Date:         Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:25:46 -0500
Reply-To:     John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Blinking coolant light - fixed
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Hello Van Pilots,

The symptom: coolant light would do it's normal diagnostic blinking, then a
few seconds later would start blinking continuously till the engine ran a
bit and was restarted.

This winter my coolant light started blinking when the air temp got down to
30°F when last winter it had to get down to about 5° F. I shrewdly discerned
a trend. So naturally I went about fixing the problem completely opposite
than what logic would suggest.

Removed the temp guage from the tach cluster and performed a successful
capacitor transplant. Feeling pretty good, I reassembled the  the whole
thing and fired up. blink...blink...blink... arrgh.   Checked the level
sensor and yep, way out of spec.
MegaOhms.     DOH!!

Anyway I wrote it all up with logic and pictures and put it on the web:
http://www.vanagonauts.com/Warning-Light-Fix241.htm

Comments welcome.

John Meeks
'91 Multivan
Northern Michigan

Vanagon Rescue Squad
http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74.htm

Radio Call:KC8ZFN