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YOUR RESEARCHFlashing red light!

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Check coolant

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I did slowly remove the coolant cap and checked the coolant.
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Flashing red light!

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Check any sippage around the water pump and coolant hoses

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Check for any sippage around the water pump and coolant hoses.
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Leading evidence: 'Check coolant' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, The most frequently discussed action is 'Check any sippage around the water pump and coolant hoses' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.

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Fill coolant and screwed the cap

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Once I re-filled the coolant and screwed the cap on straight, everything was good.
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Flashing red light!

Replace since buying

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The car has 28,000 miles but I have not had the coolant changed since buying.
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Flashing red light!

Check any sippage around the water pump and coolant hoses

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Check for any sippage around the water pump and coolant hoses.
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Check any sippage around the water pump and coolant hoses

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Check for any sippage around the water pump and coolant hoses.
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Flashing red light!

Check coolant

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Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster
I did slowly remove the coolant cap and checked the coolant.
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Flashing red light!

Fill coolant and screwed the cap

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Performed · outcome unconfirmed
Once I re-filled the coolant and screwed the cap on straight, everything was good.
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Flashing red light!

Replace since buying

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Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster
The car has 28,000 miles but I have not had the coolant changed since buying.
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Just took my 99 for a spray car wash and towel off. Hit a long curvy entrance ramp to the expressway and got on it hard through the corners and on to the expressway. Nothing over 5000 rpm though. When I got off at the next exit I noticed a flashing red light at the end of the temp guage. Temp. Needle never left the straight up position (between the 8 and 0. Filled up with gas so I turned the engine off. Restart and the light quit flashing. Drove another 10 to 15 miles home with no light or issues. Any idea what the red flashing light indicates and what action should I take at this point. Thanks for any info.

POST 2Original post

It means you are low on coolant. Take a look at the coolant tank. How long have you had the car?

POST 3 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I have only had it since September 14. Had a boxster for 4 years previous to that. I did slowly remove the coolant cap and checked the coolant. I'm able to see the coolant and it seems at a normal level. The car has 28,000 miles but I have not had the coolant changed since buying.

POST 4Original post

There is another function of that light, depending on the frequency of the flashes. Could also mean the engine bay was overly hot/fan wasn't functioning.

POST 5 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

It was a slow flash. Every 2 seconds or so. Thanks

POST 6Original post

Slow flash is coolant level - i think the fast(er) flash is temp. related. I know because a similar incident happened to me shortly after I topped off my coolant and failed to put the cap on straight (so when the car got warm it lost coolant). I never realized anything was wrong until that light started flashing. Once I re-filled the coolant and screwed the cap on straight, everything was good.

POST 7Original post

You are low on coolant. Check for any sippage around the water pump and coolant hoses.

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