Date:         Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:00:18 -0700
Reply-To:     laurasdog@WEIRDSTUFFWEMAKE.COM
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From:         Steve Delanty <laurasdog@WEIRDSTUFFWEMAKE.COM>
Subject:      Re: coolant sensor 50/50 tolerance?
Comments: To: Phil Menchions <pwmenchions@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Phil,
The first thing to do is to remove the coolant level sender
and clean the probes with some steel wool or fine sandpaper
to remove any corrosion. The water/coolant ratio shouldn't
really matter that much I ran plain water with no anti-freeze
in mine for a couple days and the coolant light worked fine.
Clean probes are happy probes....

Steve

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At 04:14 PM 7/19/2004, Phil Menchions wrote:

>Hi volks,
>
>I have seen recent suggestions that a deviance from the 50:50 coolant:water
>concentration is responsible for an intermittent blinking light.
>
>My '89 is displaying the same symptoms and I'm sure it's not temp related.
>
>I believe the mix may be a little rich on the coolant side, however, how
>does one actually determine this and how much of a tolerance one way or the
>other makes the sensor blink?
>
>Is there a tool to test for the mix ratio? The turkey baster (for lack of a
>better term) gadget gives a temperature tolerance. I suppose one could
>extrapolate from this reading but would it be very accurate?
>
>Phil
>'89 Westy