Spurious Fault Warning

KLB · 13-07-2003, 08:39

I had just started the car on Saturday morning, and hadn't driven more than a few yards, when the fault warning system decided to give me a fright. The red "thermometer" icon lit up, and the multi-function display showed "STOP! check coolant". I missed the rest of the warning message.

Anyway, I stopped, looked where I had been parked - no puddles on the ground - opened the bonnet and checked the coolant tank - well above the "min" level. Started up again - no warning. Drove on, keeping an eye on the temperature gauge, which moved up to "normal", and sat there.

Is this likely to be a warning of impending doom, or should I just treat it as a glitch (maybe the mythical alpha particle flipping a bit in the ECU's cache memory)?

***DGW*** · 13-07-2003, 13:07

MY Senator had a similar fault which I cured by fitting a new coolant bottle cap with sensor.

big k · 13-07-2003, 13:40

sounds like a expasion tank sensor playing up to me

***DGW*** · 13-07-2003, 14:40

Quote:

Originally posted by big k in this post
sounds like a expasion tank sensor playing up to me

Same difference...

13-07-2003, 08:39	#1
KLB Discordian Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Newport, Newport - so good the Post Office named it twice Posts: 1,962 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Spurious Fault Warning I had just started the car on Saturday morning, and hadn't driven more than a few yards, when the fault warning system decided to give me a fright. The red "thermometer" icon lit up, and the multi-function display showed "STOP! check coolant". I missed the rest of the warning message. Anyway, I stopped, looked where I had been parked - no puddles on the ground - opened the bonnet and checked the coolant tank - well above the "min" level. Started up again - no warning. Drove on, keeping an eye on the temperature gauge, which moved up to "normal", and sat there. Is this likely to be a warning of impending doom, or should I just treat it as a glitch (maybe the mythical alpha particle flipping a bit in the ECU's cache memory)? __________________ Mike

13-07-2003, 13:07	#2
*DGW* BRISKODA Staff Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Cambridgeshire Posts: 17,044 Thanks: 46 Thanked 154 Times in 115 Posts	MY Senator had a similar fault which I cured by fitting a new coolant bottle cap with sensor. __________________ Denis 2002 Octavia 1.8T 4X4 turbo Estate - rebreathed on by Jabba ... 31.93mpg 2007 Fabia vRS - CC, ESP, Jabba rear ARB, and full leather trim by Seat Surgeons ...48.01 mpg...

13-07-2003, 13:40	#3
big k Briskodian Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: u.k Posts: 1,215 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	sounds like a expasion tank sensor playing up to me __________________ how can me find a jet engine for me rapid ?

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