Date:         Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:16:48 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: blinking coolant light with full coolant
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Great information, thanks! And thanks as well to Unca Joel, Dagbear and
Doug. And thanks for bringing up another point: since I've never had a
coolant light problem, I've never read a coolant light post, so though
it may be the milliionth appearance of the information, it's the first
time I've seen it. Not that i would never read a coolant light post--if
one appeared after two straight weeks of tire posts, I'd read it : ).
Actually, I usually have something else--more often a plan than a
problem, thank goodness--that occupies my interest so I like most folks
gravitate toward my immediate or planned needs.

Someone was asking the other day about setting aside information as in
the BTDT site. Maybe you've hit the defining criteria: what's been
asked most? There may be a way to search the archives for greatest
number of appearances (yes, I realize that that depends on some
disciplined way of titling posts) but it could be a start.

Or, maybe just develop the practice of loading essays like yours into
BTDT or something like it when it's something we realize we've seen or
even written for the millionth time?

Jim

On Feb 25, 2006, at 3:08 PM, mark drillock wrote:

> Ok, for the millionth time on the list, pull the relay "43" (or 42)
> from relay socket number 3 of the main fuse/relay panel. If the
> blinking problem stops when the relay is out, the fault causing the
> blinking MUST be in the coolant level circuit. However if the blinking
> problem continues even with the relay out the problem CAN'T BE the
> coolant level sensor, it's wires, or the relay.
>
> Mark
>
> Jim Felder wrote:
>
>> My 90 has no cooling system issues but the blinking coolant level
>> warning light won't go out. I've checked the connections, and they're
>> OK. I suspect it must be the sending unit (original, though the tank
>> isn't) but only because I can't think of anything else.
>>
>> What am I missing, or is it likely that the sensor is finished?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
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