Date:         Fri, 6 Jan 2017 17:47:13 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Coolant level warning light - '88 GL - 2.1 WBX
Comments: To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>
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In your case you also had a leak of some sort consuming coolant.  Otherwise
the level would have stabilized below the top of the pressure tank but well
above the alarm level which is halfway down the tank.

Yrs,
d

On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 5:51 PM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Low water level in the upper tank, is what I discovered.  In the case of
> our '87 it meant that the hose between the upper tank and the lower had
> frayed and cracked on its top side so that the hose now acted like a trough
> instead of a straw, allowing water to exit the upper tank when warmed up
> but once cooled down the vacuum leak caused by the crack in the hose would
> not draw the water back from the overflow tank to the upper tank. Check
> your water levels in the tanks and look for a leak in that hose or one of
> the plastic nipples it attaches to.  There may be other causes but this is
> what I found on mine.
> Stephen
>
>     On Thursday, January 5, 2017 4:35 PM, John Rodgers <
> jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>
>  What does it mean when that light turns on without blinking. Solid red.
> Stays on. Engine does not get hot. Temp needle never moves off of the light
> spot once it's warmed
>
> Whats up with that!
>
> John
>
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