Date:         Mon, 21 Sep 1998 05:40:48 -0500
Reply-To:     Stu Schwartz <sschwartz@OS2BBS.COM>
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From:         Stu Schwartz <sschwartz@OS2BBS.COM>
Subject:      Temp Warning Light Mystery
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On Sun, 20 Sep 1998 20:18:23 -0700, Automatic digest processor wrote:

>Date:    Sun, 20 Sep 1998 15:56:09 EDT
>From:    KENWILFY@AOL.COM
>Subject: Re: Temp Warning Light Mystery
>
>Sometimes the sensor develops a small seep and lets a very small amount of
>coolant out around where the plug attaches to the sensor.  The coolant short
>circuits the sender and makes the light go hay wire.  Happened on my parents
>Jetta and replacing the sender solved the problem.  Also hair line cracks in
>the expansion tank around the hole where the sender screws in could be seeping
>a small amount of coolant to allow the same thing to happen.  Unplug the
>sender and look down at where it attaches.  Is there any dampness in there at
>all?  Take a q-tip and dab at it a little and then see if it turns green (or
>blue for you Dealer purists).
>This is probably your problem.

That seems like a good idea...come to think of it my expansion tank had
a crack in it and was replaced...I haven't had the problem
since....also I think my light is red.

--peace--
     stu
     sschwartz@os2bbs.com

>Let me know what you discover.
>Ken Wilford
>John 3:16
>

--peace--
    stu