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Old 07-13-2008, 07:39 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Coolant light glowing

Was there some issue with coolant light?
Starts to glow every now and then, some times brighter and some times weaker.

Doesn`t start fan, isn`t overheating.
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Old 07-13-2008, 08:06 PM   #2 (permalink)
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No personal experience, I have a gauge. It sounds like a sending unit or a wiring problem.

The fan is a separate switch from the light.
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Mine has glowed before too, but only after washing it. While everything in the cooling system always checks out, it takes literally weeks before that **** glowing bulb goes away.
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Maybe I`ll try with new sensor.
But still I think its ground related thing?
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Maybe I`ll try with new sensor.
But still I think its ground related thing?
The sending unit is the ground.
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Yes, but the light has it's own ground wire to complete the circuit. A bad ground there can cause the light to act funny. There is a known prob with this with the Trophy that has a TB out from Triumph on the repair. Havn't heard of any probs with other models. May be the ground wire to the light that is causing the probs.

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