Yes, that stuff happens. It falls under the heading: "a false reading of a drop in the main tank" This can also be from a bad tank level sensor, bad connection at the sensor, bad connection in the engine compartment wiring box, bad coolant level warning unit.... Given the several areas that can cause the blinking the first step is to eliminate as many causes as possible before replacing parts. Mark
Geo & Kathleen Hahn wrote: > mark drillock wrote: > >> The blinking light can be caused by either a real drop in coolant level >> in the main tank, a false reading of a drop in the main tank, or a >> problem in the dash. > > > > FWIW - I had an intermittment flashing coolant level light that I > finally traced to a pinched wire (one of the pair of leads from the > sensor). The pinch had broken the insides but was allowing them to come > into contact some of the time (no flash) and separate some of the time > (flash) due to heat, vibration or whatever. Don't recall the precise > location where they got pinched... somewhere down below the coil. > > Geo Hahn > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.1/250 - Release Date: 2/3/2006 > > |
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