Re: Overheat light on, temp. normal ...

[sbrehm@sover.net (Steve Brehm)]

>Greetings to all,
>I have a problem and I am wondering: Should I burn Deutch marks over the
>hood or plain dollars will be enough ?
>
>The car: 5kcsT '86, 173K miles.
>The problem:
>The overheating light started going on, under normal conditions.
>The temperature is on the high side (on, or a little after the 1/2 mark).
>That only happened three times so far, twice tonight. It was under regular
>"stop and go" conditions, not hot weather or anything out of the ordinary. 
>All I had to do was switch the engine off, take a look at the coolant level,
>scratch head and get back in ...
>The AC was off all the time.
>Metal radiator about 9 months old.
>There is plenty of coolant and the fan seems to be working.
>I tried to duplicate the problem by running the car on idle but no luck. 
>Which gremlin is responsible for the cooling ?
>Any ideas or pointers are greatly appreciated.
>Thanks
>Vangelis
>
>PS
>Somehow, it gives me a problem every time I get it back from a mechanic ...
>You think it is trying to tell me something ?
>

My 87 5000cst had a similar problem that was discussd here a couple of
months ago... it turns out the sensor under the top radiator hose(near the
head) was bad. I replaced it and haven't had a problem since.

--Steve Brehm