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I don't know how soon I'll do it again, but it's been my habit to change coolant and brake fluid on my vehicles every two years.
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Just went to take the car for a spin and it cranked and ran fine. Then I noticed the red light blinking on the temperature gauge. I opened the coolant tank and it basically doesn't have any in it.
I'm too new on this board to know exactly what this means, but I will wait and hope someone can tell me and hope it's not too bad. I have already been paranoid about something happening (engine related) and now it has.
Thanks in advance!
Orrin
And by the way, my service tech told me it is normal to have some coolant loss over a long period of time. Have you ever noticed the level (visually) before?
Did they flush and refill the cooling system at that service?
If so, your problem could be very simple and minor: these cars are notorious for burping air bubbles out of the cooling system for miles after they've been refilled. Mine took more than a liter more coolant after a refill before it was really full.
No, they just did a brake flush. Also, I've only owned it for 8 months, so not too experienced with coolant levels yet. I've only put 800 miles on it so far.
I think that's true, but it doesn't stop lots of guys from doing it. I had mine done after I bought the car and started to realize what a hard life it had led. I don't know how soon I'll do it again, but it's been my habit to change coolant and brake fluid on my vehicles every two years.
There was a little bit of stuff around the base of the coolant cap as well. Not sure if it is anything. it looked like a little bit of coolant that had hardened into a whip cream like texture.
If your car is an older one (3.4L), and that you have residue around the base of the reservoir cap, you may still have the original reservoir cap. These are notorious for failure. They lose ability to withstand the pressure of the system, and the coolant purges in large quantities. There is an updated cap, and you can find the part number by searching the forum for threads about coolant cap (or call your dealer), then check the part number on your existing cap to see if it's the old one or updated. I would check this first, and add/top off with the proper coolant mixture.
Sometimes after a major service (if the coolant were flushed) there maybe air pockets still in the coolant system. Even after a full pressurized flush, sometime it take some time for the air pocket to "pop" out after a spirited drive. The flashing indicates low coolant level, just add some distilled water in the coolant reservior should take care of the flashing light. You didn't mention if you waited until it was cool to open, but you should always wait until the engine is cool before you open the coolant reservoir tank cap.
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