Date:         Tue, 29 May 2012 09:46:17 -0700
Reply-To:     neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: the mysterious flash of the coolant light
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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Much appreciated.

I've seen images and info on cap replacement. Might be too tiny a job for
my soldering skills but we'll see.

Apologies for the hijack. Now back to Wes' issues!    :)

Neil.

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 9:42 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

At 12:21 PM 5/29/2012, neil n wrote:
>


> Last night it did the latter, staying on for some time. Restarted van,
>> light went off.
>>
>
> Classic symptoms of a gauge with bad internal cap.  To verify, remove the
> controller (painted 42/43, position 8 in the fuse/relay panel).  Any
> subsequent misbehavior is down to the gauge.  You can replace the cap or
> get someone else to.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>



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Neil n

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