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Subject:Re: Expansion Tank Sensor
From:Bill Davidson
Date:Thu, 7 Dec 2000 12:21:36 -0800

> It is supposed to blink at start up for a few seconds and then go out.
> This tells you the system is working.  People say it will blink if your
> antifreeze/water mix is off, but I'm not sure it is that smart.  When they
> leak, it is usually at the electrodes.  It then pushes  up into the plug.
> I've never seen one that leaks blink because the leakage simulates a full
> tank.

I think you have it backwards.... if the plug is full of coolant the light
would NOT blink because the coolant touching both contacts in the plug would
similate a full tank.

Bill