- Part I
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:58:29 -0500
  ...temperature, oil temperature at least 80C/176F. ___ Throttle Switch connected and functioning properly. ___ All electrical consumers must be off during checking procedure. Coolant fan...
• Advice with cooling system problem
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 11 Jun 2005 10:10:02 -0400
  ...refilled the coolant system with 50/50 mix coolant on the hotter running van. Also has a new radiator fan switch. Of course the...
• TIICo missing thermostat: replaced
  Historical mailing list - Spooner, Robert E.
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 10:08:06 -0400
  ...The fan switch was not changed. I got a lot of responses about what a missing thermostat would do to the coolant temperature. In...
• Accurate diagnosis
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 22:17:03 +0000
  ...What is the "touch" temperature of all sections of the radiator and does the aux fan switch when the coolant is being displaced into...
• Draining and Filling cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 10:15:54 -0400
  ...thermostat and fan switch installed but typically in Florida, it is always at or above the LED when at operating temperature. Thanks, Tim Hannink...
• Re: 87 Westy Engine Running Warm---At Wits End
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 16:40:42 -0400
  ...Hence, the temperature of the coolant must be at least 185 deg and possibly close to 200 deg.) 12. I have properly bled the...
• Re: Install of tencentlife External Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 22 May 2011 22:09:59 -0700
  O > Now I'm thinking I want to install a temperature-operated switch and a > fan to force air through the cooler when the...