With all due respect, Mike...I just completed my Subie Conversion and was running just water in the cooling system. I wanted to make sure it was nice and tight. The coolant light would come on just after start up. I filled the system with the proper mix of coolant and the blinking stopped...who knows with these beasts sometimes, they have a mind of there own... Jim Wilmington, NC
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Mike Collum <collum@myfairpoint.net> wrote: > I find it hard to believe that the Vanagon Myth, about an improper > coolant mixture will cause the blinking light to go on, persists. > > In 18 years I've owned 5 running Vanagons (currently have 3 1/2) and > numerous times, whether due to emergency or to flushing the coolant > systems, I've run the engines with straight water (NO antifreeze) and > have gotten no blinking lights. > > I'd say the probes are about as sensitive as the ones in a Westy fresh > water tank ... the ones that light the water level lights. > > Mike > |
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