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Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 12:00:58 +1200
From: "Martin Barnes" <marhilnospam.co.nz>
Subject: Re: Coolant level low message, an error?


What could be happening is the coolant level switch has dirty high resistance contacts. If you remove the flying lead and put a shorting link in and run with that for a few days to confirm that its the coolant level switch. If this proves to be the case you can clean up the contacts by passing a few hundred milliamps through them. You can do this by using a 21W indicator bulb. Wire the bulb in series with the coolant level switch and the other ends connected to 12vdc from the cars battery. Then poke something in the coolant expansion tank and make and break the switch several times. What this will do is the clean up the contacts as when in normal operation the SID circuit only draws a few milliamps. Cheers - Martin (New Zealand) "Laura K" <lauraknospamousergraphics.com> wrote in message news:Xns969CAD07BFB90LauraKnospam77.188.18... > "Paxton C. Sanders" <pcsandersnospamo.com> wrote in > news:Xns969C9827FF4D0pcsandersyahoocomnospam77.188.18: > >> Every time I crank the car, SID reads "Coolant level low. Please >> refill." But it's not low. I took it to the dealer, and they said >> it's fine. They reset the message, but it keeps returning. Not a >> big deal - just annoying. Any idea what's really causing this >> problem? > > I had this problem with a 900SE. Someone in the group mentioned that the > level sender (or whatever you want to call it) can stick in the overflow > tank > and the only way to fix it is to replace the overflow tank. > I thought about doing that, but a new tank was $80 or so. > So I went to plan B, which was to take the top off the tank when it was > cold > and swish a chopstick around in there. Then gave it a couple of good > whacks > on the side with a large pair of pliers. > Seems to have taken care of the problem.

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