Jake,

Put an ohmmeter on the sensor leads. I'd bet it reads high resistance. A new
sensor w/ o-ring is < $8 @ van-cafe.

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Jake de Villiers <
crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:

> Nice write-up John.  My '84 needs this, as at this time of year the blinky
> light stays on until the van is warm enough (the capacitor is warm enough?)
> to hold electricity.
>
> I just ignore the damn thing in the wintertime since I am confident that
> the van hasn't lost all its coolant overnight!  =)
>
> Seeya, Jake
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 6:25 PM, John Meeks <vanagon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Van Pilots,
>>
>> The symptom: coolant light would do it's normal diagnostic blinking, then
>> a
>> few seconds later would start blinking continuously till the engine ran a
>> bit and was restarted.
>>
>> This winter my coolant light started blinking when the air temp got down
>> to
>> 30�F when last winter it had to get down to about 5� F. I shrewdly
>> discerned
>> a trend. So naturally I went about fixing the problem completely opposite
>> than what logic would suggest.
>>
>> Removed the temp guage from the tach cluster and performed a successful
>> capacitor transplant. Feeling pretty good, I reassembled the  the whole
>> thing and fired up. blink...blink...blink... arrgh.   Checked the level
>> sensor and yep, way out of spec.
>> MegaOhms.     DOH!!
>>
>> Anyway I wrote it all up with logic and pictures and put it on the web:
>> http://www.vanagonauts.com/Warning-Light-Fix241.htm
>>
>> Comments welcome.
>>
>> John Meeks
>> '91 Multivan
>> Northern Michigan
>>
>> Vanagon Rescue Squad
>> http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74.htm
>>
>> Radio Call:KC8ZFN
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
>
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