replying to flarosa, bob6715 wrote:
> frank wrote:
>
> My car is a 2000 Beetle, 2.0 ltr gas engine.
> About a week ago I suddenly got a blinking red temperature light while
> driving. I had been driving about 20 minutes at the time. I checked
> the coolant and oil, both were normal. The next two days I was fine
> driving to work, which is about 10 minutes each way. The next day I
> ran a few errands after work and I got the same blinking red light
> after driving a little over 20 minutes. This is the light that looks
> like a thermometer, not the check engine light - and doesn't turn red
> and then start blinking later, it goes from off to blinking red right
> away, accompanied by several beeps.
> I made an appointment with VW to check it out, but they won't be able
> to see me until next Wednesday.
> Can anyone guess what this is, and whether it is safe to drive my car
> for the next week until someone can fix it?
> Thanks,
> Frank


7-20-2015
but very first check that the heater core is not leaking in the car mostly on
the passenger side these carpets will hold a lot of water, feel the carpet, if
saturated heater is leaking (very common), just disconnect the heater hoses
and reconnect one in a loop back to the engine, refill water bottle and drive,
if no more blinking light then heater core needs to be replaced.

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