Water Temp Light

[sciroccos at earthlink.net (Jim Ruffi)]

This is probably do to excessive resistance across the coolant level sensor.
Take a short piece of wire and use it to jump the terminals of the sensor
connector (after disconnecting the sensor).  If the light goes out, remove
the sensor and clean the pins (the ones that are immersed in coolant).

Jim

>-----Original Message-----
>From: scirocco-l-bounces+sciroccos=earthlink.net@scirocco.org
>[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+sciroccos=earthlink.net@scirocco.org]On
>Behalf Of Mike Smith
>Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 7:19 PM
>To: car
>Subject: Water Temp Light
>
>
>My water temp warning light is blinking rapidly. Keep in mind that
>this engine SAT for 4 months or so. The water temp is in the normal
>range and the connection to the resevoir appears to be fine. I
>haven't put a meter on it yet but before I start doing that I am
>wondering if there is anything else that would cause this? I drove it
>for a few miles and the water temp was normal the engine was not
>excessively hot nor did it make any funny noises.
>
>Any ideas? The insulation on the sensor for the resevoir is cracked a
>little not sure how far back but some of the cracks are close to the
>"boot". I took a closer look and there appears to be copper
>throughout, I didn't see any obvious breaks in the strands.
>
>Thanks
>Chris.
>