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Date:         Fri, 18 Aug 2000 21:08:25 -0400
Reply-To:     Dave Caston <happycampers@picusnet.com>
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From:         Dave Caston <happycampers@picusnet.com>
Subject:      Re: coolant level sensor
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on 8/18/2000 8:28 PM, Bill Davidson at wdavidson@thegrid.net wrote:

> Not enough to do today, I guess... > Poking around in the engine compartment... always a way to get busy :) > > Anyway, I pulled the connector plug on the top of the coolant level sensor > and the contacts inside the connector were wet... with coolant I assume. The > rest of the top of the sensor was dry... just the inside of the connector > plug was wet... > > So... does this mean replace the coolant level sensor? > Not sure how it could be leaking into the connector since the sensor seems > to be an extruded, one piece item... unless the coolant follows the metal > prongs up through the plastic to the connector part... > > Being that the contacts are wet inside the connector seems like this would > create continuity between the contacts, thus giving a 'coolant full' reading > even if the tank were empty... no? > > Please advise... > Thanks, > Bill > 90 Westy Syncro > Bill, I'd get a replacement and have it on hand when needed. They are cheap and very easy to replace.

(Yes, folks after a long hiatus I'm returning to lurk and offer some advise where I can.)

Cheers, Dave C. Williamsburg, VA zzzzzzzzz__ |E[__] [__]|[_]\\ | _DC&SP | _ || * * * =-( )---------( )--= '85 GL Westy (His) '91 Cabriolet (Hers)


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