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Subject:Re: Coolant light mystery
From:FRANK CONDELLI
Date:Thu, 22 Sep 2022 08:54:07 -0400

Ed, I have not resolved this problem and you may have the answer.  I have a newly installed 2l in-line 4 VW engine and using a coolant tank from a Eurovan which has the level sensor incorporated in the tank.  For the first few hundred miles there was no problem then all of a sudden this coolant light problem came up.  I will order in a new tank and try that to resolve this problem.

> On Sep 22, 2022, at 12:00 AM, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote:
> 
> Frank, I don't know if you have sorted this out yet but my '86 Westi with a
> Subaru engine works the same way.
> 
> The coolant light would come on after a short while and then stay on until the
> ignition was turned off and then turned back on.  The light might then stay
> off for a very short while and then come on again, repeating the sequence.
> Cleaning of the level sensor did not help but replacement fixed it for several
> years.  This happened twice in the 31+ years I have owned this vehicle.

Cheers,    

Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 VW Westy, '00 Kawasaki 250 Sherpa, "98 Ducati 750 Monster 
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