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GMjonn
Posts : 166
Join date : 2012-07-25
Age : 64
Location : Dacula Georgia
| Subject: Low coolant level sensor switch  Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:06 pm | |
| Who makes the low coolant level sensor switch? Cant find it at autozone or advance auto parts. | |
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sherlock9c1
Posts : 2399
Join date : 2009-05-28
Location : Huntsville, AL
| | Subject: Re: Low coolant level sensor switch Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:29 pm | |
| It's built into the reservoir. What's wrong with yours? | |
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GMjonn
Posts : 166
Join date : 2012-07-25
Age : 64
Location : Dacula Georgia
| | Subject: Re: Low coolant level sensor switch Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:47 pm | |
| The low coolant light is on and the coolant isnt low | |
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jayoldschool
Posts : 2728
Join date : 2009-06-14
| | Subject: Re: Low coolant level sensor switch Thu Feb 06, 2014 10:47 pm | |
| Simply hit the reservoir, hard, a few times with a rubber mallet or the side of your fist. Do this with the car running. Go check the light, it will be out. | |
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Mark 96 Roady
Posts : 806
Join date : 2012-06-30
Age : 65
Location : Cleveland/Ft Myers Beach FL
| | Subject: Re: Low coolant level sensor switch Thu Feb 06, 2014 10:58 pm | |
| - jayoldschool wrote:
- Simply hit the reservoir, hard, a few times with a rubber mallet or the side of your fist. Do this with the car running. Go check the light, it will be out.
He is correct. I had the same problem this past summer, and it worked. I laughed my ass off in my driveway when it worked.  | |
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cdcdguy
Posts : 45
Join date : 2013-03-21
Location : Ft. Wayne, Indiana
| | Subject: Re: Low coolant level sensor switch Thu Apr 10, 2014 4:07 pm | |
| - Mark 96 Roady wrote:
- jayoldschool wrote:
- Simply hit the reservoir, hard, a few times with a rubber mallet or the side of your fist. Do this with the car running. Go check the light, it will be out.
He is correct. I had the same problem this past summer, and it worked. I laughed my ass off in my driveway when it worked. Yep. Just fixed mine that way! | |
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JIMMYDPCC
Posts : 50
Join date : 2014-01-28
Age : 54
Location : Fort Wayne, IN
| | Subject: Re: Low coolant level sensor switch Mon Oct 06, 2014 2:16 pm | |
| I Love that I found this forum!! I just unplugged my sensor, gave my resevoir a few hits, and plugged it back in and BAMN, problem solved!! After a whole Saturday replaceing the power Steering pump, i was sooo hopeing something else wasnt wrong!!! | |
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AzDon
Posts : 359
Join date : 2011-08-05
Age : 68
Location : Lake Havasu, AZ
| | Subject: Re: Low coolant level sensor switch Sat Dec 13, 2014 1:28 pm | |
| Okay....... These are not Fords, so I'm wondering if there is a logical explanation for this fix.... I'm having this problem, but I do not own a rubber mallet (I don't own Fords, so don't need one!) and would prefer to fix this correctly..... In my case I recently replaced the metal-tank rad with a new plastic-tank rad, so I'm thinking the problem is a lack of grounding(?)... Maybe the mallet trick creates a ground where teflon tape was used (?)..... | |
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phantom 309
Posts : 5848
Join date : 2008-12-28
Age : 114
| | Subject: Re: Low coolant level sensor switch Sat Dec 13, 2014 8:41 pm | |
| I had to unplug the one on the orange car,... so the wife would drive it,.. | |
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Fred Kiehl
Posts : 7283
Join date : 2009-11-13
Age : 76
Location : Largo, FL 33774
| | Subject: Re: Low coolant level sensor switch Sat Dec 13, 2014 9:23 pm | |
| The sensor is grounded through the black wire on the plug, so the radiator does not make any difference. The sensor are known to stick, and by jarring them, the parts move again. Since you can not find a new one, it is the only fix possible. | |
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AzDon
Posts : 359
Join date : 2011-08-05
Age : 68
Location : Lake Havasu, AZ
| | Subject: Re: Low coolant level sensor switch Tue Dec 16, 2014 2:20 pm | |
| Unplugging it doesnt seem to work on mine (?) | |
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mtennant
Posts : 79
Join date : 2012-09-30
Age : 69
Location : Georgetown, SC
| | Subject: Re: Low coolant level sensor switch Thu Feb 08, 2018 4:30 pm | |
| I tried and tried to unplug the wire going to my sensor and failed! After monkeying around with it like this, I started the car again and the warning light and chime don't come on now. Go figure. Thanks guys!
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mtennant
Posts : 79
Join date : 2012-09-30
Age : 69
Location : Georgetown, SC
| | Subject: Re: Low coolant level sensor switch Wed May 09, 2018 7:03 pm | |
| The sensor started acting up again. I cleaned it up, removed and reconnected the wire, and banged it around a bit, as had been suggested as a fix. It is now functioning properly. Banging it more apparently fixed it. | |
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