Date:         Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:22:15 -0700
Reply-To:     Geo <ahwahneevw@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Geo <ahwahneevw@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
Comments: To: Tobias Gogolin <usertogo@gmail.com>
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On 4/22/10, Tobias Gogolin <usertogo@gmail.com> wrote:
> I still have the same problem that had already disappeared in test drives
> last week, what i'm talking about is that a few seconds after starting the
> van the light begins to flash in the instrument rises quickly to max.!...

An intermittent break in the wire from the expansion tank sender can
cause the flashing and peg the needle.  Mine broke under a harness
clamp (wire was pinched) sort of below the coil -- took awhile to
figure that out.

FWIW -- To fill and bleed, I use a generic (3-4 lbs) electric fuel
pump to pump coolant directly from the 1 gal. bottle into the
inlet/outlet on the (closed) expansion tank cap.  Have the rad bleed
screw open and the wife up front watching for the coolant to appear.
Fill, run, check -- rinse, repeat as needed.

A bit like the Bong only not as cool looking I'm sure.

Geo