Re: Coolant temp warning light

[David Ian Utley <diutley@telepath.com>]

>
>When I first bought the car, I had to rebuild the odometer.  My thinking is 
>that I may have damaged something on the instrument panel which is causing 
>this light blink.  The first couple of times the light started blinking, I 
>turned the car off and on again and the light stayed off.  This no longer 
>works.
>
>Has anyone had this problem before or any suggestions as to what it might be?  
>I'd like to avoid taking the car in to the dealer.


I believe the problem here is a dirty sensor.  Corrosion from the various
materials in the cooling system have a tendency to coat everything,
including the sensor that powers that light.  Test it, I'm sure there are
values in resistance somewhere in the manual or something.

David
                   

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