Good catch!  Consider yourself lucky to discover the coolant level
sensor failure without melting anything.

Does the sensor flash at startup? I always watch for that now.

Last year I learned that my vanagon's temperature will not always rise
much on the gauge when the coolant light is flashing. I think it would
depend on the height of the leak point... If the leak point is low on
the motor the temp sender will soon be dry and unable to report
accurately. And you keep driving and things get hotter and hotter, and
something breaks or melts, and it can get expensive quick.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario Canada
197x Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
www.pottsfamily.ca

BUSES OF THE CORN - AUGUST 13-15th, 2010
www.busesofthecorn.ca

On 7/29/2010 2:20 AM, Don Hanson wrote:
> ther note...I have my coolant level light not working.  Never has.
> Didn't need it today, either...the Temp gauge was enough to know something
> was not right with the cooling system.  I check my oil and coolant at ever
> gas stop...I scan my dash instruments like a pilot...every few minutes I
> glance down and do a sweep of the needles in every machine I drive..I alway
> keep a special keen watch after I work on equipment.  Good thing.
>    Don Hanson
>

--