Odd Coolant Light, 91 200

[Kneale Brownson]

Did you disconnect the coolant level sensor wire on the bottom of the 
reservoir and check the cleanliness of the connector?  When this happened 
to the 5K reservoir I pared down to "fix" the leaking reservoir in my 
wife's 4K  (different flange/mount holes and I had an '86 5k parts car) a 
couple years ago,  I found that the connector was all messed up from 
coolant leaking out around the sensor mounting that's molded into the 
bottom of the plastic, apparently.  Anyway,  a  new tank from TPC stopped 
all the leaking, hopefully until about 2010 or so, when the plastic starts 
to give out again.



At 11:49 AM 06/05/2001 -0400, Ryan Gemmill wrote:

>Quats,
>
>     Last night on my way home from work the 200's Autocheck gave me a low
>coolant/engine overheating light. Or at least that's what the owner's manual
>calls it. Anyway, engine temp. guage reported normal temperatures and the
>coolant resevoir checked barely low and was topped off. This did not shut
>off the autocheck light. I'm guessing I've got a fried resevoir sensor, but
>does anybody have any other thoughts? I'd appreciate it before I waste money
>on something that's fine.(Oh, if it isn't clear enough the car in question
>is a 1991 200 turbo automatic FWD)
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Ryan Gemmill
>'91 200
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