low coolant

will_95gt

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I go to drive to sonic today and my low coolant light comes on!!!!! AHHHH, i was leaking coolant a couple months ago but i don't remember if i got that fixed or not. anyways

What kind should i buy?/Is this so low that i should add water before driving to buy coolant?


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I can't see anything as far as i look down, it seems to be completely dry. The car was hot when i checked if that makes a difference

 

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will_95gt said:

I go to drive to sonic today and my low coolant light comes on!!!!! AHHHH, i was leaking coolant a couple months ago but i don't remember if i got that fixed or not. anyways

What kind should i buy?/Is this so low that i should add water before driving to buy coolant?

I can't see anything as far as i look down, it seems to be completely dry. The car was hot when i checked if that makes a difference

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Don't remember if you fixed it?

I always use Prestone. It's the best. While you are at it you might as well replace the thermostat and flush all the old coolant out. You're probably do for it and taking the t-stat housing out and resealing it with a new gasket might fix your mystery leak.

Adam

 

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nothing to freak out about. just throw some 50/50 in there. id check over everything res, hoses, and rad just to be sure.

 

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If you fill it up and the light still comes on, take the sensor out and clean it. Mine was showing the coolant light for no reason last year, even when I had full coolant. Turned out to be the sensor had buildup on it and could not read correctly. There are two prongs that you may need to clean, they work by sending current through the coolant out of one prong, then receiving it through the other prong, telling the sensor that there is enough coolant.

 

will_95gt

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shweet

allrighty, i got in the car to drive to oriely's to buy some prestone 50/50 and noticed that the low coolant light wasn't on any more!

But i went and baught the fluid anyways and of course i spill some on the radiator hoses and belts because "i didn't need a funnel"... So anyways sence there is no sign saying "full - hot" i let the engine cool down a bit and then was just going to make sure its filled to "full - cold" but the resevoir is so dirty/old/gay i can't really see how much is in there so i just put in a couple shakes and lets hope that'll do.

 

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Yeah i had the same problem on my 95 GT Vert and it didn't look low but my g/f was driving the car so i topped it off and it hasn't come back on since.

 

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EVERY year in the winter these posts come up...I Dont know where the starter of this thread is from, but it is common when the weather gets cold. The light comes on, you fill up the reservoir, and everything is fine..

Doesnt mean that there is NOT a leak, but what I described above is a common scenario!
RC

 

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My light started coming on when the mornings got cold, and now everytime i drive it is on, and i know im not leaking coolant. Whenever i drive the car and it is cold out the light is on.

 

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will_95gt said:

So anyways sence there is no sign saying "full - hot"

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FWIW....
Did you look on the Right side of the reservior??...there is a hot/cold "raised" line on them...Hot is the top line..I marked mine in Black to see it better....Your pic makes me think you were expecting to see coolant when the cover is opened?? The level is beyond the neck, on the side...Down by the CCRM is where you see the level...
You dont wanna top that thing off to where you put the cover on....

 

will_95gt

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hah, yeah i didn't

i figured if i filled it to the "cold-full" when it was hot, it was just going to go down when it cooled off but i couldn't see how much was in there at all cuz that thing is so dirty i guess, so i just poored some in and went to bed.