That would be too easy!  =)

Seeya, Jake

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 7:22 PM, John Meeks <vanagon@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> 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
>>
>> 1984 Vanagon GL
>> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>>
>> Crescent Beach, BC
>>
>> www.thebassspa.com
>> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>>
>>
>

-- 
Jake

1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"

Crescent Beach, BC

www.thebassspa.com
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27