Low Coolant Light...

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91berettagt

Discussion Starter · Sep 25, 2003

Well today I finally got around to installing my heatercore at school and refilled the cooling system 50/50... Waited for the car to warm up (thermostat to open) and then topped off the cooling system with 50/50 coolant...

On the way home I noticed that the Low Coolant Light came back on, so I thought immediately that I had done something wrong. Well I pulled over, and looked and now my Engine Coolant Resovrior is full and it wasn't just when I took turns.

Any Idea's of whats going wrong here? The system was also pressure tested to 16psi with no leaks at school..

Thanks yet again,

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Brad91Z

· #2 · Sep 25, 2003

Are you sure that there are no air pockets in the cooling system?? Also, did the light come on after taking a corner?

Brad

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91berettagt

Discussion Starter · #3 · Sep 25, 2003

The light did come on the first time after a corner, but after the other corners it was off.

It has to be airtight?

Also, I just changed the thermostat, is it possible that this made an Air pocket in there?

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Brad91Z

· #4 · Sep 25, 2003

Yeah, it is possibe that you have an air pocket. It is normal though for the low coolant light to come on after a hard corner.

Brad

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speedemon

· #5 · Sep 26, 2003

Brad91Z said:
Yeah, it is possibe that you have an air pocket. It is normal though for the low coolant light to come on after a hard corner.

Brad

if it would be a pocket, wouldnt the fluid level go down, therefore be noticeable when he stopped and checked??

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91berettagt

Discussion Starter · #6 · Sep 26, 2003

Well since my car's finally been running with coolant for a day now the light hasn't come on since i shut it down and restarted the engine so it must've been an air pocket, when i shut my car off i heard a loud boop and then looked in my overfill bottle and it dropped after being full so the air must've escaped... there was pressure in the overfill bottle when i removed the cap so the air must've escaped

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