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Re: Coolant Low Level Light Useful?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:51:09 -0700
...Coolant Low Level Light Useful? > At 08:19 PM 10/14/2009, neil n wrote: >>module, but giving it some more thought, it should...
Poor-man's coolant bleed...
Historical mailing list - Mike D.
Tue, 23 Mar 2004 15:38:16 -0800
...to go but not the end of >the world, unless your coolant level light is burn. > >Still, yes the expansion tank should be kept...
My van makes coolant!
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:51:39 -0700
...Let the engine cool, and noticed that engine had sucked in a bit of coolant so I added a taste to bring the level...
Re: Coolant System Pressurization Woes
Historical mailing list - Thomas Ryan
Sat, 31 Mar 2001 21:13:27 EST
In a message dated 3/31/2001 5:21:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, JKrevnov writes: << Why do you say that the coolant system...
Re: cleaning coolant level sensors?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 5 Sep 2000 07:30:54 -0500
...have weighed in with suggestions about the cause of my > flashing coolant level light. I am hoping it's the sensors. Can anyone tell...
Re: coolant leak after long idle
Historical mailing list - Damon Lowe
Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:36:11 -0400
...The level in the main coolant tank was at the min level and the overflow tank had coolant half way up the cap but...
Re: Temperature Gauge Going Crazy...
Historical mailing list
Sun, 21 Jul 1996 20:14:13 -0300 (ADT)
...Looking at the reservoir/coolant level when parked and @ idle rev the engine up and see if the level drops, if so you have...
Re: no idle
Historical mailing list - Steve Elfelt
Thu, 2 Dec 1999 11:38:05 -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...
Re: Blinking temperature light
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:36:03 -0400
...The system is trying to tell you that the coolant is below the minimum level in the pressure bottle, something like 2-3 inches...
Coolant Temp/Coolant Level LED and Flashing Oil LED - Instrument Cluster Upgrade... Advice required on continuous flashing Coolant LED.
Historical mailing list - Chris Mundy
Fri, 12 Jan 2001 22:31:14 +1100
...The flashing LED for the Coolant Temp/Coolant Level LED doesn't want to go out, it keeps on flashing. Yes I have checked...
Re: Cooling system woes
Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
Mon, 17 Dec 2001 19:55:32 -0500
...As the RPMs increase the output pressure of the pump increases, pressurizing the system, slightly expanding the rubber hoses, causing the coolant level to...
Re: coolent level sensor
Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
Tue, 13 Nov 2001 19:24:19 -0500
...coolent level sensor I just had an '84 here that had the blinking coolant light thing. I found that the wire to the level...
Re: Leak at coolant recovery tank
Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
Mon, 30 Aug 1999 11:00:12 -0700
...Much more than you would think! >Here's my questions - would replacing the coolant level sensor itself help >to eliminate this leak? Or should...
Re: snow! Can we talk about heat now?
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Mon, 5 Dec 2005 17:15:48 -0500
Check your coolant level.The front heater looses it's warm water first if the coolant level gets low.If it get too low...
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...
Diesel and WBX Coolant Temp gauges same?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:50:12 -0700
...Am pulling my hair out wiring in a low coolant level sensor. Got it all in, but light just blinks. Though the '85 WBX...
Re: Help! Problems on the road! Smoke! or something that smells like it, a...
Historical mailing list - Ben huot
Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:49:16 -0500
...to go but not the end of the world, unless your coolant level light is burn. Still, yes the expansion tank should be kept...
Re: Which syndrome is this?
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:45:37 -0400
...believe that the Sensor on top of the coolant expansion tank is coolant >level, not coolant temp. >I may be wrong here. Malcolm > >--- Tim...
Re: coolent level sensor
Historical mailing list
Tue, 13 Nov 2001 09:54:17 EST
I just had an '84 here that had the blinking coolant light thing. I found that the wire to the level sender was broken...
Re: A Different Coolant Problem
Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
Mon, 9 Sep 2013 05:44:08 -0600
...Sometimes, the coolant level is so high that coolant sprays from the vent hole on the top of the tank. The tank slowly goes...
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: flashing LED
Historical mailing list - Sunshine
Tue, 8 Sep 2009 20:35:53 -0500
...sound. >> >> NOW, I tightened the coolant level sensor down a bit and it still >> seems >> to be seeping coolant, although not as bad, anyway...
thanks on blinking water temp light and groups in Europe
Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
Sat, 13 May 2017 15:27:35 +0200
...On 86-91 models, it is the black one with two wires going to it 3) The coolant level sensor in the coolant bottle...
Re: Coolant Level Sensor observation
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 18 May 2019 13:29:37 +0000
...Coolant Level Sensor observation Answer to first question: $1.80 . I've tried cleaning the pins in the past with limited success. Answer to...
Re: Coolant light mystery
Historical mailing list - FRANK CONDELLI
Mon, 19 Sep 2022 07:58:20 -0400
...All Models >> =20 >> =20 >> =20 >> * refer to appropriate wiring diagram >> * disconnect coolant level sensor electrical connector >> * check coolant level in coolant reservoir >> *** MUST be...
Re: Coolant Low Level Light Useful?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:31:00 -0400
...Coolant Low Level Light Useful? Hi all. Like most, I check oil/coolant almost every day when on long trips. But..... In the event...
Coolant temp sensor
Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
Sun, 4 May 2008 17:37:42 +0000
Can anyone tell me if the coolant gauge temperature sensor (in thermostat housing - not the level sensor in the expansion tank) uses an O...
Re: one last effort to get the temp control gauge under control
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:15:06 -0500
...What you have is either a bad coolant level controller or bad connections somewhere between there and the two pins that stick into the...
Re: '87 Coolant Woes
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Thu, 24 Feb 2000 10:50:11 -0800
...Jay L Snyder wrote: > > I have a friend who has an '87 Weekender that has a coolant problem. He is > currently seeing dramatic level...
Re: disappearing coolant??
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Fri, 12 Sep 2003 08:28:21 -0700
...note/mark the coolant level in the overflow tank and the drive in Arizona/Texas in the summer (Egypt anyone???), drive hard up hill...
Leak at coolant level sensor
Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
Sun, 3 Mar 2002 13:03:50 -0500
Until I got my '86 Diesel DoubleCab, I had never had a coolant level sensor on the coolant expansion tank. Now it appears I...
Replacing coolant level sensor
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Mon, 14 Apr 2003 07:55:11 -0700
...My coolant level has gone from > 'Max' to 'Min ' in about 12 months, which I was trying to ignore since > coolant change time is...
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: Repair Safety-Coolant level sensor
Historical mailing list - Jim Maginel
Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:41:09 -0600
I had recently replaced my coolant level sensor, thinking that it was the cause of a dead LED on my heat gauge(it wasn...
Coolant Level Light Question
Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
Wed, 3 Jul 2002 09:45:54 EDT
The coolant level light on my '85 has suddenly replaced its normal behavior (flashing brightly when the key is turned, sometimes continuing for a...
Re: Radiator/Coolant/Overheating Issues
Historical mailing list - Sunshine
Tue, 8 Sep 2009 19:01:30 -0500
...when the coolant level in >> the expansion tank is low, then I noticed a leak around the coolant >> expansion tank coolant level sensor and...
Re: '90 Westy 2.1L Coolant System Concerns
Historical mailing list - Michael aka ECHO
Wed, 14 Mar 2001 11:48:14 -0800
...About two weeks > ago, I added a bit > more coolant to the cold van to bring the level just > above the min mark. > > Yesterday...
Re: Audible Idiot "Light"...EE Inventor Wanted
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:35:23 -0800
...temp reading as well as the coolant level warning at the same time since the coolant level warning is done by overriding the temp...
Re: Blinking Dash Warning Lights! - Le answer
Historical mailing list
Sun, 30 Aug 1998 21:20:46 EDT
...The >engine temperature is well within it's typical operating range (about 1/2 >way up the LED or below), the coolant levels in...
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: waterboxer coolant light
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 1 Aug 1998 23:56:30 -0400
...I recently installed a new >"coolant low level switch" (located on the expansion tank), thinking that >might be the problem. No such luck. The...
Re: Coolant resistance thru coolant level probe
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sat, 28 Jul 2001 08:14:20 -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: 2 Cups low on coolant made my vanagon overheat?
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
Wed, 4 Apr 2007 19:02:33 -0400
...cap (aka coolant reservoir) ? The reservoir should always be full to the top with NO air. This one contains the level sensor (at least...
Re: coolant leak story
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:38:10 -0800
...could' be a genuine low coolant level warning ..and temp is still OK > as there's enough coolant to cool the engine still. > See...
mystery of the missing coolant
Historical mailing list - Deborah Walters
Sun, 21 Apr 2002 09:30:59 -0400
I'm losing coolant while parked. Can't find any leaks anywhere, coolant level is normal in the refill tank just after driving, but...
Re: Temp guage reading low and spirratic coolant level light
Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
Sat, 13 Jun 1998 04:04:02 EDT
...What is this thing trying to tell me???? The coolant level is fine, I haven't seen any noticable change in level in 4...
Re: Temp Gauge High on Startup + Blinking Light
Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
Tue, 3 May 2011 21:18:13 -0700
...I've got an 83 Westy here right now with that syndrome.. > owner never check the coolant level in years. Generally ..that's not...
Re: and coolant leak at pressure tank
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Sun, 3 Apr 2005 10:58:56 -0700
...Master cylinder leak and coolant leak at pressure tank My coolant leak is kind of stange. Coolant puddles around the coolant level sensor on...
Re: Colant expantion
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 20 Oct 2003 22:46:35 -0400
...Is this normal or do I have a problem? This van had green coolant in it before and I never noticed the level in...
Re: Temp Gauge
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:12:09 -0700
Actually, it is a temperature warning light first and a coolant level warning light second. Early watercooled Vanagons had no coolant level warning system...
Re: No Coolant in Small Tank Behind License Plate
Historical mailing list - neil n
Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:47:16 -0700
...coolant VERY strongly. > > This morning I was all set to go to work but decided to take a look at the > coolant level behind...
Re: coolant leak after long idle
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:01:39 -0400
...The >level in the main coolant tank was at the min level and the overflow tank >had coolant half way up the cap but...
Re: Blinking Red Light
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Thu, 12 Aug 1999 21:58:08 -0700
...If the light flashes while driving, the engine may be overheated because of low coolant level or V-belt damage. Move the vehicle a...
Re: Coolant Level Sensor observation
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Thu, 16 May 2019 16:14:02 -0400
...again, replaced the 251 919 372 Coolant Level Sensor to fix > the blinking red light in the Coolant Temperature Gauge in my '86 > Westy...
Re: Bliking coolant light and back firing?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 9 Jul 2004 17:56:41 -0400
...Coolant level ok. Temp verified ok at >factory AND aftermarket temp gauages. Maybe bad temp level sending unit >but ironic I get the back...
coolant level control unit location
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:34:33 -0700
...Drillock - I need to identify which relay-looking unit is the Coolant Level Control unit in an 84 Vanagon. Not finding the info in...
Re: Mystery Coolant leak
Historical mailing list - Mark G
Tue, 4 Nov 2003 20:20:27 -0500
...good about doing something preventative for the van, I noticed the coolant level low in the expansion tank and non-existant in the overflow...
Re: Radiator/Coolant/Overheating Issues
Historical mailing list - Sunshine
Tue, 8 Sep 2009 18:23:58 -0500
...NOW, I tightened the coolant level sensor down a bit and it still seems to be seeping coolant, although not as bad, anyway I...
blinking coolant light -- opinions on diagnosis needed
Historical mailing list - John Runberg
Sun, 9 Sep 2007 12:03:12 -0700
...Thin bit of coolant on the front lip of the expansion tank (left side of engine, not the overflow). Level in expansion tank looked...
Re: Oil Pressure Sensor/Pump?
Historical mailing list - Sunshine
Tue, 8 Sep 2009 20:32:08 -0500
...sound. >> >> NOW, I tightened the coolant level sensor down a bit and it still >> seems >> to be seeping coolant, although not as bad, anyway...