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dubbified Samba Member
Joined: March 03, 2010 Posts: 1482 Location: Redmond, WA
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 6:14 pm Post subject: Vancafe subie coolant tank sensor wire connection? |
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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/
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pbrown Samba Member
Joined: July 15, 2008 Posts: 489 Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 8:04 pm Post subject: Re: Vancafe subie coolant tank sensor wire connection? |
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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. _________________ Patrick Brown
1986 Westy Syncro EJ25
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dubbified Samba Member
Joined: March 03, 2010 Posts: 1482 Location: Redmond, WA
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 8:34 pm Post subject: Re: Vancafe subie coolant tank sensor wire connection? |
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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. |
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wesitarz Samba Member
Joined: August 20, 2012 Posts: 1730 Location: Victoria,B.C.Canada
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 9:02 pm Post subject: Re: Vancafe subie coolant tank sensor wire connection? |
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Blue/green and the brown in the T7a round connector in the black box |
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dubbified Samba Member
Joined: March 03, 2010 Posts: 1482 Location: Redmond, WA
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 9:50 pm Post subject: Re: Vancafe subie coolant tank sensor wire connection? |
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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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