Coolant Light. Randomly come on and off and blinks constantly

Tiny
REBIRTH98GH
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  • 1996 BUICK REGAL
  • 3.8L
  • V8
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 117,000 MILES
Coolant light randomly turns off/on

Coolant level is full. New coolant is in it and old still doing it. Also burped the system.

Water pump okay. Fuse, good.
Not buring oil or mixing.
No, holes in the line. No leaks.
Radiator flushed.
Haven't found a single leak.

I have also noticed the sensor was unplugged from the radiator. Temp gage I think?
When Its unplugged. Coolant light turns off. If plugged in. Coolant light wont shut off.

Im hoping its not inside the headgasket. Im trying to learn to do all my repairs myself. Any thing I'll appreciate it deeply. Also got a few more small issues. Trying to trouble shoot.

AC. WAS COlD, almost 2 whole weeks. When I bought this car. Finding all these random issues. That look to be hidden.
I did a recharge nothing. It did last 2 weeks.
Driver side kinda cold.
Passenger side warm

Heat works pretty good. Ac no. Maybe a bender door?


and RPM running little over 2. When idling goes up and down from 0-2 kinda fast.

I cant find a book or good diagram online. I want to learn all the fixs and how to do it. Rebirth98gh@gmail. Com. I would appreciate it any type of learning.
Sunday, August 24th, 2025 AT 10:45 PM

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Tiny
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Also not normal?
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Sunday, August 24th, 2025 AT 10:48 PM
Tiny
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Sounds like the problems in the coolant temp sensor that the wire was unplugged at. Probably defective. Theyre cheap on online you can most likely get one for less than 10 bucks. And that plug need a good cleaning you can use a mechanics Pic to scrape out some of the junk the spray it out gently so not to damage it then it should be ok if not get back to us if you need any help
Let us know how it goes
best of luck.
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Sunday, August 24th, 2025 AT 11:08 PM
Tiny
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Also, we only handle one problem per thread for future reference, please start a new thread for the AC issue. Please post your new question here, you must be logged in.

https://www.2carpros.com/questions/new

Cheers, Ken
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Monday, August 25th, 2025 AT 9:17 AM
Tiny
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Yep also check the back of the plug where the wore come in to see if theres an extra wire that's not connected corroded and the like. It appears to have one missing inside might have fallen out at some time due to corrosion but the wire should still be there with the other two if it is you need to repair that if not than check the sensor fir the same issiues. These might be the only problem most likely they are. Let us know how that goes thanks good luck
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Monday, August 25th, 2025 AT 10:38 AM

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