Thread: Coolant alarms

Originally Posted by Ean Austral

The times mine has gone off the water level was right at the bottom of the header tank, about 1/2 inch in the bottom.The trick is to stop as quick as you can once it goes off. I blew the small hose behind the turbo and it went off I stopped almost straight away and the level was just disappearing out of the tank,finding and replacing that poor excuse for a hose was another story,L/R designers ya gotta love em
Cheers Ean

yeah been there

In my experience..float sensors can be unreliable the older they get...A pressurized header tank is a difficult enviroment for them to operate in and if it's not a pressurized tank then coolant can be lost from the system and still leave the tank full.
My vote is with the "no moving parts" EngineSaver system which has proved it's worth so many times in all situations.

Hi fitted the engine saver about a week ago, easy to fit got a discount for mentioning where I heard about it and it works really well.

Set it up so the alarm was off at normal operating temp around the suburbs, had it set fairly fine it is sensitive enough to go off when I start to drive in steep hilly areas, had to move the dial a mm to the right and that is where I will leave it.

The only thing I was dissapointed in was the adhesive that holds the crontrol onto your steering column or where ever was not all that sticky.??

Then again it might be due to not cleaning the area? Might have been armour all or simular from the previous owner?? Might be my fault?

I feel a lot happier knowing I do not have to trust the computer to tell me if things get too hot or the coolant leaks.

Think the reason that other Land Rover drivers never wave is possibly due to the fact their spare time is taken up looking to see if any warning lights have come on. Maybe this will help to overcome this ??

Andrew