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• Coolant level warning light switch
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:16:46 -0700
  Can someone please tell me what the socket size is for the coolant level warning light switch for a 1986 2.1? Thanks BT
• Coolant pressure tank level switch o-ring size
  Historical mailing list - Bob Clemmer
  Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:18:59 -0400
  91 2.1 automatic Anyone want to take a WAG as to what size o-ring is on the level switch on the coolant...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Blinking Temp Light?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 29 Mar 2004 06:18:17 EST
  ...When it first starts the temp light blinks and will not turn off the temp needle is ok . . . >> Shannon, The coolant level switch in...
• Coolant Level Switch
  Historical mailing list - Jack Newton
  Wed, 16 Jul 1997 12:24:33 +1000
  ...the problem with the low coolant level alarm? I took off the expansion tank and checked the level switch. It read around 800 K...
• Re: O-ring Size for Coolant Level Warning Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 8 Jun 2015 15:33:49 -0700
  ...O-ring Size for Coolant Level Warning Light Switch Anyone have the size handy? 1986 VanagonThx,Jack =
• Re: To hot or not?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 28 Feb 1997 08:08:49 -0800
  ...The coolant level light on my 87 behaves strangely--if I start the van by turning the ignition switch immediately to start, the light...
• Coolant low-level warning control unit location?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Mar 1998 15:00:03 -0500
  ...the coolant low-level warning control unit in an 84 Vanagon? Is it possibly built into the coolant low-level warning switch? I have...
• 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...
• waterboxer coolant light
  Historical mailing list - Jim Maginel
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 15:24:56 -0500
  ...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: RoadHaus - Coolant level LED Problem
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 19:09:42 -0800
  3 things 1) coolant sensor (may hae deposits on it), 2) coolant mix (correct mix is necessary for electicity flow), 3) flasher switch (by...
• Re: O-ring Size for Coolant Level Warning Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Mon, 8 Jun 2015 19:22:59 -0500
  ...O-ring Size for Coolant Level Warning Light Switch > > Anyone have the size handy? 1986 VanagonThx,Jack > = >
• Re: flashing temp light
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 23:25:18 EDT
  ...Could this be linked to the malfunctioning wiper switch? Other ideas? >> could be air in coolant lines or most liely a faulty coolant level...
• O-ring Size for Coolant Level Warning Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - Jack Botts
  Mon, 8 Jun 2015 17:12:36 -0500
  Anyone have the size handy? 1986 VanagonThx,Jack
• 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 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...
• Re: Radiator/Coolant/Overheating Issues
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 19:22:07 -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: 91 Vanagon Blinking Temp Light?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:09:14 -0600
  ...When it first starts the temp light blinks and will not turn off > >the temp needle is ok . . . >> > >Shannon, > >The coolant level switch in...
• blinking coolant light on 83 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 08:08:30 EDT
  ...Should the coolant level warning switch be replaced? If this coolant level sensor is failing, could this be the cause of the low temp...
• Re: flashing temp light
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 18:43:40 -0700
  ...gauge does not indicate overheating and the coolant level is full. Could this be linked to the malfunctioning wiper switch? Other ideas? Thanks, Woody
• Re: Backup lights not working all the time
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Thu, 6 Nov 2014 18:43:17 -0500
  Low coolant level. Yes the warning light and buzzer did come on. Now I know about that part of the system warning etc. Wow...
• Re: Temperature Gauge Going Crazy...
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Jul 1996 20:14:13 -0300 (ADT)
  ...It's telling you the coolant is low!!! The switch is in the main reservoir, check the coolant. If the light comes on while...
• Carat Cooling Problems Solved
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Mon, 22 Jun 1998 11:11:22 -0400
  ...a poorly functioning radiator, improper wiring of the fan switch, and air in the coolant system . We had figured out the fan switch and...
• 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: Flashing Coolant Light
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 00:02:25 +1000
  ...I replaced the coolant level warning light switch at the top of the coolant expansion tank (see page 19.13 in the 1991 Bentley...
• Re: Temp Indicator On Dash rises to max: 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Oct 1996 18:23:30 PST
  ...miles > The level sensor "senses" coolant level , not with a float/ switch arrangement, but with two metal probes . When coolant level falls below these...
• blinking temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Ian Steele
  Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:50:10 -0500
  ...1) I've checked the coolant level switch in the fluid reservoir by taking plug off and, after first confirming that ground side indeed...
• Re: Coolant Low Level Light Useful?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:06:04 -0400
  ...87/87a type relay from X on ignition switch. That way if the >ground opens (coolant low) the light should go on. Hi Neil...
• Re: Blinking Red Light
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 21:58:08 -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...
• More Flashing Red Light mysteries
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 22:32:49 -0500
  ...Anyway I shorted the level switch connector with a jumper wire and the light kept on blinking....so it's not the coolant conductivity...
• flashing temp light
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 21:12:27 -0400
  ...gauge does not indicate overheating and the coolant level is full. Could this be linked to the malfunctioning wiper switch? Other ideas? Thanks, Woody
• Re: Leaking Coolant from Expansion Tank
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 11 May 2001 08:13:27 -0400
  ...Leaking Coolant from Expansion Tank > Volks and Syncronauts, > > A few days ago my 89 Syncro started leaking coolant from around the > coolant level switch...
• Re: Radiator/Coolant/Overheating Issues
  Historical mailing list - Sunshine
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 19:01:30 -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: Re temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 8 Jan 2012 19:38:52 -0800
  ...Next to the pressure cap is a coolant level switch (improperly referee as 'a probe'). See examples @ BusDepot though they don't list the...
• fan won't go off
  Historical mailing list - susan hafler
  Sun, 27 Sep 1998 11:28:39 PDT
  ...coolant level gauge is staying comfortingly on the lower side of the led light. any ideas? i was thinking i'd switched a switch...
• Re: blinking temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:04:44 -0400
  ...So far turned off and done each of the following >and then started again: > >1) I've checked the coolant level switch in the...
• Re: Weird Stuff----
  Historical mailing list - David Richoux
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 09:48:49 -0800
  ...to coolant in the Bentley I have (1980-1984) - the Temp gauge Sender located on the thermostat block and Coolant level warning switch shown...
• Re: Bliking coolant light and back firing?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 9 Jul 2004 17:56:41 -0400
  ...throttle switch not closing or associated. Injection should shut off on deceleration above 1500 rpm. >2. Coolant temp light blinking. Coolant level ok. Temp...
• Re: Manual on/off Switch for Radiator Fan--Radiator/Coolant Hell
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:31:03 -0700
  Depending on which "coolant level control unit" you have, IT can cause the temp needle to rise all the way if it is trying...
• Re: Diesel and WBX Coolant Temp gauges same?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:37:44 -0700
  If your VW temp gauge works as far as indicating temps, you can easily add the coolant level sensor wiring to make the led...
• Re: flashing temp light
  Historical mailing list - Bill Transue
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 18:47:48 -0700
  ...gauge does not indicate overheating and the coolant > level is full. Could this be linked to the malfunctioning wiper switch? > Other ideas? > > Thanks, > > Woody >
• Vanagon Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Rus
  Sun, 25 Sep 2005 15:33:06 -0700
  ...i can NOT get my gage to work.....ive replaced the temp senders, coolant level warning light switch and a few hoses. Ive bled...
• coolant leak
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 22 Jan 1995 09:20:19 -0600
  ...Any "usual suspects"? I've also got a leak from either the coolant level warning switch or the coolant expansion tank cap, but I...
• Re: Coolant light mystery
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 17 Sep 2022 11:30:55 -0600
  ...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: Temperature gauge reading wrong?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 17:03:43 -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: 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: Water Temperature Light
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 21:15:52 -0500
  Did you check the coolant level in the main pressure tank? The system may be low due to a bad pressure cap allowing coolant...
• Coolant/Heater
  Historical mailing list - Deon Reynolds
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 13:21:21 -0800
  ...Occasionally stopping to check the coolant level. It never overflowed again, but the flow going into the bottle was bubbling a few of the...
• Re: Re temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 8 Jan 2012 21:11:15 -0600
  ...Next to the pressure cap is a coolant level switch (improperly referee as 'a probe'). See examples @ BusDepot though they don't list the...
• Re: blinking temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Fri, 1 Sep 2006 06:41:01 -0400
  ...So far turned off and done each of the following >and then started again: > >1) I've checked the coolant level switch in the...
• Re: flashing temp light
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 20:51:11 -0500
  ...gauge does not indicate overheating and the coolant > level is full. Could this be linked to the malfunctioning wiper switch? > Other ideas? > > Thanks, > > Woody
• Re: Blinking coolant level light
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Thu, 7 Sep 2006 16:40:34 -0700
  Here's where things stand with my blinking coolant level light: All grounds clean and sound. Coolant sensor works. Replaced the coolant level control...
• Re: Water Level Indicator Red Blinking Light
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Sun, 18 Mar 2001 18:21:42 -0500
  ...I have a new coolant low-level-warning switch (the two probes that protrude into the water). They were installed this past summer when...
• Re: Purging Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Sat, 14 Jan 1995 16:19:14 CST6CDT
  ...Watch the coolant level take an immediate dip (rad cap off, peering inside filler neck) when the rad fan comes on! It resumes the...
• Dim Bulbs, was: "Troll" posting: Rescue Tape still in place...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 26 Mar 2011 12:38:15 -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: The Vanagon cooling system.. it's counterintuitive.. (long post)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 7 Sep 2015 09:09:22 -0700
  ...As I recall, you turn the key to run and that blinky light (coolant level warning in the center of the temp gauge, 84...
• Re: Re temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 8 Jan 2012 19:50:31 -0800
  ...Next to the pressure cap is a coolant level switch (improperly referee as 'a probe'). See examples @ BusDepot though they don't list the...
• Re: Help! Appeal for data
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:13:07 -0800
  ...from the wiring near the coolant tank but these tanks have no threaded hole for the level switch. On these models there is no...
• radiator fan
  Historical mailing list - Deborah Walters
  Sun, 23 Jun 2002 10:17:09 -0400
  ...I've checked the coolant level sensor, and disconnected the AC switch. Found some burnt contacts on the switch, but disconnecting the switch did...
• '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: Coolant level relay/light part 1 (LONGGGGG)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:21:03 -0500
  ...Funky little blinking light, that coolant light. Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Benny boy wrote: > Since my Red van coolant level/high temp...