Date:         Fri, 22 Aug 2003 13:57:52 -0700
Reply-To:     gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      flashing coolant light wzup
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From time to time I get lazy and just add distilled
water to the back.   Light will cycle on unti coolant
mixes.   Try removing and refreshing coolant in the
overflow tank.   gary
Date:    Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:53:03 -0500
From:    Larry Alofs <lalofs@RCN.COM>
Subject: Re: flashing coolant light wzup?

There is very little that can go wrong with the
coolant level sensor.
It is simply a pair of metal prongs that project into
the coolant.  The
electronic circuitry it is attached to is annoyingly
complex and
perhaps
inhabited by gremlins.
   Might help to take the sensor out and clean it off.
 Be sure you
don't have a big air bubble in that tank.
   For a few weeks about a year ago the light on my 91
would flash for
a
minute or so after startup.  Then it cured itself.

Larry A.


Spencer Allen wrote:
> The coolant light in my 85 Westy is flashing long
after start up and
only
> goes out after the engine has warmed up. The coolant
level is OK.
Could this be
> just a faulty coolant sensor or something worse? Any
ideas
appreciated. Thanks
> Spencer


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