On Feb 7, 2008 3:46 PM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM> writes: > > > The last few times when it's >= 5 degrees (F) ambient, my coolant > > light just keeps fast blinking until I shut her down and restart. > > After a restart the light acts normally. > > You've verified that the level is not low, I assume? I've had this > happen when coolant level was borderline low, it would flash when cold > but as soon as the engine warmed a bit the coolant would expand enough > to open the circuit. > Thanks Allan, I should have mentioned that was the 1st thing I looked at. No air in the expansion tank. The thing that mystified me was that it will reset when I shut down and restart. It looks like The Fix is a fairly delicate capacitor replacement in the gauge cluster as detailed at http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=168239 I'll probably take Jake's advice "Don't worry, be happy! :)" until it's warmer around here. -- John Meeks '91 Multivan, '85 GL bits Northern Michigan KC8ZFN Vanagon Rescue Squad http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74.htm |
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