Low Coolant Light

[tderrick]

Extension to previous thread....

My Low Coolant light has been coming on in cold weather...

What what be a good way to simply disable it?

 

[RIO5.0]

that light is driven from the recovery tank....you must have a small leak...specially in the cold weather, these radiators tend to leak some....I know mines been doing it for years....Im mindful of it and keep tabs on the recovery tank...

 

[tderrick]

Negative...

Bottle level is stable.

The sensor is simply failing.

 

[RIO5.0]

Negative...

Bottle level is stable.

The sensor is simply failing.

There is a sensor in the bottle...my cars in storage and i'm trying to visualize a electrical line somewhere???

 

[ab 281 gt]

Yeah, I thinik there is a sensor on the top of where you fill the tank. Maybe a replacement sensor might work?

 

[mo_dingo]

Remove the cap and tube from the overflow bottle. There are two contacts at the bottom of the tube. Clean them off with some rough sandpaper, or a scraper of some sort. Once they are clean, reinstall & check to see if the light is still on.

Remember, you need to shut off the motor and restart it to verify that the light is still on or off.
Scott

 

[tderrick]

I'll bet that's it...

Going out to clean some contacts.

thanks

 

[tderrick]

It was corroded contacts indeed!

Just unplugged the sensor at the cap and took the cap off. The sensor probe
comes out with the cap as an assembly. Cleaned the contacts with some emory
cloth- bod-a-bing! No more Low Coolant light.

thanks for the help...