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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 6:14 pm    Post subject: Vancafe subie coolant tank sensor wire connection? Reply with quote

Need to connect the low coolant sensor.. No oem harnesses, needing to identify which color wires to connect to in that lil black box in the front, left of the bay. Its a 90 auto mv originally the 2.1..

thought it was the blue/green striped wire but nay..

Ugggh here is where you all can laugh an say rtfm..

All this long game project work, lost the installation paper.. Vc closed at the moment.

Its a single pin sensor atop the tank used in my alh tdi build.

Being my van is fully drivable now.. Getting ridda this blinking light would enhance my calm...

https://vancafe.com/van-cafe-aluminum-coolant-expansion-tank/

Any ideas are welcomed!
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 8:04 pm    Post subject: Re: Vancafe subie coolant tank sensor wire connection? Reply with quote

There are two wires to connect. The brown is ground and is connected to one of the tanks mounting bolts with a ring terminal. The other connect to the sensor at the top.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 8:34 pm    Post subject: Re: Vancafe subie coolant tank sensor wire connection? Reply with quote

pbrown wrote:
There are two wires to connect. The brown is ground and is connected to one of the tanks mounting bolts with a ring terminal. The other connect to the sensor at the top.


Thanks!
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 9:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Vancafe subie coolant tank sensor wire connection? Reply with quote

Blue/green and the brown in the T7a round connector in the black box
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 9:50 pm    Post subject: Re: Vancafe subie coolant tank sensor wire connection? Reply with quote

Thanks, had just run blue, green to the primary lead no ground, assuming chassis ground was good enough.. I'm on it..

Hopefully no more blinking dash light..

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