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Date:         Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:22:50 -0500
Reply-To:     John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Blinking coolant light - fixed
Comments: To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <71d9cdf91001201857p727332e4i10ec6d9524204f19@mail.gmail.com>
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Jake,

Put an ohmmeter on the sensor leads. I'd bet it reads high resistance. A new sensor w/ o-ring is < $8 @ van-cafe.

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Jake de Villiers < crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:

> Nice write-up John. My '84 needs this, as at this time of year the blinky > light stays on until the van is warm enough (the capacitor is warm enough?) > to hold electricity. > > I just ignore the damn thing in the wintertime since I am confident that > the van hasn't lost all its coolant overnight! =) > > Seeya, Jake > > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 6:25 PM, John Meeks <vanagon@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Jake > > 1984 Vanagon GL > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" > > Crescent Beach, BC > > www.thebassspa.com > www.crescentbeachguitar.com > http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27 > >


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