Date:         Mon, 17 Mar 2014 14:21:30 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Blinking Low Coolant Level Warning
Comments: To: JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
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At 08:53 PM 3/16/2014, JRodgers wrote:
>Coolant level warning light has gone ape! It blinks for a few before
>startin g - then on start it goes ape! Blinks 2-3 time/sec. Then it goes
>solid red - no blinking at all - just red - the it goes out completely -
>a few seconds later it's back to blinking again or solid red, or it
>blinks but slows to one blink every three or 4 seconds.

The LED inside the gauge has failed or the gauge supply voltage is
off (10.0 +/- 0.5 V between skinny gauge ground pin and supply
pin.  It's 5-volt a self-blinking LED, so if it isn't blinking either
the supply voltage is totally wack or it's broken.

Yrs,
d