Re: Flashing water temp light

[Mike VanAmburgh <vwvr6r@fiber.net>]

My car decided to the same thing last week.  It flashed after two
startups and hasn't done it ever since.  I hear it's either coolant
level or your sensor on top of the reservoir.

-Mike

Jeffrey Lowe wrote:
> 
> When I cranked the Scirocco up this morning I saw the
> usual flash of the water temp light, but it didn't
> stop flashing like usual. I thought to myself WTF now!
> I've sunk enough $ into this F'ing car in the past
> three months to have bought that Corrado I got all wet
> over back in December. But I remained calm then turned
> off the ignition, re-cranked, no continuous light this
> time, that lasted all of thirty seconds! So I decide I
> need to get my ass in gear for my 22 mile sojourn to
> work and just said the hell with it. I got about 1
> mile down the road and hit a red light and decided to
> give it one last try, turn the ignition off then back
> on again, this time it remained off.
> 
> Now the only problem(could be in my head), but as I
> drove to work it seemed like the engine was running
> hotter then usual. The water temp was just over 3/4,
> and the Oil temp was at about 118C, I swear my water
> temp never exceeded 1/2 and the Oil temp never seemed
> to go over 105C. What is the norm for a basically
> stock 16V?
> 
> I had no reoccurrence of the light episode on my
> return trip from work, the water temp hovered around
> 2/3, and the Oil temp was the same as the morning.
> 
> Any hints/tips?
> 
> Later...
> 
> =====
> Jeff Lowe
> Garland, Texas
> '86 Scirocco 16V
> '59 Euro Spec Beetle
> 
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