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Diagnosing flashing lights
Historical mailing list - B Feddish
Thu, 6 May 2021 13:15:42 +0000
...I have replaced both temp sensors and coolant level sensor. The whole gauge cluster in the dash has been replaced with a new LED...
Re: Logan Pass - blew the expansion tank temp sensor
Historical mailing list - Goetz Aust
Thu, 9 Jul 2015 12:10:20 -0600
...Coolant > got hot enough to expand and the pressure blew the sensor out of the tank. > Like you, I Thought it was a failed...
Re: 90 cooling problem
Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:44:07 -0700
...I can see coolant starting to trickle out from the under the sensor where it goes into the reservoir. the temperature is definitely rising...
Re: adding resister to center 1.9 coolant temp gauge?
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Tue, 6 Jul 2010 22:56:35 -0400
...coolant temp sender died. > >I replaced it with a new one. Now the gauge reads high, about >65%-70% when normal operating temperature instead...
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: Pulsing idle UPDATE
Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
Wed, 14 Apr 1999 18:04:29 -0500
...Email if you need instructions. >- check the coolant sensor >- check the air flow meter If you aren't getting horrendous fuel milage, nix the...
Re: Engine running hot
Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
Sun, 28 Aug 2005 18:10:17 -0400
...system > or even a faulty temp sensor or gauge? > Is it OK to run at this temperature? My 86 2.1l never ran hot...
Re: Cooling system questions for 1.9L
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:52:51 -0700
...The factory temperature guage is not a reliable indicator of > dangerously high coolant temperature - anything past half way actually > indicates an over temp condition...
FW: [DIESEL]Help Vanagon coolant tank needed badly!
Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
Fri, 14 Jul 2000 12:38:57 -0400
...The tank has two 7/8" hose connector nipples and no temperature sensor. Any help that wont cost me a fortune would be greatly...
Hot Start, stumbling Part II (long)
Historical mailing list - Maureen Stretch
Sun, 31 May 1998 20:40:45 -0500
...My next attempt is to get the coolant temperature sensor, which I understand is also known as temperature sensor II, replaced. This was recommended...
Re: Water Wetter questions...
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 20:47:15 -0500
...of the coolant so that it stays in contact with those hot > surfaces that are much hotter than the bulk coolant temperature. It also...
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: Das Blinkenlights
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Thu, 24 Nov 2005 22:23:01 -0600
If I understand how the system works, the circuit samples the resistance of the coolant. Depending on temperature, it takes a bit of time...
Re: My O2 sensor is NOT faulty..(follow-up to a question yesterday)
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Tue, 9 Sep 2014 10:33:11 -1000
...sensor is related to 'operating temp' ( I assume that means coolant temperature ). 'taint so. They're not related ..you could have NO oxygen sensor...
Red temp light
Historical mailing list - Spooner, Robert E.
Fri, 31 May 2002 12:47:49 -0400
All, My understanding of the red led temperature light is that it is related to coolant expansion tank level only. It does not indicate...
Re: Unsubscribe delete stop
Historical mailing list - Jack R
Fri, 8 Jan 2021 08:21:56 -0500
...I > have oil temperature and pressure gauges. I noticed on my drive that the > coolant and oil temperatures began to rise and the oil...
Re: Coolant Temp?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:10:35 -0600
...at ordinary, around town, temperatures. At > this temp > the gauge rests near the bottom, on the white mark. That's how it > almost > always...
Re: '85 temp warning light won't turn off.
Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
Tue, 2 Mar 1999 10:18:58 -0600
...My temperature "idiot" light started flashing a couple of days ago, but only when the coolant has warmed up, incidentally. Expansion tank had coolant...
WB running hot
Historical mailing list
Mon, 3 Mar 1997 17:23:10 -0500
I just replaced my coolant temperature sensor and I replaced the temp sender as well. Now my gauge sit to the right to a...
Hot Start/Dieing Problem
Historical mailing list - Dan Fleming
Sun, 2 Apr 2000 15:57:03 -0700
...Coolant temperature sensor, fuel pump, and ECU have all been changed at one time or another, with some improvements each time, but eventually the...
Re: Need advice please....
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:59:00 -0500
...temperature at the t-stat housing? Either of the two mechanics should have been able to test that with an infrared heat sensor. The...
Re: Temperature gauge and red light
Historical mailing list
Sat, 25 Jan 1997 08:34:06 PST
Lionel; First ; the two wires leading to the expansion tank only check for absence of coolant not temperature. The sender that affects your temp...
Re: Water Temperature Light
Historical mailing list - Troy Delnicki
Fri, 9 Feb 2007 03:23:23 -0500
...If your coolant light goes out, it's a good indication that the sensor is bad. Remember, you will have to turn your ignition...
Re: Help ..
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:21:48 -0700
...away,I've change the coolant sensor and a leaky coolant overflow tank,and it still flashes, the temperature gauge doesn't show any...
Re: Sensors for accessory gauges
Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
Mon, 16 Sep 2002 22:53:30 +0000
...coolant temperature <DIV></DIV>> gauge, <DIV></DIV>> I'd be interested in knowing where they installed <DIV></DIV>> the temperature sensor...
Re: Oil Temp
Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
Thu, 30 Apr 1998 21:56:42 -0400
...This will lower the oil temperature at 80 mph to approximately 200 degrees F (measured with a drain plug temperature sensor). This oil level...
HELP>>>MY GAS MILEAGE SUCKS
Historical mailing list - Chad G
Tue, 29 May 2001 14:09:33 -0400
...bottom part of the coolant led which makes me think the engine isn't running at the proper temperature -hesitation upon acceleration -this morning...
Re: back from trip
Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
Sun, 26 Jul 1998 18:32:02 -0500
...New sensor solved the problem. Hot, expanded coolant will be forced out the crack before the valve to the overflow tank opens. When it...
Re: Telemetry (was Re: Coolant pressure test... video.)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:57:44 -0500
You asked " BUT WHY WHY WHY WOULDN'T VW PUT A TEMP SENSOR ON THE ENGINE, INSTEAD OF IN THE COOLANT????" Because it really...
Re: Overheating 2.1L Questions
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Thu, 29 Oct 1998 01:43:37 -0500
...However, there was no sign ov coolant loss > or boilover. > > When I fired up the used engine I installed, the temperature guage rose to...
Re: Temp gauge question
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:15:51 -0500
...where the temp sensor is located received the normal-temperature water in sufficient quantity to keep the engine cool. Your coolant light probably came...
Trip report: only 1 cooling system incident (long)...
Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
Sun, 20 Aug 2000 18:36:13 -0700
...On the way up, climbing through the Sierra foothills with the AC on, my coolant temp went into the top third, and my sensor...
Re: Flashing dash LED
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 17 Apr 2000 20:21:53 -0500
...In the top of the tank is a sensor with two electrodes or prongs that stick down into the coolant. As long ast the...
Re: blinking temp gauge
Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
Fri, 1 Sep 2006 06:41:01 -0400
...2) Temperature sensor seems to work properly as gauge temperature goes >from cold to mid-scale as engine warms. > >3) Replaced coolant level relay...
Re: Failed emissions for third time
Historical mailing list - David M
Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:16:02 -0700
...They said they connected a diagnostic tool to the ECU (he called it a ';break-out box') and it indicates the coolant temperature sensor...
Re: Burps up coolant when parked warm.
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 5 Jul 2009 16:45:57 -0500
...I had it in the shop one day and it got new coolant, and a new pressure cap and coolant level sensor. When the...
Re: Coolant Temp Sensor Problem
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:23:55 -0800
...about the coolant temperature gauge not moving at all, even with the engine at temp, so he ordered a new sensor. After he installed...
Re: oil in coolant
Historical mailing list - Ryan Cresawn
Sun, 3 Jan 2021 18:39:12 -0700
...I > > have oil temperature and pressure gauges. I noticed on my drive that the > > coolant and oil temperatures began to rise and the oil...
Re: Temperature guage
Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
Sun, 8 Apr 2001 22:31:03 -0700
...Temperature guage > > > > > While driving, my temp guage usually stays over the coolant sensor led but > > > sometimes it goes just over it (still over the...
Re: cooling question
Historical mailing list - Ben huot
Thu, 4 Apr 2002 14:03:23 -0500
...The cooling fan thermo sensor is located on the front radiator and as nothing to do with the real engine temperature, she just go...
RapidIdle when Warm
Historical mailing list - Jon B Kanas
Sun, 7 Jan 2001 20:59:55 -0700
...The list consensus was to replace the coolant temperature sensor. Finally, over the weekend, it's been warm enough to work on the Westy...
Re: Oil pressure light
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Mon, 10 Nov 2014 07:31:52 -0800
...The low pressure sensor is new. Wires are on it are ok, oil is 20/50 and 1/2 on dip stick. Temperature of...
Re: Anti-Freeze opinions
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Tue, 4 Apr 2017 18:19:50 -0500
...It gets from the Coolant Temp' Sensor ~ So ~ If WW Does Alter the >>> Heat Transfer Ability of the Coolant, Up or Down, That Temp...
2.1L Extremely Rough Running
Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
Mon, 15 Mar 1999 14:11:32 -0500
...Digitool) with oxygen sensor disconnected. - Disconnecting the oxygen sensor made no improvement in the drivability of the van. - My coolant temperature gauge works sometimes...
Re: New thermostat funky?
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Sun, 2 Dec 2007 21:39:22 -0500
...I guess that's what the blinking "low coolant" LED is for... Am I thinking of a different engine that had the two sensors...
Re: Warning light
Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
Wed, 5 Nov 2014 06:22:57 -0500
...The coolant warning > light is in the coolant temperature gauge. > The oil pressure warning system is a bit complex. There are two sensors. A...
Re: 2.0 ABA inline gas Vanagon. how it works
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sat, 16 Oct 2010 11:16:17 -0700
...coolant hose shifted toward driveshaft (went over BIG bump) *http://tinyurl.com/2e7sstt *Plug wire rubbing on upper coolant hose: *http://tinyurl.com/2ejm7av...
Re: scratch on heads mating surface for cylinders
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:14:04 -0700
...coolant out of the cylinder head and raises the engine temperature by cooking the coolant. The temperature sensor will feel it. The temperature guage...
Re: Aux Oil Cooler install...results Aircooled vanagon
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Sun, 30 Jun 2002 01:58:26 EDT
...I have seen a hard operating coolant temperature drop of about 10 to 15 degrees with an oil temperature drop of 35 to 50...
Re: Temp sensor and Temp sender
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Sun, 12 Dec 1999 14:43:15 EST
...they are still near the thermostat but both are two wire devices mounted on the coolant distribution manifold. The ECU's sensor points to...
Re: continuing almost overheating problem.
Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
Tue, 2 Jul 2002 12:56:08 -0600
...No cracks in overflow or coolant reservoir > 6. new rear heater core > 7. correct voltage at the temperature gauge in instrument panel. > 8. not...
Re: coolant temp send wire
Historical mailing list - S_J_ WACKER
Mon, 29 Jun 1998 17:45:52 -0700
...Just below this housing is another housing for the temperature sensor and there is a two-wire connector there, but no way to connect...
Re: Diesel engine coolant issues and questions
Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
Wed, 10 Oct 2001 20:47:35 -0400
...disconnected the wire from the engine temperature sensor. The sensor is located on the flange that takes coolant from the head to the heater...
broken temp sensor
Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
Tue, 2 Mar 1999 12:17:27 -0500
...My temperature "idiot" light started flashing a couple of days ago, but only when the coolant has warmed up, incidentally. Expansion tank had coolant...
Re: Request for Help - Overheating Problem
Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
Tue, 2 Jan 2001 17:25:39 EST
Dianne; Before you get too far into this pop the engine cover and check the coolant level sensor in the top of the tank...
Re: Temperature needle low: thermostat or sensor?
Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
Fri, 24 Jan 1997 07:22:19 -0800
...The sensor that feeds it isn't telling anything else what the temp of the coolant is, just you. So, technically, it's not...
Re: 83' Vanagon - Coolant Temp Sensor and O2 Sensor - Could TheseEffect Idle?
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 1 Jul 2001 11:08:25 -0500
...Could a faulty coolant temperature sensor or leaky > exhaust system be causing the idle to act up? Does the O2 sensor play > a major...
Re: adding resister to center 1.9 coolant temp gauge?
Historical mailing list - Zolly
Tue, 6 Jul 2010 17:27:25 -0700
...coolant temp sender died. > > I replaced it with a new one. Now the gauge reads high, about 65%-70% > when normal operating temperature instead...
coolant and a nightmare
Historical mailing list - Mark M. Schirmer
Sat, 18 Jan 1997 14:22:01 -0500 (EST)
...any coolant dripped on the ground, and the temperature needle is at the middle when the engine is warm (I replaced the sensor about...
Re: Blinking Termperature Light
Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
Mon, 24 Sep 2001 09:21:57 -0500
Jerry, Check the water level sensor in the main coolant tank. It fits into the recess on top of the bottle and is connected...