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Vehicle & Technical => Range Rover => Topic started by: dazzawhipple on July 09, 2006, 19:27:21

Title: Warning light
Post by: dazzawhipple on July 09, 2006, 19:27:21

I have a 1987 3.5 EFI Auto

And I have a flashing warning light sometimes on sometimes not

its the middle one with a wavey line and a picture of a fan... I think its the coolant level but not sure can any one confirm please


Thanks

Darren

Title: Warning light
Post by: ScrumpyJack on July 09, 2006, 21:39:03

Hi Darren,
I've got the same light that occasionally comes on, and as far as I'm aware it is the coolant level,

When it comes on I check the level but it's always ok, maybe it's just one of those rangie things.

Title: Warning light
Post by: Skibum346 on July 09, 2006, 21:50:37

Daza...

We had this problem on the 94 3.9 RRC we have. The wires had brocken on the resevoir cap but fixing them didn't make it go away. We had other minor electrical problems at the time and air suspension that was intermitent.

Turns out... it was some obscure relay (I know that doesn't help!) in the dash. The boys at Douglass Motors (http://www.douglassmotors.co.uk) found it, changed it and all our ills were cured!   :D

If you have other electrical issues... it might be worth thinking about.

Good luck

Skibum

Title: Warning light
Post by: Range Rover Blues on July 10, 2006, 01:38:15

It's not a relay it's the dash board integrated ......  something something, expensive.  Anyway, if there is no connection then the light flashes, so it's failsafe if you like.  It's also notorioulsy unreliable and was deleted form the soft dash model.   It's not uncommon to find a fuse stuck into the plugs that should go to the cap.

Title: Warning light
Post by: dazzawhipple on July 10, 2006, 09:53:16

Thanks for that I think I will take the bulb out when I replace the Speedo
(milage clock not turning )

Darren

Title: Coolant level
Post by: RICHR on July 10, 2006, 17:32:35

Hi
Just a thought, Take the top off of your header tank take in in home and give it a good clean soak over night in vinegar if it is covered in scale.
If its the same as the ones ive had they work on an electro magnetic field and any scum or scale will cause a false reading

Rich

Title: Warning light
Post by: Range Rover Blues on July 11, 2006, 01:05:53

They do indeed, its a magnetic reed switch and an anular magnet in the plastic float.