That probe assembly has a tendency to crack.

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Dan Erlandson
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 8:37 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Coolant problems

    My wife had some coolant problems today and it turned out to be that
coolant was leaking (spurting) out past the o ring that is around the
temperature (level?) sensor that gets screwed into the coolant
reservoir.
So... I'm hoping that it is just a simple O-ring issue and not anything
to
do with combustion gases. If combustion gases were leaking past the
rings
and into the cooling system wouldn't that lead to a higher pressure in
the
system and cause the coolant reservoir cap to open (assuming that it is
working correctly) and cause a coolant overflow from the overflow tank
rather than the reservoir tank??
     Incidentally... still looking for a source for the big resistor up
behind the drivers side headlight that controls the speed of the
radiator
fan.

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Dan Erlandson
Flemington, NJ
> danoer1@eclipse.net
91 VW Vanagon GL 174,000 mi
99 VW Passat 113,000 mi