Intermittent coolant warning

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poddack
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Intermittent coolant warning

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If your radiator symbol flashes occasionally and you have plenty of coolant, take out the sensor from the bottle and clean the dirty prongs!
406 estate, 2.1TD, I fixed her, then part exchanged her for a Mercedes E300TD Avantgarde Estate.
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carlb
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Re: Intermittent coolant warning

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hi are you sure its the rad symbol and not the water in diesel sensor in the filter housing
as i havent heard of the coolant level sensors giving any problems
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Re: Intermittent coolant warning

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carlb wrote:hi are you sure its the rad symbol and not the water in diesel sensor in the filter housing
as i havent heard of the coolant level sensors giving any problems
i suppose that the sensor for water in diesel filter is not fitted to all cars am i right ?
2000/May 406 Estate 2.0 HDI 110bhp DW10ATED now with 205k km & now with cruise control & now remaped @ 134bhp :lol:
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Re: Intermittent coolant warning

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RayneR wrote:
carlb wrote:hi are you sure its the rad symbol and not the water in diesel sensor in the filter housing
as i havent heard of the coolant level sensors giving any problems
i suppose that the sensor for water in diesel filter is not fitted to all cars am i right ?
Mie doesn't have it acording to servicebox
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Re: Intermittent coolant warning

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i see i have just looked at mine and it hasnt got one so it may not sory
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RayneR
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Re: Intermittent coolant warning

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OdinEidolon wrote:
RayneR wrote:
carlb wrote:hi are you sure its the rad symbol and not the water in diesel sensor in the filter housing
as i havent heard of the coolant level sensors giving any problems
i suppose that the sensor for water in diesel filter is not fitted to all cars am i right ?
Mie doesn't have it acording to servicebox
Yep, mine doesn't too ..anyway there is some stuff that servicebox is not 100% accurate ...
2000/May 406 Estate 2.0 HDI 110bhp DW10ATED now with 205k km & now with cruise control & now remaped @ 134bhp :lol:
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poddack
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Re: Intermittent coolant warning

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It was definately the radiator symbol, after cleaning the prongs it hasn't done it since.
There is no water in diesel sensor on mine, but there might be a wire for it.
406 estate, 2.1TD, I fixed her, then part exchanged her for a Mercedes E300TD Avantgarde Estate.
Hmmmm, straight 6 goodness!
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RayneR
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Re: Intermittent coolant warning

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Does anyone here have one with this sensor ? Do you know what it is? have pictures ? Could this be retrofit ?
2000/May 406 Estate 2.0 HDI 110bhp DW10ATED now with 205k km & now with cruise control & now remaped @ 134bhp :lol:
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