Date:         Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:33:10 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Overheat lamp
Comments: To: Rob Rubin <robrubin@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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  Rob,

I can't answer your question, but I'm having the same problem with the
coolant level light in the instrument panel not going off after start -
for the most part. On a very cold start - like it sat all night - the
coolant level light will go out, but if the engine has been started
once, or has the least bit of heat from running for a few minutes - or
even a hard run for a while -  when started again - the light will not
go off. I'm open to ideas on this.

John

John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com


On 10/14/2010 6:03 PM, Rob Rubin wrote:
> First off when I go to the Vanagon site I cannot seem to find the forums
> link!?
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> I am having an issue where the overheat/low water lamp stays lit after
> starting the van. I need to tell you guys I have a Subaru engine in it. The
> odd thing is if I turn the engine off and on, off and on, until it "slow"
> starts, then the light will go off.Kinda odd huh? I believe but am not sure
> that since the Subaru engine has its own dedicated Water temp gauge that I
> can rule out any hockus pokus there. The sensor in the reservoir and those
> leads are being replaced to make sure they are sound and I will see if the
> problem continues. But short of waiting for that I thought I would put it
> out there to you folks.
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> Any Ideas?
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> Rob
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