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[Webby the Bear]

Hi guys, as above, topped up when warning came on but it's come back.

i take it the sensor is fubared. is that the electric connection under the expansion tank? does it just need cleaning or replacing?

cheers

[ffcgary1]

It maybe poss to clean the level float with some type of descaler but replacment tank prob the best bThey are not that expensive if i recall and they look nice as well.

[Webby the Bear]

It maybe poss to clean the level float with some type of descaler but replacment tank prob the best bet.

i got a spare tank mate so thats cool

so it would be nowt to do with the electrical connecter and would be the level thing inside the tank?

[ffcgary1]

Yep the level float goes pear shaped after a period of time.

[Webby the Bear]

Yep the level float goes pear shaped after a period of time.

sweet thanks mate. can i see it if i open the top?

[ffcgary1]

Take the cap off and the float moves up and down the guide in the middle of the tank you cant get to it though.

[zirk]

It maybe poss to clean the level float with some type of descaler but replacment tank prob the best bet.

i got a spare tank mate so thats cool

so it would be nowt to do with the electrical connecter and would be the level thing inside the tank?

Check the concocter underneath tank, open circuit means empty, shorting the connecter = full. 

[Webby the Bear]

It maybe poss to clean the level float with some type of descaler but replacment tank prob the best bet.

i got a spare tank mate so thats cool

so it would be nowt to do with the electrical connecter and would be the level thing inside the tank?

Check the concocter underneath tank, open circuit means empty, shorting the connecter = full. 

like the oil pressure switch

got it! thanks guys.

[05omegav6]

If there's a golf ball type thing bobbing around the tank, then the retaining washer has come away

If you can find the washer before it vanishes into the engine, then it can be repaired with a soldering iron

[biggriffin]

Easiest way to do it is fit a new tank,as you cant buy the sensor,
 and makes engine bay look mmm lurvly. £40.00 on tc.

[05omegav6]

Easiest way to do it is fit a new tank,as you cant buy the sensor,
 and makes engine bay look mmm lurvly. £40.00 on tc.

Mine was only 18months old

[Webby the Bear]

its cool cos i pinched ralfs one before i scrapped him 

[omega3000]

its cool cos i pinched ralfs one before i scrapped him 

Ralf lives on  Poke the ball up and down a bit , worked on my elite for a few months then another poke after that 

[Webby the Bear]

its cool cos i pinched ralfs one before i scrapped him 

Ralf lives on  Poke the ball up and down a bit , worked on my elite for a few months then another poke after that 

will do steve, cheers 

[Jukeboxnut]

Mine packed up recently so I replaced the tank as recommended here which does make the engine bay look new again.  When I pulled out the electrical plug (tight fit) from the old tank I found that the flimsy glass reed switch had broken.  I bought a replacement for a few pence and soldered it on to keep as a spare in case it breaks again.  I would think that this is a common failure mode and am surprised it lasted for over 110,000 miles tbh.