

| Subject: | Flashing coolant LED was Re: Tweak yer heater output! |
| From: | Jeff Palmer |
| Date: | Mon, 18 Nov 2002 18:56:02 -0600 |
I thought I had read that an improper mixture could also cause the light to flash? > At 11:57 AM 11/18/2002, Dylan Friedman wrote: > >Hello All, > >I've been watching this heater discussion and wanted to clarify the > >purpose of the LED on the coolant temp. gauge. It has been my > >understanding that the LED would blink when the coolant level in the > >expansion tank was low, not when the temp. was high. Just curious. > > The light (when working properly) blinks for a few seconds any time the > gauge receives a signal that would cause it to read full scale (even if the > signal is only very brief). This happens either when the temp is too high > or when the level controller detects that coolant in the tank is low and > sends a high-temp signal to the gauge. Depending on the controller, it's > either a continuous signal or a pulsed one that doesn't noticeably move the > needle. > > Note that the owner's manual specifically says that a high gauge reading is > still normal operation unless the light is blinking as well.
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