Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 16:22:54 -0800
Reply-To: The Westy man <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
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From: The Westy man <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
Subject: Re: Blinking stops, relay out ...
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Thanks John,
That helps for all of us.
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rodgers" <inua@charter.net>
To: "The Westy man" <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: Blinking stops, relay out ...
> There are a couple of ways to trick the little booger into behaving when
> it want's to act up as mine is wont to do periodically.
>
> Turn the ingnition key to the on position - turning on all the dash
> circuits - but do not turn to engage the starter. The coolant light will
> begin blinking. Count to 60 - like one thousand one, one thousand two,
> one thousand three, etc. When you reach "
> 0", engage the starter. Light should go out.
>
> Apparently there is a resistance test circuit built into the thing and it
> takes a few moments for it to do it's job of testing the resistance
> between the probes in the coolant tank. If the coolant bis below the
> level of the probes - there will be an open circuit and resistance will be
> infinity. The light will blink like crazy. If there is proper coolant
> present - the circuit tests and recognizes the resistance, and the light
> goes out. I have never read this anywhere, nor has anyone told me - but I
> suspect that if you do not have the ratio of water to coolant within the
> proper range, that silly light may blink - maybe. IE, to much coolant for
> the water so the resistance is wrong - blinking light; to much water, not
> enough coolant, so resistance is wrong - blinking light. This is just my
> suspicion.
>
> Regards the coolant - if your van is a 86 miodel or later with a 2.1L
> WBX - and if you fill the cooling system, bleed it the best you can, then
> leave the plug on the radiator slightly loose and drive down the road, you
> will eventually lose enough coolant that the low level warning light will
> come on. Don't ask me how I know this - just believe me. So, armed with
> this new knowledge, deliberately drive it down the road until the light
> comes on. Stop, tighten the filler plug, fill the overflow tank and then
> let the engine cool. Start the engine and there should be no coolant light
> to distract you. If there is any air left in the system at this point,
> just normal driving should eliminate it through self venting. The cooling
> system was designed to do that once nearly all but not quite all air was
> removed.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> Chelsea, AL
>
> The Westy man wrote:
>> Hi to all,
>> After not using the car for a month, now the coolant light is blinking.
>> But after I pulled the 42 relay out, it stopped. I somehow have the
>> feeling, it is not the solution. Anyone?
>> Zoltan
>>
>>
>>
>
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