khurrado 0 Posted March 12, 2005 far left of my dash, flashing, assuming its a coolant problem. What type of coolant do i put in? Can i do this myself? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 12, 2005 use g12+ from vw or gsf, don't use g12.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
khurrado 0 Posted March 12, 2005 will petrol stns sell it? I got a long drive tonight and need to fix it?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted March 12, 2005 just top up with (soft) water for now until you can get the pink juice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
khurrado 0 Posted March 12, 2005 its all hard water down here. so wht u mean, boil it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted March 12, 2005 Buy some Mountain Spring dude, LOL! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
potatonet 0 Posted March 13, 2005 mine blinks at me when I go over a hill, except it doesnt blink it stays on. it will stay on for about 15 seconds then start blinking when temp goes up as well. there is plenty of G12 in the tank, and the temp does get pretty high, could this be a bad black sender unit or is something else wrong. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted March 13, 2005 The sender is in the expansion tank itself... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
potatonet 0 Posted March 13, 2005 the sender for the temperature is on the flange attached to the head on a G60 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted March 13, 2005 It is indeed but the light you see blinking is the low coolant level warning. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
potatonet 0 Posted March 13, 2005 right but why would it blink when the temp goes up, I have plenty of coolant and the tank is 3 months old. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted March 13, 2005 That will be a faulty sender in the new tank then! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
potatonet 0 Posted March 14, 2005 sounds good, sorry supercharged Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
woody 0 Posted March 14, 2005 Mine used to blink when i first started the engine on on the morning and then if i were to stop the engine and restart it it would settle down and not blink. I have had two new tanks in the last year both with faulty senders in the expansion tank. I beleive it blinks because it cannot detect a flow of G12 returning through the system which arrives into the tank from the small pipe on the upper side of the tank. Last time as a matter of course i also changed the Blue and the Black sensors from the front of the head just in case. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
khurrado 0 Posted March 14, 2005 my coolant is empty...pretty much self explanatory! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
