Re: 86 4kcsq coolant idiot light

[Sean Houghton <shoughto@zoo.uvm.edu>]

On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Frank Sanford wrote:

> 	The coolant idiot light on my '86 4000CSq flashes under hard
> acceleration, braking, and cornering. The guage reads normal temp,
> the car has never overheated, the fan comes on at the proper temp,
> and the coolant level is fine. I figure the sender is bad. Does the
> idiot light have it's own sender, and if so, where is it?
> 
> Frank
> 
> -- 
> Frank Sanford
> fsanford@pamd.cig.mot.com
> 
> 
Frank, Before you do anything at all, fill up the resevoir with more 
coolant, perhaps a little over maximum.  Or if you haven't flushed the 
system and checked for a slow leak I would do so as well. But only if 
you find yourself always filling up the car with cooolant.