blinking water temp light

[jmpiwonka at yahoo.com (jeffrey piwonka)]

yeah, it seems that coolant gets pushed through the
middle of the sensor and into the contacts on the
plug.....bad contact means blinking dash
light....don't ask me how i know that one....and its a
new sensor in there too.
jeff


--- Larry Fry <rocco16@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> 
> Yep.
> If the coolant isn't actually low, check the
> expansion tank cap's sensor,
> and/or the relay.
> Larry
> 
> > That is a low Coolant level warning.
> >
> > Don
> > > I have a problem where sometimes about 2 seconds
> after I start my '88
> > > 16v rocco the water temp light on the dash will
> blink at me.  It wont go
> > > out if I just shut it down but if I wait for it
> to get up to temp, shut
> > > it off and restart it, no blinking no over
> heating.  If I don't shut it
> > > down and restart it after it gets up to
> operation temp the heat will
> > > just keep right on going up.  I replaced the
> radiator fan sensor with a
> > > lower temp one during the summer.  Any ideas
> where this electrical
> > > gremlin might be hiding?
> > >
> > > Brad
> 
> 
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