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• Coolant Indicator LED is Flashing at Normal Temperatures
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Coolant Indicator LED is Flashing at Normal Temperatures
  February 29, 1992
  CONDITION Coolant overheat / low coolant level indicator LED is flashing at normal coolant temperatures. SERVICE Check the coolant indicator LED according to the list...
• Coolant Indicator LED is Flashing at Normal Temperatures
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Coolant Indicator LED is Flashing at Normal Temperatures
  February 29, 1992
  CONDITION Coolant overheat / low coolant level indicator LED is flashing at normal coolant temperatures. SERVICE Check the coolant indicator LED according to the list...
• Re: Telemetry (was Re: Coolant pressure test... video.)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:38:58 -0800
  ...All Models CONDITION Coolant overheat / low coolant level indicator LED is flashing at normal coolant temperatures. SERVICE Check the coolant indicator LED according to...
• Re: Blinking Red Light--solved?
  Historical mailing list - Noto-Gaudette
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 17:31:31 -0400
  ...All Models CONDITION Coolant overheat / low coolant level indicator LED is flashing at normal coolant temperatures. SERVICE Check the coolant indicator LED according to...
• Oranage coolant leak?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 3 Sep 2001 13:21:24 -0300
  When I bought my 91 vanagon, it had the green coolant in it and the van had NO coolant leaking problems. About 3 months...
• Re: Coolant colour
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sun, 17 Aug 2014 06:28:23 -1000
  ...and since there are now about half a dozen different types of coolant in use , it's not hard to find coolants that claim...
• Re: Availability of VW Blue Coolant (one for Vanagons)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 4 Nov 2011 16:12:20 -0500
  ...Using Blue Coolant totally is NOT needed in vanagons .. > proper attention to coolant mixture and age etc ..IS required of course ! > > Very Much So...
• Coolant Temperature Gauge Light flashes intermittently / continuously
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Coolant Temperature Gauge Light flashes intermittently / continuously
  July 31, 1987
  Flashing coolant temperature light may be caused by: - Low coolant level. - Coolant level indicator. - Electrical connections on gauge. * Check coolant level, top up if...
• Coolant Temperature Gauge Light flashes intermittently / continuously
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Coolant Temperature Gauge Light flashes intermittently / continuously
  July 31, 1987
  Flashing coolant temperature light may be caused by: - Low coolant level. - Coolant level indicator. - Electrical connections on gauge. * Check coolant level, top up if...
• Mixing green and pink coolant
  Historical mailing list - Sorin Bejenaru
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:21:37 -0800
  Anyone knows if it is OK to mix the green and the pink coolant? Prestone makes a phosphate free coolant that is pink and...
• Mixing green and pink coolant
  Historical mailing list - Sorin Bejenaru
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 13:00:35 -0500
  Anyone knows if it is OK to mix the green and the pink coolant? Prestone makes a phosphate free coolant that is pink and...
• Coolant flow question
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Mon, 23 May 2005 00:00:55 -0400
  I have a quick question for the coolant flow gurus out there. Where does the front heater get it's coolant from? Is it...
• Re: Coolant colour
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 17 Aug 2014 07:48:40 -0500
  VW has had both red and blue coolant for years. At the dealership where I last bought VW coolant, when I stated that I...
• 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: Availability of VW Blue Coolant (one for Vanagons)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 4 Nov 2011 13:18:20 -0700
  ...Using Blue Coolant totally is NOT needed in vanagons .. proper attention to coolant mixture and age etc ..IS required of course ! Very Much So...
• Re: 84 VVanagon GL: Coolant stays in Round Coolant Reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 12 Nov 1996 19:59:42 -0800
  >I have a strange occurrence wherein the coolant, after the engine has cooled >down won't go into the 2ndary coolant reservoir (the square...
• Re: Mixing green and pink coolant
  Historical mailing list - madsen
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:27:17 -0500
  I think it would be ok to top up the coolant level in the filler tank with other types, but not any more than...
• Re: Coolant Rising Mystery
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 13:29:39 -0600
  Peter Krogh wrote: > my rising coolant mystery. Peter, I don't mean to be picky here, but my understanding of the cooling system is...
• Re: Coolant colour
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 17 Aug 2014 11:58:41 -0500
  ...At the dealership where I last bought VW coolant, when I stated that I wanted coolant for a 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile (though...
• Coolant level sensor problem
  Historical mailing list - Tom Rehkugler
  Tue, 23 Mar 1999 22:14:40 -0800
  ...I have a small coolant leak at the coolant level sensor. It looks as if the coolant is leaking up the 2 poles into...
• Re: coolant leak after long idle
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:51:08 -0400
  ...coolant level should rise when engine is warmed up, as hot coolant flows into the refill tank from the expansion tank, then fall back...
• Re: 84 VVanagon GL: Coolant stays in Round Coolant Reservoir
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Wed, 13 Nov 1996 12:39:09 -0500 (EST)
  > > > >Rather, the coolant stays in the main coolant reservoir (the more-spherical, > >less squarish-one on the corner of the engine compartment near the...
• Coolant filter ??
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 16:00:11 -0800
  The website for the Baldwin coolant filter: http://www.baldwinfilter.com/products.html While filtering out particles, it also supplements the coolant with corrosion...
• Re: Coolant - What color?
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 13:04:19 -0800
  ...Most other std coolant has a green color. Some new VW coolant has a red color (I think) Some new GM coolant I think...
• Re: Coolant colour
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 17 Aug 2014 10:17:01 -0700
  ...At the dealership > where I last bought VW coolant, when I stated that I wanted coolant for a > 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile (though...
• Re: Master cylinder leak and coolant leak at pressure tank
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Thu, 12 May 2005 09:33:34 -0400
  > >My coolant leak is kind of stange. Coolant puddles around the coolant level sensor on the coolant pressure tank. My coolant pressure tank is...
• Coolant pump specs
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 23:45:26 -0500
  ...If the T/stat didn't hold the radiator coolant back, the normal 4K RPM coolant pump volume would OVERCOOL the motor. All coolant...
• Coolant change
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sat, 26 Aug 2000 18:48:50 PDT
  Down below you mention that you bleed the coolant with the tailend up??? What is that? And you state that you change the coolant...
• expansion tank wierdness
  Historical mailing list - Wes Johnson
  Sat, 19 Sep 1998 17:20:43 -0700
  Installed a new expansion tank and coolant level sensor into our 89 Westy. Everything went fine, maybe too easy. Wife and I drove to...
• Re: coolant leak story
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:32:57 -0800
  Dunno I guess I misunderstood you when you said you thought the low coolant indication from the coolant level indicator 'could be indicating a...
• Re: Coolant colour
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sun, 17 Aug 2014 07:43:37 -1000
  ...At the dealership >> where I last bought VW coolant, when I stated that I wanted coolant for a >> 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile (though...
• Re: Oil in the coolant
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 2 Jan 2012 17:25:27 -0800
  ...The only place that oil and coolant are in close proximity. 60 psi oil pressure easily overcomes 14 psi coolant pressure. Jim On Jan...
• Re: Coolant flow question
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 22 May 2005 21:22:39 -0700
  Both front and rear heater cores are on their own coolant circuit. It's fed off the plastic coolant manifold on the right side...
• Re: Flashing dash LED
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 20:21:53 -0500
  ...You have two water tanks in the coolant system. They are in the engine compartment. There is the coolant expansion tank, and the coolant...
• Re: Coolant light mystery
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Thu, 15 Sep 2022 12:08:09 -0400
  Maybe improper coolant concentration or old coolant sensor in the plastic coolant tank? I've tried cleaning the sensor pins with no success. Of...
• O.K., I admit it... I deleted the mail on coolants...
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 2 Oct 1994 00:33:56 -0500
  >The "low coolant level" blinking light comes on and goes off in my >'87 Vanagon.. It seems to be in sync with the potholes...
• Re: Coolant change
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 10:38:11 -0500
  ...That way you know the thermostat is open and coolant is circulating.Watch the coolant tank. if there is a bubble the tank will...
• blinking coolant indicator light on 91 Vanagon auto
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Wed, 2 Sep 2009 00:00:35 -0400
  ...I recall getting the buzzer + coolant light combo just once, when the coolant distributor blew apart on the highway and my bus dumped a...
• Re: SIERRA Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sun, 13 Oct 2002 12:59:26 -0700
  At 12:06 PM 10/13/2002, you wrote: >I have been using SIERRA coolant in my '84 for past couple of years. SIERRA...
• Re: and coolant leak at pressure tank
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 3 Apr 2005 12:24:39 -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: coolant temps
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 2 Jun 2002 21:55:06 -0700
  ...There was NO low coolant sensor in the main coolant tank. Later the coolant tank level sensor was added and VW decided to use...
• Re: Flashing dash LED
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 19:10:15 -0700
  Also,,,, if the coolant sensor goes bad the light will blink after the start up blinking sequence. Bill -----Original Message----- From: John Rodgers <inua...
• Re: Coolant resistance thru coolant level probe
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sat, 28 Jul 2001 00:26:22 -0500
  ...Coolant resistance thru coolant level probe > I decided to take the coolant level sensor and attempt the definitive > study of the resistance of various...
• Re: Blinking coolant level light
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 25 May 2010 12:09:15 -0700
  ...As coolant mix gets old over time, would the change in coolant chemistry affect conductivity of coolant? i.e. would a light taking longer...
• Coolant top up
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Fri, 6 Sep 2013 21:16:10 -0700
  Continued my coolant top-up operation. Refilled tank again and brought engine up to full temperature. Gauge stayed in middle, radiator fan came on...
• Re: Coolant filter - Correction
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 21:41:49 -0800
  ...You need 5/8 id coolant hose (not 3/8) to tap into the coolant circuit under the rear bench. But I do use...
• Coolant flush after ATF cooler failure
  Historical mailing list - Mark Pry
  Sun, 3 Jun 2007 09:26:56 -0700
  My ATF cooler failed a couple of weeks ago, leaving coolant in my ATF and ATF in my coolant. (This despite replacing the cooler...
• Re: Coolant colour
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 17 Aug 2014 12:38:03 -0500
  ...At the dealership > > where I last bought VW coolant, when I stated that I wanted coolant for a > > 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile (though...
• Re: Which coolant: blue, green or orange?
  Historical mailing list - Ian Anderson
  Tue, 5 Aug 2003 17:46:29 +1000
  I'm not 100% sure you get it there, but VW now has a new coolant called G12 PLUS, I think it's pink...
• Re: Stainless Coolant Pipes Endanger Engines
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:22:19 -0500
  ---- Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > It does say on the website that its not recommended for use with extended > life coolants. > http...
• 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...
• Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Dave M
  Thu, 31 May 2001 21:47:00 +0100
  No the coolant does not have to be blue. My very expensive VW coolant was green, I replaced it with Havoline long- life which...
• RoadHaus - Coolant level LED Problem
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 18:20:33 -0500
  ...The Coolant Temp is in normal operating range ... no change. The Coolant Overflow Tank is full to the brim. The Coolant Refill Tank is...
• Re: temp gauge-coolant level sensor questions
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 17:40:48 -0500
  ...the van has no coolant in it right now, when i turn the key, the low >coolant lite flashes like 3 times, and then...
• Re: What does the cooling light mean?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 22:38:18 -0600
  Christopher Gronski wrote: > Hi All, > > What are the various things a blinking coolant light could be > indicating? My gauge never gets much past overlapping...
• Re: How to find coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 5 Sep 2001 03:21:31 -0500
  That orange coolant is a pretty good leak detector all by itself!! Are you sure there's not head leakage somewhere? DM&FS ----- Original...
• Re: Do I drain coolant B$ removing sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 26 Jul 2013 15:59:20 -0500
  The only way to drain coolant from the system is for it to be replaced by air. mcneely ---- Spencer Allen <spencervw@AOL.COM> wrote...
• Re: Coolant pressure test... video.
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:02:02 -0500
  Later tonight i went back to the shop with some new test i had in my head, i found coolant in #3, plug was...
• Re: Coolant Leak from Coolant Reservoir
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Thu, 14 May 1998 15:02:38 -0500
  ...Coolant Leak from Coolant Reservoir Dear listees, I just noticed a small puddle of coolant on my driveway underneath my van. I looked in...
• Coolant Problems
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Fri, 20 Aug 1999 17:51:37 EDT
  ...Cummins Claims Coolant Damages Seals, Engines Suppliers Help to find Solution by Dan Lang Staff Reporter Cummins Engine Co. says a brand of extended...