Date:         Sun, 24 May 1998 01:56:27 EDT
Reply-To:     SyncroHead <SyncroHead@AOL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         SyncroHead <SyncroHead@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Coolant level sensor lite dimly lit
Comments: To: scharff@ENG.KNS.COM, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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In a message dated 98-05-22 16:59:36 EDT, scharff@ENG.KNS.COM writes:

> While pulling my '85 Westy out of my dark garage I noticed that the
>  coolant level sensor light was on but very dim. The coolant in the
>  expansion tank is full and the overflow reservoir has been full since I
>  replaced the PO's dreaded green stuff for some phosphate/silicate free
>  coolant. The temp gauge reads the typical halfway (on top of the level
>  sensor light) once the engine warms up.
>          Does this sound familiar to anyone out there...?

I had a similar thing happen to my van, only it was the oil pressure light.
Yours might eminate from the same cause as mine.  It turned out to be the
voltage regulator in the alternator.  It was allowing too high a voltage and
causing the light to glow, falsely.

Good luck,
Jim Davis